Re: Working in Japan (Don't want to teach English...)
Louise Bremner wrote:
> It doesn't matter how close you got to passing--for those few companies
> that even know what it is, all that is important is whether or not you
> passed. No prizes for "nearly".
But for many companies the important thing is his proficiency level in
japanese, and this shows it should be quite high (even if performance in
tests like ikkyu can sometimes be quite unrelated to your proficiency in
real life).
>> Anyone know how easy it would be for me to find something? Do a lot of
>> companies need native speaking English speakers for website design? Or
>> is this just a bad idea........
I know a french guy who does graphic design in Japan, mostly for
internet sites, (I've lost contact since quite a while though), he
speaks fluent japanese but almost not english (*), and I remember he
explained to me that being fluent in english would help him a lot
professionally. In fact, IIRC he said that his small company also
employed a native English speaking girl who was almost unable to get any
work done correctly, but they wouldn't fire her because of their need
for a native speaker.
* He also has a lot of funny anecdotes about the japanese who try to get
a free english conversation from him in the train or elsewhere.
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