email recieved asking which i think is better alt or study abroad study abroad pros: speak more japanese possible credit at home univeristy, more freedom to have cultural experiences/go on trips and stuff, can do it while your still in univeristy, get to experience a sort of once in a lifetime thing alt pros: get to see how japanese high schools/junior highs are like, get to try your hand at teaching english, get to live in japan and experience the culture, get to make money while doing it,will have some time to go off on vacations (same as school vacations) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JET_Programme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_Language_Teacher http://www.studyabroad.com/ https://www.iesabroad.org/IES/home.html