What I hear from Japan is that knowing English is slowly being used as a benchmark to judge a person’s dialect. The thinking of Japanese citizens is that if they learn English at a very young age, they would not have problems communicating in English when they grow up. With most of the firms in the world going global, Japanese have realized that they would need efficient communication in English for them to survive. A lot of companies in Japan give weight to your resume if you know English.
I am told that there are compulsory English classes in their schools. For now, English is not their primary medium of communication for all other subjects, it is learnt as a second language. I am also being told that everyone enrolling in schools must complete tests in English.
With most of the firms in the world going global, Japanese have realized that they would need efficient communication in English for them to survive. A lot of these guys learn English as an additional skill for them to apply for jobs. A lot of companies in Japan give weight to your resume if you know English.
The thinking of Japanese citizens is that if they learn English at a very young age, they would not have problems communicating in English when they grow up. It is this thought that forces a lot of English teaching jobs in universities and schools.
All this tells you that if you are an English Teacher, you have a wide base of people that you can target. It just requires you to be certified and if you are, chances are you could land a high paying English teaching job.
There were days when your intellect as a Japanese would be measured in terms of how well you knew the different dialects of the Japanese language. What I hear from Japan is that knowing English is slowly being used as a benchmark to judge a person’s dialect.
