How to teach a private English lesson in Japan

a brief rundown of how I got my private lesson, how much I charge, and what I do during my lessons.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• English
• Teaching in Japan
• Private Lesson
• American

[hunkydorimatty]

Man you are a great guy im sure, tons of useful info definitely...One thing though...and i have to say this to other people wanting to tutor, and that is, even at the kyoto international house eg non native English speakers many of which have terrible English accents rarely charge below 2500yen...its not that youre not worth is buddy, you are here in Japan from your home country, its a service, eikaiwas charge 6000 or more per hour...unless its purely for fun...going below 3000 yen is just dumb.

[EJM1982]

I can only charge what students are willing to pay. I lived in Tokyo, & there were other teachers providing services at 2000 en/hr. My PL allowed me to meet new people in Japan. It wasnt just about the $. My student is still a good friend & he might come all the way from Japan for my wedding. My lessons were conversational, no lesson plan, I just showed up & conversed. It's important to remember that each teaching situation is different. Eikaiwas charge 6000 en/hr & rip off their students.

[CorehChan]

haha i love your videos :D

how much did it cost just to get there?

LETS SEE YOUR APARTMENT mwahaha :D

[EJM1982]

@CorehChan You can see my apartment in my wifes videos. She's Gingerlita

[Thisnamekills]

didn't even think about it being that simple. that's pretty awesome I'll have to try to schedule a private lesson or two when I'm teaching there. Do you meet with him every day or once a week or what?

[EJM1982]

I meet with him once a week, usually on Saturdays.

[PreciousJoe]

$15 bucks an hour?

Thats super cheap!

I'm $80 in Komatsu, Ishikawa

[Elementality88]

Denny's in Japan? =O hehehe cool

[missmaya81]

My question is, do you put the ads on the Japanese in craigslist, in Japanese or just English? you didn't mention anything about your Japanese fluency so i thought i'd ask.

[Zofnok]

@KamedaFamily Well to you it may seem like a 'rip-off", but for those who want to learn English it could mean a business promotion, or a job in the US.

[KamedaFamily]

I don't get why Japanese people pay so much money for just chatting in English, what you called free conversation. I've seen a lot of English lessons in cafe, It's not even worth 5 dollars. I skimmed through some comments and they said they get like 80 bucks an hour. It's a totally rip-off.

[ChicaSonidera]

@gare7171 not, gaijins dont get free ride. they need to pay taxes on income they make in JAPAN and they have to pay tax to their HOME COUNTRY. double tax!

[PorqSoda]

"Kokabaji at the Denny's" kind of funny

[EldestSauce]

@SunBreaker6 yes

[redblazerpea]

@gare7171 well no because he is.....working! he has a purpose being there helping japanese with english.

[redblazerpea]

@gare7171 well no because he is.....working! he has a purpose being there helping japanese w.

[SunBreaker6]

I loved your two other videos about you going to teach private lessons. Your life in Japan seems in my point of view "stressless" <- as it should be.

Is it possible to become english teacher, if you are good in english (I mean really good actually) and yet you come from country with no english base.