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adamantium
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semphoon
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: Where Nowon is
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Please tell us how it was racist.
Also, that position seems to offer 4 weeks vacation in the winter and the summer...but you have to work for 3 weeks during that 4 week period. Is this how anyone else reads it?
ESL Camp
The ESL Camp is a three-week long intensive, residential English Language Program for elementary and middle school students offered during the summer and winter vacation. The teachers will have six 45-min-long regular classes and two 45-min-long review & activity sessions per day, 5 days/week from Monday to Friday and the last Saturday.
so you get more work during your vacation??? Sweet. |
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The Chewbacca Defense
Joined: 29 May 2004
Location: The ROK and a hard place
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject: .... |
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You get around 8-10 weeks vacation per semester, but usually around the middle of that time you have to work a 3-week camp. Depending on the yearly schedule, you might have, say, 2 weeks off, then come back to work camp and then another 5-6 weeks off.
But they have camp meetings and start of the semester meetings that occur several days before each start, so you lose a few days here and there as well.
It's a crappy system and nobody likes it. The camps are 12-hours a day and you only get paid an extra 1.6 or 1.7 million before tax. They do some very dodgey accounting in that place. |
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adamantium
Joined: 04 Jan 2008
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| semphoon wrote: |
| Please tell us how it was racist. |
The Canadian (caucasian male) was drilled on questions about his "ethnic" origins, the ethnic origins of his parents, and the ethnic origins of his grandparents. The American (mulatto male) was asked if the university he graduated from really existed and if it was for "African Americans" only. They were both really hurt. |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: all roads lead to where you are...
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AVOID this university at all costs! they are unscrupulous cheats and unethical liars...  |
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Intrepid
Joined: 13 May 2004
Location: Yongin
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject: This posting |
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| This posting is actually their second this year. With their terrible offer and this latest info, I can see why no one would want to work there. |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: This posting |
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| Intrepid wrote: |
| This posting is actually their second this year. With their terrible offer and this latest info, I can see why no one would want to work there. |
Actually this is their third posting. A friend of mine used to work there a couple years ago and said it was OK. I can see someone putting up with the terrible conditions (for a univ. job) for a year and use it as a stepping stone to something better later on. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| adamantium wrote: |
| semphoon wrote: |
| Please tell us how it was racist. |
The Canadian (caucasian male) was drilled on questions about his "ethnic" origins, the ethnic origins of his parents, and the ethnic origins of his grandparents. The American (mulatto male) was asked if the university he graduated from really existed and if it was for "African Americans" only. They were both really hurt. |
I have not heard that word in at least 15 years, probably more like 20. |
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Gideon
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: run!! |
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| Stay away from this place.. nothing but bad news. Its a glorified hogwon job at best.. RUN!!! |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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I thought I would google "suwon university". Maybe I shouldn't have.
This is a pretty weird link, though it looks to be very dated.
http://esl.tokyojon.com/suwon.html |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:11 am Post subject: |
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What would you make of this contract?
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Full-time Position: University of Suwon, Korea
Posted By: University of Suwon <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, 21 November 2008, at 11:13 a.m.
Recruiting Notice: (We prefer couple teachers)
The University of Suwon is now inviting native English teachers to teach English conversation classes for the ESL Department and Language Institute. And, the instructors are expected to participate either in a three-week long ESL children�s camp during the summer and winter sessions or in various special programs.
The University of Suwon
The University is located in the southern part of Suwon about a half hour distance from Seoul by car. It accommodates about 12 thousand undergrads and 2 thousand grad students with 10 colleges and 10 graduate schools.
The ESL Department & Language Institute (Conversation Class, TESOL, and Kids School)
The teaching load is 20 contact hours per week, spread over four days at an average of 5 hours per day. There is also a weekly staff meeting. The ESL Department oversees regular credit English conversation classes for college students. Language Institute offers four extracurricular programs (spring/summer/fall/winter) to college students during the academic year. Spring & fall programs run 12 weeks; summer & winter programs run 4 weeks. TESOL program runs 15weeks and it covers the area of English linguistics, English teaching methods, Applied linguistics and so on.
ESL Camp
The ESL Camp is a three-week long intensive, residential English Language Program for elementary and middle school students offered during the summer and winter vacation. The teachers will have six 45-min-long regular classes and two 45-min-long review & activity sessions per day, 5 days/week from Monday to Friday and the last Saturday.
Conditions are as follows:
1. Position Title: Full time Native English Instructor
2. Period: March 1, 2009 � February 28, 2010 (1 Year)
3. Qualifications: MA, preferably in ESL/TESOL with at least one year of teaching experience or BA preferably in English with more than three years of teaching experience in a school or a university.
4. Employment Location: The ESL Department, The University of Suwon Wau-ri Bongdam-eup Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi -do, Republic of Korea
5. Compensation: 1.9M � 2.0M won per month for 12 months.
6. Housing: 350,000 won paid per month for housing lease.
7. Vacation: 4 weeks during each break.
7. Other benefits: Health insurance is covered at a small fee
Round trip airfare will be provided for those who are coming from abroad.
8. Application Materials:
a. A resume with a photo picture.(including Nationality, Marital Status, Age and Gender)
b. A copy of diploma and transcript
c. A copy of the page of the passport with a photo picture
d. A copy of both sides of the alien card if available
e. Three reference letters (a reference letter from a Korean employer recommended)
9. Application Deadline: December 31, 2008
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| weatherman wrote: |
I thought I would google "suwon university". Maybe I shouldn't have.
This is a pretty weird link, though it looks to be very dated.
http://esl.tokyojon.com/suwon.html |
that site was up when we first came here in 1996, but there is some current info on the blacklists so the guy who runs the site must still be around.
at that time the univ of suwon had their teachers living in a hotel. we knew a guy who worked there before coming to the job where we met him |
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