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[ringoucb]

Hi!

I'm from Brazil... trying to graduate in Computer Science!

I'd like to know about teaching in Korea (because I think it will be hard for me in the beginning)

actually, I lived for 7 months in Australia (I don't have TEFL or any similar certificate... just FCE) and I want to move to Korea.
I must have a job to survive and I was thinking about teaching english. I know I "MUST" (I'm not sure) be english native speaker to teach...
is it possible for me to teach english in Korea?

(I guess nobody would like to learn portuguese, so I'd have to try english! hehe)

Thanks

(Sorry if the topic is in the wrong subforum)

Gustavo.

[ttompatz]

[MrSeoul]

[Fresh Prince]

OP: Before you decide to come to Korea make sure you do your research.

Korea is not like South America at all, the culture and laws are very different. There are many places that hire non-native English speakers to teach English however most of those teachers have a visa that allows them to teach legally (married to a Korean, citizen of an approved English speaking country as noted above, etc.). If you can't get a legal visa to teach English here, then you would not be protected from your bosses demanding unreasonable things from you, fines from immigration if you are caught, etc.

[wings]

There seem to be a lot of people who work illegally, the problem then would only be how long you could stay.

I live in Mexico and I have a friend from here who lived in Korea for a few years teaching English illegally, he said that he had a lot of latino friends who taught Salsa, cumbia etc, or worked in restuarants and or taught some Spanish.

Most of the people who post on this board seem to be sticklers for the law, but if you want to go and work under the table it seems like it wouldn't be a problem.

Good luck

[Roch]

[yingwenlaoshi]

Roch,

Please don't feed the troll.

Thank you.

[MrSeoul]

[wylies99]

MrSeoul- you are encouraging someone to break Korean law.

[MANDRL]