tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post7238055504789110410..comments2023-10-11T05:10:59.975-07:00Comments on kimchi-icecream: Researching ESL/EFL teaching jobs, blogs, and websites in Japan -- Looking to the future . .Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14403839433187045342noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post-49348080040407407602009-10-05T23:03:49.722-07:002009-10-05T23:03:49.722-07:00I'm really curious to see what Japan is like w...I'm really curious to see what Japan is like when I visit there this coming winter break. Korea is nice but 5 years is beginning to wear on me and I want to experience something new. <br /><br />I also really want to see how Japan compares with Korean in terms of living and teaching in general--now THAT will produce some interesting blogging!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403839433187045342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post-40322190568962235512009-10-05T23:00:43.192-07:002009-10-05T23:00:43.192-07:00Awesome post. Moving to Japan has always been in t...Awesome post. Moving to Japan has always been in the back of my thoughts. It's good to have a place that pulls together so many different resources.<br /><br />Thanks!kissmykimchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891635806960413293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post-87224773883939563472009-10-04T22:10:04.860-07:002009-10-04T22:10:04.860-07:00Nice to know. No, I wouldn't want to do anythi...Nice to know. No, I wouldn't want to do anything illegal. Thanks for your response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post-15852582666130782802009-10-04T18:27:56.410-07:002009-10-04T18:27:56.410-07:00It is illegal for E2 visa (full time living and te...It is illegal for E2 visa (full time living and teaching visa) teachers to do private lessons, and I'm pretty sure that tourists can't do that legally either. I think you can legally teach private lessons if you have an F4 visa, and a few other special types of visas (I'd have to double check that info).<br /><br />The idea is that the government is trying to protect the lower classes from English being the language of upper class elite people--and it's failing miserably. While it is illegal for foreign teachers to do private lessons unless they have a special visa it goes on and often the Koreans taking these private illegal lessons are people in positions (i.e. professionals with government positions) that should actually be upholding the law and immigration policies ....<br /><br />Long story short--I wouldn't recommend teaching privates unless you're not worried about being detained, fined, and then deported...the risk, frankly, seems to be pretty minimal, but if you DO get caught the penalties can really suck.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403839433187045342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post-710830723194992862009-10-04T10:13:19.242-07:002009-10-04T10:13:19.242-07:00Slightly off topic, although once, long ago I was ...Slightly off topic, although once, long ago I was invited to teach in Japan, and some years later, teach in Korea to a university prep school in Seoul. Ahem. <br /><br />Now I am retired. I'd like to know if I visited Korea for three months, or whatever the stale-by date would be, could I casually teach conversational English, say in a coffee shop, to pay for my lattes? Legally, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com