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✓ Accommodation: £400 per month.
✓ Classes: Many private schools run courses for adults but state schools ask for native speaker conversation classes. Students tend to be a bit rowdy but good natured.
✓ Contracts: Contracts run from autumn to spring.
✓ Cost of living: Slightly cheaper than the UK but eating out costs less.
✓ Qualifications: Native speakers can find work without qualifications but not at the best schools.
✓ Salaries: £900 per month or more
✓ Travelling: Cheap airlines like Ryanair fly here.
✓ Visa: EU citizens don’t need one.
✓ Where to teach: Rome, Milan and tourist cities
Japan
The Japanese are still interested in old traditions. Japanese people follow rules so expect to conform. They are hospitable people but live a very high-speed lifestyle. They give more importance to body language than most English speakers and tend to be ambitious.
✓ Accommodation: About 20 per cent of net salary.
✓ Classes: Classes are varied and can include local primary schools or business people. The students’ focus is often on correctness, but most lessons are conversation based.
✓ Contracts: Contracts run April to March with long teaching hours. But you get a bonus on completion of contract and seven weeks paid holiday. Apply for the best jobs in your home country.
✓ Cost of living: It’s possible to save if you don’t splurge on bars and entertainment.
✓ Qualifications: A degree is needed for an instructor visa but you can find work without one while in Japan.
✓ Salaries: £1,700 per month.
✓ Travelling: Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, United Airlines.
✓ Visa: You need a working visa and you can obtain a teaching licence through accredited schools.
✓ Where to teach: Tokyo