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» THE 2011 JAPAN EXCHANGE AND TEACHING (JET) PROGRAMME »Types of Positions and Duties

 

1) Types of Positions

ALT:     Participants engaged in language instruction. ALTs are placed mainly in local boards of education or publicly run primary, junior high and senior high schools.

2) Duties

ALT:
Participants who are assigned to local boards of education or primary, junior high and senior high schools are to carry out their duties as Assistant Language Teachers under the guidance of Language Teachers' Consultants or Japanese teachers of the foreign language as specified by the supervisor and/ or principal of the Board of Education and /or school. The following is a brief outline of duties, though they may vary from one contracting organisation to another.

  1. Assistance in classes taught by Japanese foreign language teachers in junior and senior high schools.
  2. Assistance in foreign language training activities, etc., at primary/elementary schools.
  3. Assistance in the preparation of materials for teaching a foreign language.
  4. Assistance in the language training of Japanese teachers of the foreign language, etc.
  5. Assistance in such activities as instruction of foreign language clubs (See Note 6).
  6. Provision of information on language and other related subjects for people such as Teachers' Consultants and Japanese teachers of the foreign language (e.g. word usage, pronunciation, etc.).
  7. Assistance in foreign language speech contests.
  8. Engagement in local international exchange activities.
  9. Other duties as specified by the contracting organisation.

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