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| Who should be allowed to teach English in Korea? |
| Any foreigner who is qualified to teach English in his home country |
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11% |
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| Anyone with a four-year college degree who is a native speaker |
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55% |
[ 10 ] |
| Any native Korean with the proper teaching credentials |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Any native speaker with some teaching experience |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Anyone who is both fluent in Korean and English with the proper teaching credentials |
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27% |
[ 5 ] |
| What qualifications? |
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5% |
[ 1 ] |
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Freaka
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:26 pm Post subject: Who should be allowed to teach English in Korea? |
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Who is truly qualified to teach English in Korea? Then the questions begs, just because one has the right credentials, does that necessarily mean that he'll make a great teacher? But for the sake of argument, on paper, who should be allowed to teach English in Korea?
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mateomiguel
Joined: 16 May 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't see this option on there, but how about anyone who has the education and experience to teach English and can speak Korean?
From my time teaching English, I can easily say that I am not qualified to teach English. I don't know the little mental tricks to get people to remember things, I don't know how to best present the language comprehensively from start to finish to learn the most in the least amount of time, and I am definitely not qualified to make lesson plans.
Why? Because I never learned how in school. I was too busy get a Bachelor's in Biology and a Master's in IT. I do know how to technologize your biochemistry laboratory like none other!
Being able to speak English is not enough to be able to teach it. I personally think only a person with a deep grasp of both languages has the ability to teach English effectively. I'd like to see the ESL industry here filled with bilingual masters' degree holders. Then we'd see some fluency among students!
But the current way, its just not working. I'm so glad I'm not teaching English anymore... |
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Freaka
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Mateomiguel, I changed the options in the poll. 
You're right, I think Korea needs more teachers with the proper credentials who are clearly proficient in both languages. Like my French teacher in high school - she spoke flawless English and flawless French and was an engaging, motivational teacher! However, I get the feeling that this type of teacher is sorely lacking in Korea... |
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venus
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Near Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Freaka wrote: |
Mateomiguel, I changed the options in the poll.
You're right, I think Korea needs more teachers with the proper credentials who are clearly proficient in both languages. Like my French teacher in high school - she spoke flawless English and flawless French and was an engaging, motivational teacher! However, I get the feeling that this type of teacher is sorely lacking in Korea... |
Be realistic will you.
1. Look at how many job openings there are here.
2. How many people from native English speaking countries speak any, let alone flawless Korean????
3. How many of them would want to travel this far away from their famillies?
4. How many of them that actually knew where Korea was and anything about it at all would choose here over HK, Singapore or Japan - if they wanted to teach in Asia...?
The dudes that come here are the more adventurous, year out, travel and work types who want to pay off the student loans while living abroad. There are some exceptions sure, but you post a thread asking -
If the money and working conditions and benefits had have been the same in Thailand, Singapore, Japan or Hong Kong, would you still have come to S.Korea...?
I doubt many would answer in the affirmative. I'm not knocking Korea or saying that it is ostensibly worse than the other countries I mentioned, just that no-one really knows about it or what it has to offer... |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:44 am Post subject: |
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I would like to see a TESL/TEFL certificate added onto the full degree qualification.
They can be done in most Western cities. 120 hours as a minimum. I think this stipulation would really improve the standing of foreign teachers in Korea.
Teachers would arrive knowing the kind of work they will have to do and have at least an inkling how to go about it. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:50 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
I would like to see a TESL/TEFL certificate added onto the full degree qualification.
They can be done in most Western cities. 120 hours as a minimum. I think this stipulation would really improve the standing of foreign teachers in Korea.
Teachers would arrive knowing the kind of work they will have to do and have at least an inkling how to go about it. |
I did one of these before I came although it was only the foundation one(without teaching practice/70 hours or so). It really helped me with lesson plans and I still use some of the material today. It would have been even better if I did the full course but I didn;t have time. I agree this would be a good requirement to have. |
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Ozabout7or8
Joined: 04 May 2007
Location: NZ
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:38 am Post subject: |
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| venus wrote: |
| 4. How many of them that actually knew where Korea was and anything about it at all would choose here over HK, Singapore or Japan - if they wanted to teach in Asia...? |
I didn't know where Korea was when I first came. I mean if you gave me a blank map of the world and told me to point to Korea i would have been at a loss.
There are probably 50 or 100 countries I couldn't accurately pick out without names on them and Korea was one.
I would have gotten Japan and China though. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| Ozabout7or8 wrote: |
| venus wrote: |
| 4. How many of them that actually knew where Korea was and anything about it at all would choose here over HK, Singapore or Japan - if they wanted to teach in Asia...? |
I didn't know where Korea was when I first came. I mean if you gave me a blank map of the world and told me to point to Korea i would have been at a loss.
There are probably 50 or 100 countries I couldn't accurately pick out without names on them and Korea was one.
I would have gotten Japan and China though. |
I never understand this, how can you not know where most countries are? Its something you are taught pretty well at school and it isn't that hard to remember. Then again I could be a geography nazi. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:56 am Post subject: |
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| Why not assign multiple options? |
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Damulgun
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| I think teachers should know some Korean. |
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Vancouver
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| indeed. My cousin's kids have english names cause their english teacher can't pronounce their names |
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