Japanese Immersion

Oct 19, 2019

Hello, I've been following this chat board for sometime now and it has been very helpful.

How many Japanese immersion schools doesn't DoDEA have? I tried looking but the only school I could find was in Okinawa. Are there none in other parts of Japan or around the world?

I'm debating whether I should take the OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) and apply to these dual immersion schools.

Also, will my chances be higher if I apply as a multilingual teacher? Thanks for your help!

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Icanread Yes, it's a glitch the site has. Even though it doesn't look like it does anything, you only need to hit the comment button once.

I am in Oki and there is no Japanese immersion program here that I know of. All of the elementary schools have a Japanese teacher but they are locals hired and paid for (to my knowledge) by the Japanese governme...See More

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Snow Lane Mainland Japan here- no immersion programs here either.

Oct 19, 2019

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cinumu Thanks for the response! https://www.dodea.edu/Offices/HR/employment/categories/Elementary-Positions.cfm

The website here lists language immersion as one of the categories. I wonder why they have it if they don't even even have immersion schools anymore :(

Oct 19, 2019

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haha They still have FLES listed and they eliminated that program last year in all schools. So, guess they just haven't gotten around to taking it off. Or, they acknowledge that the powers that be could change their minds about it tomorrow and so why not leave it on there.

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