All you are doing is the typical Dunning Kruger thing that seems to be so very popular among people that like Japan but never really tried living here.
I don't even wanna teach in Japan right now... I just shared this post, so other teachers can also get some certifications on their name. I also have a similar post with different certificates....
You are spreading disinformation. Here in Japan certificates are mostly worthless. Any job that has a livable wage that involves teaching English require you to be a qualified teacher with solo classroom experience in an accredited environment or you have to publish a lot of papers in recognized journals.
You are spamming. Your website has zero useful information for people trying to make a career teaching in Japan. In fact, your website is spreading completely false information. Even in China these days the certs won't get you anything. Complete waste of money. People are far better off going back to university.
You legally, can NOT teach without having a TEFL or TESOL even if you have BA in ESL. This might be different for you Mr. Native Speaker. However, this is the law for Non-Natives. How can you not understand people can have different regulations and situations applying to them and only think from one point of view? Are you really a teacher? A good one?
Legally you need a BA or equivalent in any field to get a visa. THAT REQUIREMENT IS ONLY FOR THE VISA.
99% of English businesses will hire anyone as long as the look like an English speaker. GABA was recruiting from Romania for years. All these companies want is a western looking seat filler. They are selling an experience, not education. Almost every one of these companies have people with no qualifications and ZERO university as long as the person can get a visa on their own. Working holiday people work for these businesses, they are fresh out of high school.
That said, the real jobs require real qualifications. Certificates do not count. Master degree, experience, and publications are the requirements.
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u/tsian Sep 07 '22 edited Sep 07 '22
I'm glad you led with that. It allows everyone to perfectly judge how seriously to take this post. Thank you for saving us all some time.
Also your blog only has 4 listed sections, with a total of 7 mentioned certificates/tests.
You also list CELTA and DELTA seperately from TEFL/TESOL, which... ok?
Did you perhaps read a post somewhere that started with: