Introduce yourself! Let us know who you are!

by **himitsu** on Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:04 pm

Member List

Of course you can increase the list and choose freely what you wanna tell about yourself and what you don`t.

By the way, I think, when posting something, it would be good if we always say what type of school we are talking about (as they all differ greatly), where it seems appropriate. (e.g. if someone says "my Japanese co-teacher never supports me in class", it`s quite different if you talk about ES or JHS). I remember sometimes being confused when reading some threads.

Name: himitsu
Work place: Kansai
Origin: Europe
Been in Japan for: 4y
Teaching experience in jp. public school: 3y (ES 3y, JHS 1y)
English spoken / used: both BE (~70%) and AE (~30%)

Name: Paul　(paul)
Work place: Okinawa
Origin: Ancestry; Russia, Poland, France, Sicily, Ireland Personally; That big plot of land that Columbus thought was India, and has caused problems for centuries because of it.
Been in Japan for: Longer than I haven't
Teaching experience in jp.schools: Well, all told, over 15 yrs +@
English spoken / used: BE (~0%) and AE (~59%) gibberish (~38%) and (~WTF 3%)

Name: Jason (jeisensei)
Work place: Southern Gunma
Origin: Moved over from America, but family is Irish on my father's side and French Canadian on my mother's side.
Been in Japan for 10 years or so
Teaching experience in Japanese schools: About 10 years mostly in JHS but with spurts of ES mixed in.
English spoken/used: Yes
Others: Working on the side as a translator (sort of) and writing my second book and learning how to code smart phone apps in my spare time. (wish me luck in all of those things)

NAME: Patrick (otaku)
WORKPLACE: Yamanashi, used to live in Niigata.
ORIGIN: My mom.
YEARS IN JAPAN: 8yrs and some change.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Preschool (3yrs), ES (5yrs), JHS (8yrs).
ENGLISH SPOKEN: I throw out trivia info about other countries Englishes all the time, so I consider my English, 100% International English. :)

NAME: Matthew (moolooman)
WORKPLACE: Yamagata
ORIGIN: The Land of the Long White Cloud
YEARS IN JAPAN: About two
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Two and a half years Intermediate School - Homeroom Teacher (The Land of the Long White Cloud)
Year and a half ALT (JHS) , Some Eikaiwa
ENGLISH SPOKEN: The proper type

NAME:Jesse (papalika)
WORKPLACE: Osaka
ORIGIN: The other side of the Pacific ocean
YEARS IN JAPAN: 15 years
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 5 years JHS and ES. some Eikawa
ENGLISH SPOKEN: The one that is spoken in Osaka that the schools use.

Name: Kanashibari (kanashibari)
Workplace: Sakai, Osaka..... but live in central Osaka
Origin: The big land of friendly people North of the U.S.
Been in Japan for: 7 years
Teaching Exp: 3 years in Kodomo Eikaiwa, 3 years in Public schools as an ALT, this year in a private school as an English teacher
English spoken: sure

Name: Just call me Zed. (zedicus)
Origin: United States, Texas
Location: Shiso city, Hyogo
Been in Japan: just over a year
Teaching experience: just over a year
English spoken: UHMERKEN
Additional Notes: I think it's about time some ALTs designed a textbook.

Name: ( sum1wholikesengliped)
Origin: The U.S.
Location: Saitama
Been in Japan for 7 years now.
Teaching experience: 4 years or so.
Spoken language: English and some Japanese
Additional notes: I'm bored.

Name: Jess (jess)
Origin: The U.S. I've got Irish, Scottish, German, and Mexican genes all fighting in my bloodstream for dominance.
Location: Ibaraki
I just got to Japan. I love it so far! But I miss cheese :(
Teaching experience: I observed, but never really taught a classroom until I got here.
Spoken language: English, some German, and some Japanese.
Additional notes: I want to kidnap Gackt and keep him forever.

