Now let me talk about myself.

I became interested in teaching Japanese when I started teaching Japanese to English natives as a volunteer.
It was really tough for me to do it although I am Japanese. Because I don't think I "studyied" Japanese. So I don't know what to teach.

The way of learning second languages is the same. I remember the days when I studied English. I started studying it when I entered a junior high school. I liked it. Because I thought it was really new to me and I liked the teacher at school.
If I hadn't met him, I wouldn't became interested in English very much. And if he had been a Math teacher, I might be a Math teacher. (^^)
What I want to say is that it depends on how much a teacher can make students interested.

After university, I started working for a trading company in Nagoya. My job was so busy, but I liked it.
While I was working, I started thinking of studying English again. On my job I didn't have to speak English, but I thought English would become more important in the near future even in this small island country.

Quiting my job was a big decision for me, coz I knew how difficult it is to get a better job since Japan had been facing a job shortage.

NO PAIN NO GAIN !! I believe that.

I quit my job and prepared for going abroad.
I didn't want to do things anyone could do. I mean I wanted something special. So I decided to learn how to teach English at school in Canada. There are a lot of Japanese who speak English but not many who can teach English.

It was a tough program called TESL(Teaching English as a Second Language) with a lot of tests and weekly presentation to get the diploma. And I taught Japanese to Canadians when I had time.
My life there was so busy. I didn't even have time to travel around Canada. But it made me succeed in getting what I wanted.

About 1 month before I came back to Japan, I contacted some English conversation schools in Japan to apply for a job. About 900points on the TOEIC test is required.

I made it !!!

I've been teaching English at a private English conversation school for 3years now.
Now I like teaching more than before.