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sweetrain
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
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 Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject: BA mandatory to teach english in korea?? help! |
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Hi
I'm trying to teach English in Korea over the summer
but when I searched for teaching jobs, the ones I found all required BA's.
Are BA's MANDATORY?
Is there a way I can get a teachingjob? I'm only a freshman in college so I don't have a degree yet.
Please help!
edit: please don't post if you're going to post stupid, irrelevant comments -_-
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DJTwoTone
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
Location: Yangsan - I'm not sure where it is either
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| Actually Newb... all you need to teach here is a white attractive face... Other than that... Where there is a will there is a way... Have fun in getting f'd in a the a an awful lot though. |
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i
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
Location: Seoul
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It's the law. I'm sure some hakwons would love to have you, but to get a Visa, have to have a degree.
I knew guys years ago that photocopied degrees with changed names, but the Korean Govt picked up on it.
If you are married to a Korean, you wouldn't need one. |
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Zaria32
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Try China...and the food is better. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: BA mandatory to teach english in korea?? help! |
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| sweetrain wrote: |
Hi
I'm trying to teach English in Korea over the summer
but when I searched for teaching jobs, the ones I found all required BA's.
Are BA's MANDATORY?
Is there a way I can get a teachingjob? I'm only a freshman in college so I don't have a degree yet.
Please help!
edit: please don't post if you're going to post stupid, irrelevant comments -_- |
you could teach illegally on a tourist visa, but be advised that your boss will know you're illegal and paying you what he owes will not be a top priority for him. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: Re: BA mandatory to teach english in korea?? help! |
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| sweetrain wrote: |
Hi
I'm trying to teach English in Korea over the summer
but when I searched for teaching jobs, the ones I found all required BA's.
Are BA's MANDATORY?
Is there a way I can get a teachingjob? I'm only a freshman in college so I don't have a degree yet.
Please help!
edit: please don't post if you're going to post stupid, irrelevant comments -_- |
An undergraduate university degree is mandatory for teaching English in Korea unless you have a different visa type, e.g. are married to or are descended from a Korean.
There are other places you can teach though; I know someone teaching English to Korean children in the Phillipines this summer, and he's a student. The pay is terrible, but life there is cheap and he gets good work and life experience.
I believe China is another option, but I can't be sure. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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No, it's not, or won't be.
Look up the newly proposed "TALK" program.
You only make 1.5, but you only need 2 years of uni! |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Zaria32 wrote: |
| Try China...and the food is better. |
True, but the food is better ANYWHERE else.  |
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sweetrain
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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No, it's not, or won't be.
Look up the newly proposed "TALK" program.
You only make 1.5, but you only need 2 years of uni! |
i already saw that but i can't stay for 6 months : (
i'm only staying for the summer and trying to make extra money.
for those of you who said you dont need a degree, where can you look for jobs that don't require a degree?
because all the ones i found say that a bachelor's is required |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| sweetrain wrote: |
| Bibbitybop wrote: |
No, it's not, or won't be.
Look up the newly proposed "TALK" program.
You only make 1.5, but you only need 2 years of uni! |
i already saw that but i can't stay for 6 months : (
i'm only staying for the summer and trying to make extra money.
for those of you who said you dont need a degree, where can you look for jobs that don't require a degree?
because all the ones i found say that a bachelor's is required |
So you want
1. A free ticket to korea and back
2. make a lot of money
and work for max three months?
sure |
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talika
Joined: 30 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| sweetrain wrote: |
| Bibbitybop wrote: |
No, it's not, or won't be.
Look up the newly proposed "TALK" program.
You only make 1.5, but you only need 2 years of uni! |
i already saw that but i can't stay for 6 months : (
i'm only staying for the summer and trying to make extra money.
for those of you who said you dont need a degree, where can you look for jobs that don't require a degree?
because all the ones i found say that a bachelor's is required |
Unless you know the hakwon director personally, or can have someone hook you up, it'll be very difficult to get a teaching job in Korea without a degree.
Personally speaking, I actually taught in Korea when I only finished my 2nd year in University. But I was only a part-timer, and they gave me minuscule hours, only 2 hours a day. For the duration of a month I only made $800, a mere pittance. But the experience was good, and I'll be going back to Korea this summer, with a degree, of course. When I was in Korea the first time, I didn't even think about getting a job, but my cousin told the director about me, and he hired me before he even saw me. So yup, it was just pure luck.
You could try searching, but I really think it'll be difficult. |
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KYC
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| illegal workers make the lives of legal workers here SO much easier! |
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spliff
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm not really sure why you are asking for help...what, in completing your degree. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:29 am Post subject: Re: BA mandatory to teach english in korea?? help! |
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| sweetrain wrote: |
Hi
I'm trying to teach English in Korea over the summer
but when I searched for teaching jobs, the ones I found all required BA's.
Are BA's MANDATORY?
Is there a way I can get a teachingjob? I'm only a freshman in college so I don't have a degree yet.
Please help!
edit: please don't post if you're going to post stupid, irrelevant comments -_- |
Unless you are married to a Korean or have Korean blood in you, or qualify for the TALK program (you need to have finished 2 years of university) it is illegal to teach English in Korea without a degree. Period. Do not pass Go do not collect $200.
Now you can teach illegally..but bear in mind that the type of employer who would hire an illegal is also the type to cheat said illegal on wages. Not only that, but if you get caught you will likely have to pay a fine and get deported. If you can not pay the fine, you could end up sitting in a Korean jail for a good long while. And you may never be able to come back to Korea again. |
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sweetrain
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Juregen wrote: |
| sweetrain wrote: |
| Bibbitybop wrote: |
No, it's not, or won't be.
Look up the newly proposed "TALK" program.
You only make 1.5, but you only need 2 years of uni! |
i already saw that but i can't stay for 6 months : (
i'm only staying for the summer and trying to make extra money.
for those of you who said you dont need a degree, where can you look for jobs that don't require a degree?
because all the ones i found say that a bachelor's is required |
So you want
1. A free ticket to korea and back
2. make a lot of money
and work for max three months?
sure |
no i don't want either of those.
my parents are paying for the ticket and i don't need to make A LOT.
even $800 is fine.
i just want to make extra cash while staying in korea because i don't want to be flat out broke during my stay there.
and theurbanmyth, i am full korean. |
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