Tag: assistant english teacher
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Assistant Language Teachers in Japan getting the raw end of the deal
Being an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Japan used to be a prestigious job. It was government funded with high infrastructure and support. But since the mid-2000s the government had started to source for teachers from the private sector. During its heyday an ALT would earn a minimum 300,000 yen (USD2,639 as of writing) as the basic minimum…
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20,000 English teachers for Japan by 2019
The Japanese government is planning to increase the number of Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) to 20,000 by 2019. Although the acronym stands for any language by and large English is the only language that is taught in schools in Japan. Outsourcing has been the trend of late but this may mark the return of government-based…
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