What Degree is best if I want to teach English in Japan?
It depends on where you want to teach. If you want to teach for a conversation school, any degree is fine, TESOL isn’t required. It’s been said before, a job at a conversation school doesn’t have great security. JLPT isn’t required at all. If you want to teach at an international school (this can include more than just teaching English), you need an education degree. JLPT 2 isn’t required in this case. But this isn’t teaching English. There are some small schools that will ask for TESOL certificates, but they’re likely to be small privately owned conversation schools. Teaching in an actual school (elementary, junior high, elementary) can be a bit more difficult to get a full time job. Basically, the English teacher there is Japanese, while the foreigner is an ALT, an assistant. Those jobs can be found through dispatch companies or through the JET program (this option is maximum 2 years, though). They generally have the same requirements as conversation schools. Having JLPT 2 doesn’t us
