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I was wondering if there is anybody out there in Korea or somewhere else in Asia teaching something other than ESL?

I enjoy my job but ESL doesnt inspire me. Considering my interests and ahem qualifications, I would love to teach something other than ESL somewhere down the line.

Anybody doing it?

[Bibbitybop]

Kama Sutra to my gf.

I'll be here all night, folks. Tip your waiter and bartender.

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[Marlboro]

Im teaching my boyfriend arabic.

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[PRagic]

If you have your MA and certification, you can teach content classes at a foreign school.

If you have your Ph.D. in a marketable dicipline, you can teach at a university.

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[Peter Jackson]

[vox]

If you can get it, you should try and teach at a public school interested in teaching ESL immersion courses. I do that now and it's quite inspiring. Curriculum subjects with target English, stuff like gravity, pollenation of flowers, weather systems, etc. to elementary.

See if you can get into something like that. I bet your tune will change.

[SuperHero]

yes.

[normalcyispasse]

Currently I'm teaching ESL and Taekwondo at the same school. Yes, I'm a whitie.

[Adam Volle]

I'm teaching 9th-grade grammar and writing right now, plus a conversation class, but that's just for the summer. When the semester starts in September it'll be English Writing and Grammar, Bible literacy, and U.S. History.

I work at an international Christian boarding school in Bucheon.

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[Len8]

All in all though a University gig with 2 months winter vacation and 2 months summer vacation beats everything hands down. What you teach mind you is repetitive crap, but it's a hell of a lot easier than what you do at an international or foreign school in Korea for the amount of paye they give you.

Vacations are usually better than at a hogwan, and the paye is slightly better, but geeze for the amount of preparation and class work you have to do man give me a break. upside is of course is that you can get the hell out of Korea after a few years and do something with a bit more paye. International, foreign schools here in Korea apart fro the big one in Seoul paye as little as they can. Proper International and foreign schools in other countries pay a lot more and give a bit more of an incentive to the teachers.

[Saxiif]

Currently: US History, grammar/writing (getting the kids to write research papers without plagarism) and English literature (have done everything from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to 1984)...