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goat
Joined: 23 Feb 2010
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:34 pm Post subject: on the way out |
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There has been a nearly 42% decrease in Native English Teachers in the past 5 years in public schools. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:55 am Post subject: Re: on the way out |
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goat wrote: |
There has been a nearly 42% decrease in Native English Teachers in the past 5 years in public schools. |
And at that they are still double what they were in 2007 and 10x what it was in 2002.
Korea is a "mature" market for EFL and they are becoming more particular who they hire and what they do with their expensive assets.
That writing was on the wall a long time ago.
As a mature market it will probably stabilize at about 10,000 EFL teachers in Korea over the next decade or so. Down from the peak of 30k teachers and still well above the 2000 at the start of the millennium.
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goat
Joined: 23 Feb 2010
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:06 am Post subject: Re: on the way out |
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ttompatz wrote: |
goat wrote: |
There has been a nearly 42% decrease in Native English Teachers in the past 5 years in public schools. |
And at that they are still double what they were in 2007 and 10x what it was in 2002.
Korea is a "mature" market for EFL and they are becoming more particular who they hire and what they do with their expensive assets.
That writing was on the wall a long time ago.
As a mature market it will probably stabilize at about 10,000 EFL teachers in Korea over the next decade or so. Down from the peak of 30k teachers and still well above the 2000 at the start of the millennium.
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And more than 50x more than what was here in 1967.
I agree. About 10,000 is a good estimate for the next 10-15 years. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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There was just a big article on this in the Herald (loathe to admit that I actually pick up that rag from time to time, but so be it).
Middle and high schools have trimmed the most. More pressure on schools to use their budgets to improve facilities and programs for working families.
To boot, they are keen to bring in Korean teachers to teach English more and more, though the utility of that move is hotly debated.
The flip side of the argument is that this development will put more pressure on families to up their private spending on English lessons for the kids. This, argue some, benefits the wealthy and does little to level the playing field. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:11 am Post subject: |
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The number of native English teachers at public schools has dropped nearly 42 percent over five years and is expected to fall further in the face of government funding cuts over alleged poor results.
http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/phone/news/view.jsp?req_newsidx=215854
An official at the North Chungcheong Province Office of Education said the sharp cut in native English teachers in the province was attributable to the increasing availability of well-educated English-speaking Korean teachers.
“We used to recruit native English speakers as teachers to give students who couldn’t afford a trip to an English-speaking country first-hand learning from native English speakers,” the official said. “But now it’s easy for children to meet native English speakers through social clubs and other casual and affordable ways. So we have decided to increase the number of Korean teachers who will be able to improve students’ proficiency with various training and tests.” |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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I think that many native speakers have more choices than before when it comes to teaching English. The bad stories about Korea are all over the web, and given that one can teach in China or Vietnam and save quite a bit of money while having to deal with more friendly people... |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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Agreed. 20-30 years ago, you didn't have many options if you wanted to teach in Asia. Japan was a default destination and Korea was an option getting better by the year. Especially prior to the Asian financial crisis, Seoul, in particular, was pretty lucrative. HK was there, but the jobs weren't great.
Now? If you want to teach a few years after university, you could do several countries over here on a tour of the region, then settle in wherever you like the best. Japan, Korea, China (and HK), Vietnam, Thailand...you'll make and/or save more in some counties than others, but you'd have an interesting few years! |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Taiwan, too! You could really do 5 or 6 years in 5 or 6 countries over here no problem. Might not have a lot of savings to show for it at the end of the stint, but it'd be a wild ride. |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Location: Korea
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Yaya wrote: |
...one can teach in China...and save quite a bit of money... |
Yes, but getting that money home is expensive and/or a hassle. I miss the days of just walking up to a KEB ATM and just remitting money in a couple minutes. |
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