Name: Kelly
Origin: North America
Location: Western Tokyo
Been in Japan: just over 12 years
Teaching experience: 3 years JHS 3 years Eikaiwa
English spoken: American English

Name: Paul
Origin: Wales
Location: Fukuoka
Been in Japan for 2 and a half years. With an 11 month stint back home.
Teaching experience: 3 and a half years.
Spoken language: English and not a lot of Japanese
Additional notes: I like to draw.

Name: Jake
Work place: Shizuoka prefecture
Origin: Sweden
Been in Japan for about 10 months now.
Teaching experience in Japanese schools: About 4 months mostly in JHS and 7 months Eikaiwa.
English spoken/used: In my head it sounds like the Queen's English, but in reality it is probably something like the Swedish chef from the Muppets.
Others: Trying to find a team where I can play football(soccer) but not that many foreign teams around here.

Name: Mangakk
Origin: Some where in India
Location: Chubu Region
Been in Japan for 7 and a half years.
Teaching experience: 5 and half years.
Spoken language: English and Japanese
Additional notes: I love to sleep.

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Per request; This thread has now been changed to sticky status to allow our new members a chance to stop in, introduce themselves, and become a part of the community!

by **moolooman** on Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:14 pm

I will have to post tomorrow. I have no classes this afternoon, so I go home. :thumbsup:

Talk to you tomorrow.

by **Paul** on Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:53 pm

Name: Paul
Work place: Okinawa
Origin: Ancestry; Russia, Poland, France, Sicily, Ireland Personally; That big plot of land that Columbus thought was India, and has caused problems for centuries because of it.
Been in Japan for: Longer than I haven't
Teaching experience in jp.schools: Well, all told, over 15 yrs +@
English spoken / used: BE (~0%) and AE (~59%) gibberish (~38%) and (~WTF 3%)

by **jeisensei** on Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:06 pm

Name: Jason
Work place: Southern Gunma
Origin: Moved over from America, but family is Irish on my father's side and French Canadian on my mother's side.
Been in Japan for 10 years or so
Teaching experience in Japanese schools: About 10 years mostly in JHS but with spurts of ES mixed in.
English spoken/used: Yes
Others: Working on the side as a translator (sort of) and writing my second book and learning how to code smart phone apps in my spare time. (wish me luck in all of those things)

by **Otaku** on Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:48 pm

NAME: Patrick
WORKPLACE: Yamanashi, used to live in Niigata.
ORIGIN: My mom.
YEARS IN JAPAN: 8yrs and some change.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Preschool (3yrs), ES (5yrs), JHS (8yrs).
ENGLISH SPOKEN: I throw out trivia info about other countries Englishes all the time, so I consider my English, 100% International English. :)

by **moolooman** on Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:19 am

NAME: Matthew
WORKPLACE: Yamagata
ORIGIN: The Land of the Long White Cloud
YEARS IN JAPAN: About two
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Two and a half years Intermediate School - Homeroom Teacher (The Land of the Long White Cloud)
Year and a half ALT (JHS) , Some Eikaiwa
ENGLISH SPOKEN: The proper type

by **pakalika** on Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:55 am

NAME:Jesse
WORKPLACE: Osaka
ORIGIN: The other side of the Pacific ocean
YEARS IN JAPAN: 15 years
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 5 years JHS and ES. some Eikawa
ENGLISH SPOKEN: The one that is spoken in Osaka that the schools use.

by **himitsu** on Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:40 am

Jeisensei, do you speak French?

by **Kanashibari** on Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:47 am

Name: Kanashibari
Workplace: Sakai, Osaka..... but live in central Osaka
Origin: The big land of friendly people North of the U.S.
Been in Japan for: 7 years
Teaching Exp: 3 years in Kodomo Eikaiwa, 3 years in Public schools as an ALT, this year in a private school as an English teacher
English spoken: sure

by **moolooman** on Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:44 pm

Kanashibari is a fellow colonial. Sweet.

by **jeisensei** on Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:07 am

himitsu wrote:Jeisensei, do you speak French?

