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| How much education and teaching experience do you have in language teaching? |
| unrelated 4-yr degree & <1 yr experience |
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19% |
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| unrelated 4-yr degree & 1-5 yrs experience |
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11% |
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| unrelated 4-yr degree & 5+ yrs experience |
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11% |
[ 6 ] |
| related 4-yr degree & <1 yr experience |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| related 4-yr degree & 1-5 yrs experience |
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5% |
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| related 4-yr degree & 5+ yrs experience |
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11% |
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| unrelated M.A./PhD & 1-5 yrs experience |
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3% |
[ 2 ] |
| unrelated M.A./PhD & 5+ yrs experience |
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7% |
[ 4 ] |
| related M.A./PhD & 1-5 yrs experience |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| related M.A./PhD & 5+ yrs experience |
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25% |
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teacher!
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
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 Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:33 am Post subject: How much ed. and exp. in language teaching do you have? |
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I'm just curious exactly how educated and experienced the average foreign English teacher is in Korea. Thanks for participating!
And please comment and give more detail if you like, too. |
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martypants
Joined: 15 Feb 2009
Location: Ulsan, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:11 am Post subject: |
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I was a computer engineer for years and then got into management and then (gag) sales. I hated sales although I was good at it. I switched to education in 2001 and
spent a few years teaching high school and college in the US. Too much BS over there. Life here in Korea is so much more pleasant and I can actually have a great time AND save money. it ain't much of a carer move being here, but if you're not looking for notches on a resume, that's fine. |
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tophatcat
Joined: 09 Aug 2006
Location: under the hat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:53 am Post subject: |
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teacher!
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| Oh yeah, so if I'm asking others to share, I should share, too, right? I have an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and over five years experience, teaching both children and adults both in the States and in Korea, but I've never worked in a public school or uni - all hagwon work (and the equivalent in the States). |
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losing_touch
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| You poll doesn't include any TESOL Certifications, so I didn't vote. My TESOL was half of a MA. It was hell to earn, but I have the chance to go back and earn my MA with another 5 courses. |
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Thiuda
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:27 am Post subject: |
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MA AppLing+9 years exp: 8 in Korea/1 in Germany.
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| You poll doesn't include any TESOL Certifications, so I didn't vote. My TESOL was half of a MA. It was hell to earn, but I have the chance to go back and earn my MA with another 5 courses. |
Did you do a Graduate Diploma? That sounds like a good way of doing it; if you like it you can continue on to an MA, if you don't you still get a diploma out of it. |
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laoshihao
Joined: 05 Feb 2007
Location: I'll take the ROK, Alex, because that's where my stuff is.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: Experience |
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| I have five years experience in China and then one year here in Korea. My degree was in women's studies. After this year I plan to get my CELTA and then head home for an MA in Linguistics. After seven years abroad it's gonna be nice to stateside for a while. |
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losing_touch
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| Thiuda wrote: |
MA AppLing+9 years exp: 8 in Korea/1 in Germany.
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| You poll doesn't include any TESOL Certifications, so I didn't vote. My TESOL was half of a MA. It was hell to earn, but I have the chance to go back and earn my MA with another 5 courses. |
Did you do a Graduate Diploma? That sounds like a good way of doing it; if you like it you can continue on to an MA, if you don't you still get a diploma out of it. |
The US doesn't really have that qualification to the best of my knowledge. My program gave me a TESOL Certificate for completing half of the coursework. This would be similar to the graduate diploma/certificate in the UK to the best of my knowledge. It seemed like a good idea to me at the time, and I will probably finish up with my MA sometime in the future. I just have to make the money to do so first!! |
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teacher!
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| losing_touch wrote: |
| You poll doesn't include any TESOL Certifications, so I didn't vote. My TESOL was half of a MA. It was hell to earn, but I have the chance to go back and earn my MA with another 5 courses. |
Sorry, honestly I forgot about certificates, plus the poll only allowed you a certain maximum number of choices.
Hope you get a chance to finish up your MA. I know what you mean - it is not by any means easy once you have to study full-time and work full-time to support yourself, too. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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I posted under the last option.
MS ED TESOL with exactly 5 years experience. |
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teacher!
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
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laoshihao,
have you decided where to do your MA yet? There are a lot of good online programs these days that are run by real brick-and-mortar universities that would allow you to continue working abroad while studying... if that's what you want, it sounds like you are looking forward to being stateside for a while. |
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iammac2002
Joined: 12 Jun 2009
Location: 'n Beter plek.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| bla bla bla! |
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