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Mike has also answered any questions from this session:

1. I am interested in teaching English communication classes in University and am applying for jobs in that field at the moment. I’d like to hear more about your experience before JET and whether you had any advice!

I wish you the best of luck with your search! To clarify my position, I worked in the English center at two universities. My primary role was working with students on their speaking ability through more casual activities or assisting them in their coursework. We also regularly prepared seminars about topics relating to English or foreign countries. At the time, I was also doing coursework at one of the universities, and so I had already established a rapport with the university. If you’re looking to teach classes at the university level, you may find that competition is fierce and there are better people suited to giving you advice there. If part time positions are also of interest to you, you may find success at schools geared towards business or the service industry (one of the schools I worked at had a well developed career track in the hospitality sector). These schools, the latter especially, are more likely to have a stronger focus on English (and foreign cultures) and may have more opportunities available to you.

2. Do you have any resources on explanations of how to use the different apps?

I put together a short video that goes through a few example activities I prepared and have uploaded that to the Google Drive folder I made available. While the technology available at some schools may differ, for those using Google’s applications and/or Google classroom, you may find some of Google’s introductory courses helpful. Here are links to one showing the basic document editors and Google classroom. Many talented people have also put together wonderful tutorials on Youtube or elsewhere, and I encourage everyone to find one that suits their needs. Unfortunately, this topic is a little too broad for me  tackle all at once, but if you ever have more specific questions about one of the apps, please do feel free to contact me.

Google applications

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/10005650?visit_id=637749697989687457-4000594693&hl=en&rd=1

Google classroom

https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6020279?hl=en