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Japan Exchange and Teaching Program:

The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program is a Japanese government sponsored exchange programme. It offers university graduates positions for full time jobs as either an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in elementary and secondary schools or a Coordinator for International Relations (CIR) in selected local government offices in Japan. The JET Program has been hiring university graduates from around the world to work in Japanese schools and cultural organizations since 1987.

The JET Program’s goal is to enhance foreign language education, and promote international exchange through the fostering of ties between Japanese youth and foreign youth.

Assistant Language Teacher responsibilities:

- Assisting English classes taught by Japanese Teachers of English in junior and senior high schools.

- Assisting with English language training activities at primary/elementary schools

- Assisting in the preparation of materials for English language teaching

- Assisting in the language training of Japanese Teachers of English

- Assisting in organizing, coordinating and preparing activities for extracurricular activities and clubs

- Providing information on language and other related subjects to Teachers' Consultants and Japanese Teachers of English (e.g. word usage, pronunciations, etc.)

- Assisting in English Language speech contests. - Engaging in local international exchange activities.