Home Employment using Japanese/English biligual skills?
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the demand for japanese is going down. japan is also on the downhill. you should have spent your time learning hindi
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To be quite honest, it's not a matter of the market. It's more a matter of so-called 'native' speakers. In Vancouver, most of the ESL schools downtown (which there are quite a few around downtown) are owned by either Japanese, Hong Kongers or Koreans. And you know very well from experience in Asia that they are very discriminatory and only prefer to hire a 'white face', rather than an asian face. And they would tell you that it's the students' choice whom many of them are from Asia (Taiwan, Japan, Korea, etc.). So I hate to say that his chances of teaching ESL is very slim or zero. But one way to start off is to volunteer his service in a community centre where he can gain local canadian experience which can help him seek future employment in this field. So be prepared to face the discrimination or prejudice in the beginning and with self-preservance, he may come out alright with a school which is more open-minded and give him a chance. G'luck!
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Since you already speak and write English, I strongly recomend Japanese. Japan is at the fore-front of software, electronic, etc. break throughs. If you can speak and write Japanese, you will be golden and many new opportunities will open up for you. If you moved to Japan, of course, they make accomodations for people who speak English, but if you spoke Japanese it would make things a lot easier and you would be a lot more desirable in their job market. Especially since you already speak English.
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Ocassionally, you can find such jobs advertised at www.TEFL.com and www.eslcafe.com. ENJOY!
963634
http://www.freejapaneselessons.com\n\nteaches hiragana and katakana as well as some basic Kanji =)
25888
Japanese, the main reason for this is that it is a fun langague to speak, but it also allows you to work internationally, and then help whatever company you are in reach globally.\n\nPersonally, most companies where i'm from look heavily on people who know more than one language, and will often put them in higher positions to be able to use such abilities.
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It depends on your objectives.   If you want to showcase yourself as being proficient in a more "exotic" yet economically-in-demand language, where there are otherwise few qualified professionals available in the job market, then I would say go for Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, or Arabic.    On the other hand, if the idea were to be able to communicate with a greater number of people speaking an idiom, then I would definitely say Spanish or Chinese.    Finally, if you have a targeted geographical region in mind then obviously your choices are already more narrowly defined.    For instance, in Europe I would consider (in addition to English, of course) French and/or German.     … But if you really insist on a single answer, then I would say, considering everything (e.g. the number of people speaking the language, its overall economic and political viability, the lack of language-proficient individuals in the job market) “Chinese” is most likely the one true language opportunity of the future for an English-speaking person.
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Please let me know what type of business.  I am tri-lingual, including Mandarin.  You may contact me at jpee_truecare@yahoo.com for further discussion.
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Some website about working from home.
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best/easiest is to install the Japanese input IME (must have your original Windows XP CD, and do the following:\n\nControl Panel->Regional and Language Options->Languages->Install Files for East Asian Languages\nand\nControl Panel->Regional and Language Options->Languages->Details->Add->Japanese\n\nyou will hafta reboot, then learn to use the IME.\n\nor you can just ask me to do it.. ;-)\n\nYou can then input any Japanese (kana and kanji) in almost any application (graphics and word processors included), as well as view Japanese websites.  This is how I have been entering/creating Japanese text within graphics programs, web sites, and Flash.  \n\nYou probably want something like this:\nhttp://www.torimoto.net\n\nFeel free to contact me if you'd like help.
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Here's a trick that worked for one person I know: she came to the U.S. and couldn't work legally, but in his case, this would be even easier.  She volunteered in my aunt's ESL classroom as an aide.  Over time, she even got paid to do lunch supervision.  In her case, she was an art teacher in Mexico, so it was a natural fit, but he might also have a chance to volunteer somewhere where English is spoken regularly (maybe via your church or even a classroom) and he can help out by helping the kids who are also learning English and still hear English and practice using it, himself.  Places like schools are non-intimidating (the kids don't care how you speak it!) and often teachers are glad of the extra help.  With school coming to a close for the summer, maybe there are summer school classes or vacation church school classes that need some help?  If not in a classroom, maybe there are other areas where there is a mix of native and non-native speakers that he could volunteer.\n\nAsk around.  A lot of people love getting some help, and he could be "immersed" in English without having to pay!  Good luck.
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yup. a friend of mine does translation and interpretation for businesses. Another does web design. i know a couple writers. one proofreader. What are you good at? I am guessing there is a way to do it from home.
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To be honest, it is very difficult, unless you also speak Japanese. Unless you can find position in some multinational companies, your only choice is to teach English to Japanese. There are some English learning centres in Tokyo, however, I think you need to have a work permit. Teaching English to Japanese, like me, could be very difficult and annoying. Not to upset you, however, learning Japanese is not difficult at all, if you really want to work in Tokyo. You can claim to be a Japanese expert one day.
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Hi there, hope these links give you a start.  They're mostly resume examples for TEFL
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If you are already over in Japan than there are many places where you can find a job.  Just do a job search "Teaching English in Japan"\n\n  However, I caution your attitude towards teaching.  Many places exist in Japan for people to converse and 'teach' conversation.  Many places will unqualified teachers and no curriculum or even lesson plans!\n\n  This is part of the problem, and why Japanese have a hard time with English.   I would encourage you to at least take some practical training in EFL teaching before entering the profession.  \n\nWe need good teachers, not people looking to make a few bucks on the side.
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I work for an american company that hires interpreters to work from home maybe I can help you out..contact me
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If you are really interested I would contact an interpreter service.\n\nSuch as the "work for us" link in the following site