Korean Job Discussion Forums

calimero · Joined: 10 Jun 2008

Hi,

I've been teaching English in China for a year now, and now I'd like to teach in Korea.

But all the job postings ask for a native speaker, and I'm not. I'm Dutch.

My English is perfect, and I look European and representable.

I'd like to apply for a job online, get a work visa, and then fly to Korea. How do you judge my chances of success?

UberJRI · Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Location: Not where I want to be...yet

From my understanding, the only people who can get visas to teach English in South Korea are those who hold passports from the U.S., Canada, Britain, New Zealand, and Australia (South Africa, too, maybe)--native English speaking countries. Also, you have to have a Bachelor's Degree from a native English speaking country. I'm pretty sure that you would not be able to get an E2 visa, but I'm certainly not the last word on this subject.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

calimero · Joined: 10 Jun 2008

WOW!

That's harsh!

Thank you for your replies.

TOMODACHI-KID · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject:

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

Go to Japan. Work for the public school system as an ALT. Way better than Korea, minus the headaches.

Voyeur · Joined: 19 Jun 2003

My understanding was that it wasn't about what country you are a citizen from, but rather where you got your undergraduate degree. I thought that unless you were Korean, you needed a bachelor's from a university that was in an English speaking country. Is that the case? Or is it your citizenship? Or both? Can a russian with a BA from Harvard and perfect English get an E-2?

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Chicoloco · Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Location: In the ring.

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

loose_ends · Joined: 23 Jul 2007

TOMODACHI-KID

[quote="cdninkorea"][quote="calimero"]Hi,

I've been teaching English in China for a year now, and now I'd like to teach in Korea.

But all the job postings ask for a native speaker, and I'm not. I'm Dutch.

My English is perfect, and I look European and representable.

I'd like to apply for a job online, get a work visa, and then fly to Korea. How do you judge my chances of success?

You can't teach English here unless you marry a Korean, but you could get a job teaching your native language. I know Japanese people teaching Japanese and two Spanish people teaching Spanish.

Maybe there's some demand for Dutch at a university. Seems unlikely but might be worth looking into.

Non-exsistent... Wink

Supply and demand, not there--Dutch....

Love to learn the language myself, however.

Toon Army · Joined: 12 Mar 2007

I know of a 2 Danish guys teaching English but they have F visas (not sure if that still make it illegal though?)

Their English is perfect and their accent is American down to a tee.....even other Americans/Canadians never guess that they`re not native English speakers until they mention they`re Danes.......

Don`t know why but the Scandinavians seem to be able to make their accents flawless.......any other Brtis remember Jan Molby? (perfect Scouse accent), Kasper Schmeichal has the Manc accent down to a tee etc

T-dot · Joined: 16 May 2004 Location: bundang

calimero · Joined: 10 Jun 2008