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3 total messages Started by BFLV000 Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:31
Guide for Teaching English in Japan
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Author: BFLV000
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:31
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I am distributing a booklet called "A Comprehensive Guide For
Teaching English in Japan".

This valuable booklet (60 pages & some figures) provides you everything
you need to know about conducting job hunting and living in Japan.
(e.g. medical insurance, budget travelling, Japan railway pass etc.)
It includes detailed information of 50 famous language school in Japan.
Even If you have no intention to teach English in Japan, this booklet
still is an excellent reference for anyone who is interested in Japan.
We charge a minimum cost price of US$10 (including S&H expenses).
If you are interested, send your name and address with a check to
M. Yoshida, 2125 rue St-Marc, Apt. 1110, Montreal, PQ, Canada H3H 2P1.
Please allow two weeks for processing.  Reliable !
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The following are the contents of the booklet:


Part 1  Why Teach English in Japan?..................3

Part 2  Qualifying Yourself to be a English Teacher..5

Part 3  Fixing Up a Job in Advance...................6

  The JET Programme..................................7
  Other Teaching Opportunities.......................8

Part 4  Conducting Job Hunt on the Spot.............10

Part 5  Conditions of Work..........................14

  Contracts.........................................14
  Students..........................................15
  Allowances(Employment)............................16
  Bonuses...........................................16
  Accommodations....................................16

Part 6  Leisure Time................................18

  Coffee Shops......................................19
  Alcoholic Beverages...............................19
  Cinemas...........................................20
  Budget Travelling.................................20

Part 7  Discovering Life in Japan...................22

  Airports..........................................22
  Alien Registration................................22
  Area Codes........................................22
  Banking Services..................................23
  Banks.............................................23
  Bowing............................................24
  China Town........................................25
  Chinese...........................................25
  Clinics...........................................25
  Commuting.........................................26
  Convenience Agencies..............................26
  Cram Schools......................................27
  Credit Credits....................................27
  Crime.............................................27
  Department Stores.................................28
  Driver's Licenses.................................29
  Driving in Japan..................................29
  Electricity.......................................30
  Employment Agencies...............................30
  Foreigners in Japan...............................31
  Foreign Children Born in Japan....................31
  Foreign Students in Japan.........................31
  Japanese Society..................................32
  Japan National Tourist............................33
  Japan Rail Passes.................................34
  Japan Travel Phone................................34
  Japan Youth Hostels...............................35
  Job Hunting in Japan..............................35
  Medical Care......................................36
  National Holidays.................................37
  Newspapers in English.............................38
  Permanent Residency...............................38
  Postal Service....................................38
  Signs.............................................39
  Social Security...................................40
  Subways...........................................40
  Supermarkets......................................40
  Subway Maps.......................................41
  Taxes.............................................42
  Telephones........................................42
  Tipping...........................................42
  Toilets...........................................43
  Water.............................................43

Part 8  List of Language Schools (50)...............44
Re: Guide for Teaching English in Japan
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Author: Tad Perry
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:19
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In article <26JAN93.21093594.0067@VM1.MCGILL.CA> BFLV@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA (BFLV000) writes:

[description of guide deleted]
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>  Foreign Children Born in Japan....................31

This, by far, was my favorite section title.

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Problems Installing MOKE 1.1 on CGA Toshiba Notebook Solved!
#1511
Author: Tad Perry
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:30
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For those who said it couldn't be done (and there were many), I have
successfully installed MOKE 1.1 on my 8088, CGA Toshiba notebook. The
problem was quite bone-headed in fact, but maddening.

Yoke Tanaka provided the important hint. He says he once changed
colors such that the STATUS LINE (but nothing else) matched the
background and therefore didn't appear. (No STATUS LINE was my
problem, remember).  MOKE 1.1 doesn't provide any method of changing
colors but this made sense since my own problem was that I originally
had a STATUS LINE (accompanied by other problems requiring
re-installation), but then lost it (after that re-installation).

So I looked into the video driver. I had specified CGA in the MOKE.RC
file. Stupid me! Despite the fact that entries for EUC/JIS and
UNIX/MSDOS are in *upper* case, cga must be specified in *lower* case.
That was all! Once I switched it back to lower case, my STATUS LINE
reappeared. I won't comment on the programming practice of
unnecessarily mixing case-sensitive entries in a default file except
to say: "It sucks." Especially if it isn't documented. And this wasn't.

Thanks to all you who responded.


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