Korean Job Discussion Forums

rusty1983 · Joined: 30 Jan 2007

Hi. Im currently teaching at a private school in the UK and I have a Korean student here. She is leaving next month to go to Seoul and asked me if I could help her find a school in Korea, where the teacher(s) have a British accent. She's an adult and isnt looking to get ripped off in a 'private conversation lesson', she is looking for a school. Ill relay any suggestions to her.

naturalvagabond · Joined: 15 May 2009

Hey I'm just about to start working for Gnb or GMB i forget in Icheon. Im from scotland( which might not be the british shes after lol

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

She's an adult? So she can go shopping around the adult language schools here, like Pagoda for example, and request a British teacher. Shouldn't be too hard.

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

Ha! Someone came up to me yesterday with precisely the same request. She is preparing for her IELTS and wants someone with a British accent.

Too bad I am not in Seoul Wink

rusty1983 · Joined: 30 Jan 2007

Right-o, cheers for that....Pagoda you say? Ill tell her tomorrow

Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

British Council anyone?

They might not be the cheapest in town but at the very least you're guaranteed someone who has a CELTA (ie knows how to teach) and they PROBABLY have a bit of experience if they're in Seoul.

Of course some Koreans can end up confused when they learn that an accent from Glasgow or one from Belfast, or one from Cardiff, or one from Edinburgh, or one from Leeds, or one from the outskirts of St. Andrews, or one from London or one from Bournemouth or one from Upper Derby are not all the same. But it's good for them non-the-less.