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Originally Posted by kenmei
for the job?
no
for general life?
maybe, but not so much
i've heard that speaking japanese and having been to japan/lived in japan can actually hurt your chances to become a JET. Cos, remember, they're aim at hiring you is to promote foreign culture and all that sorta stuff..not necessarily to speak to the kids in Japanese (when there's always another teacher with you who does anyways). Not sure how true this is, but some of the past JETs can probably confirm (MMM, ect).  |
The reality is, it depends. I had a degree in Japanese, and part of my interview was in Japanese, and that probably affected my placement. I wouldn't have want to have been in the school I taught without knowing Japanese, and so that was probably on purpose.