Nope. Though genetically I may be half french, I took spanish as my second language :whistle:

by **Zedicus** on Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:18 pm

Name: Just call me Zed.
Origin: United States, Texas
Location: Shiso city, Hyogo
Been in Japan: just over a year
Teaching experience: just over a year
English spoken: UHMERKEN
Additional Notes: I think it's about time some ALTs designed a textbook.

by **sum1wholikesengliped** on Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:41 pm

Name:
Origin: The U.S.
Location: Saitama
Been in Japan for 7 years now.
Teaching experience: 4 years or so.
Spoken language: English and some Japanese
Additional notes: I'm bored.

by **Jess** on Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:26 pm

Allow me to introduce myself!
Name: Jess
Origin: The U.S. I've got Irish, Scottish, German, and Mexican genes all fighting in my bloodstream for dominance.
Location: Ibaraki
I just got to Japan. I love it so far! But I miss cheese :(
Teaching experience: I observed, but never really taught a classroom until I got here.
Spoken language: English, some German, and some Japanese.
Additional notes: I want to kidnap Gackt and keep him forever.

by **lkelly2477** on Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:26 pm

Name: Kelly
Origin: North America
Location: Western Tokyo
Been in Japan: just over 12 years
Teaching experience: 3 years JHS 3 years Eikaiwa
English spoken: American English

by **moolooman** on Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:28 pm

by **himitsu** on Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:23 pm

Welcome!

by **Paulm22** on Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:10 am

Name: Paul
Origin: Wales
Location: Fukuoka
Been in Japan for 2 and a half years. With an 11 month stint back home.
Teaching experience: 3 and a half years.
Spoken language: English and not a lot of Japanese
Additional notes: I like to draw.

by **jeisensei** on Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:17 am

Welcome!

by **Paul** on Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:27 am

Yo, Welcome! Great name btw! :thumbsup:

by **himitsu** on Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:41 pm

Hi Paulm!

by **jakezecake** on Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:12 am

Name: Jake
Work place: Shizuoka prefecture
Origin: Sweden
Been in Japan for about 10 months now.
Teaching experience in Japanese schools: About 4 months (*ninja edit*) mostly in JHS and 7 months Eikaiwa.
English spoken/used: In my head it sounds like the Queen's English, but in reality it is probably something like the Swedish chef from the Muppets.
Others: Trying to find a team where I can play football(soccer) but not that many foreign teams around here.

by **Otaku** on Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:23 am

jakezecake wrote:Name: Jake
Others: Trying to find a team where I can play football(soccer) but not that many foreign teams around here.

I'm checking into this for you. Can't promise anything but just sent an email out to a connected friend in Shizuoka.

by **himitsu** on Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:31 pm

Hi there!
Btw, what's your total time in Japan? 9 months sounds like you just arrived for the first time (which you obviously haven't)
And is Jake a nick or real (Sweddish!?) name?

by **jakezecake** on Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:43 pm

I guess I was a bit vague in my introduction, this is technically my 4th time in Japan, first time was 3 months back in 05, one short vacation 08, then 2 weeks in March 2011 (arrived March 2nd, left 17th) and finally settled down in May 2011. :)

Jake is just a nickname.

by **himitsu** on Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:07 pm

jakezecake wrote:I guess I was a bit vague in my introduction, this is technically my 4th time in Japan, first time was 3 months back in 05, one short vacation 08, then 2 weeks in March 2011 (arrived March 2nd, left 17th) and finally settled down in May 2011. :)

--->

"Teaching experience in Japanese schools: About 4 years mostly in JHS and 7 months Eikaiwa."

??? :chin:

by **jakezecake** on Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:53 pm

Ehrm.

Guess I was a bit quick there, should have been 4 months.

and 7 months Eikaiwa...

by **azuhl** on Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:16 pm

jakezecake wrote:Ehrm. Guess I was a bit quick there, should have been 4 months. and 7 months Eikaiwa...

Good recovery!

by **himitsu** on Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:26 am

Oh, ok

by **Otaku** on Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:06 am

Otaku wrote:
jakezecake wrote:Name: Jake
Others: Trying to find a team where I can play football(soccer) but not that many foreign teams around here.

I'm checking into this for you. Can't promise anything but just sent an email out to a connected friend in Shizuoka.

Hey Jake, PMing you now with a contact who will hook you up with football.