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Philippine president wants to send English teachers to Japan

Postby Enuff Stuff » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:53 am

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Postby Takechanpoo » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:12 pm

When it comes to Fhilipine, Japanese imagine "Philipine pabu" immediately.
Unfortunately I think no Japanese want to be taught not only English but also the other all things by them. Japanese discrimination toward Philipino is almost invisible but so deep.
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Postby IkemenTommy » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:52 pm

I know one particular industry that the Philippines continue to export to Japan.
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Postby DrP » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:10 pm

Why do I get the impression they are grasping at straws here. Cheap autoworkers - gone, Nannies - no babies, Farm workers - no farms. Nurses - there's a chance, English teachers - mmm, kinda like learning French from a Belgian. Increase the entertainment visas - at least we'll have better cover bands and hostesses.
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Postby Cortana » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:30 pm

Just fund all this with that 147 billion in bonds that the two 'japanese' (actually Filipino) dudes got caught with in Italy
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Postby Greji » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:44 am

Cortana wrote:Just fund all this with that 147 billion in bonds that the two 'japanese' (actually Filipino) dudes got caught with in Italy


See! The new restrictions on foreign employment are forcing honest folks to find other employment....
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Postby sublight » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:30 pm

Currently, one of the requirements for a company sponsoring a 'international humanities specialist whatever' visas that most eikaiwa teachers get is a Y250,000/month minimum salary for full-timers. I believe this was specifically to prevent companies from hiring lots of cheap labor and claiming they were all English teachers.
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Postby Yokohammer » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:04 pm

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Postby Yokohammer » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:10 pm

DrP wrote:Why do I get the impression they are grasping at straws here. Cheap autoworkers - gone, Nannies - no babies, Farm workers - no farms. Nurses - there's a chance, English teachers - mmm, kinda like learning French from a Belgian. Increase the entertainment visas - at least we'll have better cover bands and hostesses.


This just looks like history repeating itself to me.

There was a time when any non-Japanese could get work as an English teacher. I remember meeting Pakistanis, Filipinos, Latinos, Eastern Europeans, and others with, at best, a tenuous grasp of the English language being employed as "teachers" back in the 70's.

Here we go again!
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Postby Mike Oxlong » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:39 pm

Yokohammer wrote:This just looks like history repeating itself to me.

There was a time when any non-Japanese could get work as an English teacher. I remember meeting Pakistanis, Filipinos, Latinos, Eastern Europeans, and others with, at best, a tenuous grasp of the English language being employed as "teachers" back in the 70's.

Here we go again!

In certain parts of the country, that's still not uncommon.
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Postby Takechanpoo » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:42 pm

Yokohammer wrote:This just looks like history repeating itself to me.

There was a time when any non-Japanese could get work as an English teacher. I remember meeting Pakistanis, Filipinos, Latinos, Eastern Europeans, and others with, at best, a tenuous grasp of the English language being employed as "teachers" back in the 70's.

Here we go again!

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At least Japanese power of English understanding have been relatively improving compared with 20~30 years ago.
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Postby Yokohammer » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:47 pm

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Postby IkemenTommy » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:39 am

Yokohammer wrote:And by the way, starting a response with "you dick" is probably not a good way to make friends, or prove your facility with the language ... although I'm pretty sure you don't care much about making friends.

Cheers anyway.

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Postby Steve Bildermann » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:33 am

sublight wrote:Currently, one of the requirements for a company sponsoring a 'international humanities specialist whatever' visas that most eikaiwa teachers get is a Y250,000/month minimum salary for full-timers. I believe this was specifically to prevent companies from hiring lots of cheap labor and claiming they were all English teachers.

Amazing as it might sound \250,000 was the standard amount quoted on contracts for eikaiwa visa back in 1974.
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Postby Greji » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:29 am

Yokohammer wrote:Sorry Take, I've been here since '67
Jeep! (Sorry Yokotan, I couldn't let that go by!):p

I would agree with you on the in-Japan educated people, but the big factor in improvement, especially in the business area, is the huge numbers of kikoku shijo. They have really brought a high level on English into the system.

When I first got to the exotic far east, those with overseas education were not particularly in demand and/or were shunned by more than a few companies. It was like they had lost some of their "Japaneseness" by attending classes with the fgs. The same was true about in-house promotions for those employees who were assigned abroad for extended periods of time. The taint of fg-itis was the kiss of death.

That has really reversed and that type of education is now a plus along with experience in being assigned overseas is no longer a minus. Two members of the board of directors of my previous place of employment were among the first we had sent overseas on assignment. That would have been totally unheard of in the past.

The plunge in to the kokusaika has had its good effects!
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And by the way, starting a response with "you dick" is probably not a good way to make friends


When you gotta flopper as small as Take's, the "dick" references comes forward on all fronts. Freudian, I guess...
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Postby Yokohammer » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:11 pm

Greji wrote:I would agree with you on the in-Japan educated people, but the big factor in improvement, especially in the business area, is the huge numbers of kikoku shijo. They have really brought a high level on English into the system.


That's for sure. I'm seeing lots of kikoku guys and gals being hired by one of of main clients too, and it really does make a difference to the company's overall kokusai communication skills. It's good to see. Of course there are still some stigma and petty jealousies attached, but in general it seems to be working out very well. And perhaps in time those people will trigger a new wave of truly effective English education in this country. But as long as the old guard has control, I won't be holding my breath.

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Postby Mike Oxlong » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:31 pm

Say "Yokoso!" to more workers from the Philippines...8)

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