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blackinque
Joined: 07 Apr 2010
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 Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:59 am Post subject: Teaching as a non-native speaker. Is this too far-fetched? |
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I'm a fresh student in Korea, and in a few months I will be able to work part-time. Having looked over various websites, I really didn't find many options for foreigners aside from teaching languages. Therefore, my best bet is teaching English, at this point, but there are some problems to that:
~ Not a native speaker.
~ Not a college graduate.
~ No previous experience in teaching English & no degree.
~ D-4 Visa (can only work 20 days a week or less)
Do you think teaching in legal terms, is possible, under such conditions? |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry to be blunt, but: lol, no. |
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misher
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| I know a guy from Greece (with a thick Greek accent I might add) that taught at a kids hagwon part-time while he was studying Korean. He spoke better English than most native speaking "teachers" in the ROK actually. He didn't have any experience teaching but his Master's degree in Engineering Physics was from a good UK uni. He managed to get work. It may nt have been the best conditions but he did teach. |
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Darkeru
Joined: 21 Apr 2010
Location: England
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure about if you can legally work in Korea as a teacher with those conditions, but most of the people on the TESOL degree at my university were non-native speakers, though they all had very good English. They tended to score higher too. |
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Steve_Rogers2008
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:29 am Post subject: |
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| misher wrote: |
| I know a guy from Greece (with a thick Greek accent I might add) that taught at a kids hagwon part-time while he was studying Korean. He spoke better English than most native speaking "teachers" in the ROK actually. He didn't have any experience teaching but his Master's degree in Engineering Physics was from a good UK uni. He managed to get work. It may nt have been the best conditions but he did teach. |
Thick Greek accent and "better English than native speakers" is a contradiction in terms... now maybe if you were ordering things like "Cheezebuggah, cheezbuggah!" or "you like the juice? I get you more juice..." it could fly in a Greek diner.
Beyond that.... not so much.  |
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lithium
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:24 am Post subject: Re: Teaching as a non-native speaker. Is this too far-fetche |
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| blackinque wrote: |
I'm a fresh student in Korea, and in a few months I will be able to work part-time. Having looked over various websites, I really didn't find many options for foreigners aside from teaching languages. Therefore, my best bet is teaching English, at this point, but there are some problems to that:
~ Not a native speaker.
~ Not a college graduate.
~ No previous experience in teaching English & no degree.
~ D-4 Visa (can only work 20 days a week or less)
Do you think teaching in legal terms, is possible, under such conditions? |
This may be a problem.....  |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Your writing on this post looks okay, but there's really nothing to qualify you as a tutor or teacher.
We debate the "qualifications" needed to be a teacher here and if they really matter, but as a foreign student in Korea
- without training
- without a college degree
- without native speaker status
there is really no way you could justify asking money for your services. |
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ticktocktocktick
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| OP, what is your native language? You might find a niche market somewhere, you've just got to put yourself about a bit. |
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Krokodil
Joined: 02 Aug 2009
Location: Daegu, S. Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Teaching as a non-native speaker. Is this too far-fetche |
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~ Not a native speaker.
~ Not a college graduate.
~ No previous experience in teaching English & no degree.
~ D-4 Visa (can only work 20 days a week or less)
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I've seen teachers get around having one of these strikes; I can imagine someone getting around having two of them. All four? Sorry, you're not ready. Get the degree and some tutoring experience, and some sort of TESOL/TEFL certification, and the Visa problem will take care of itself.
Non-native speakers are no school's first choice, but plenty of schools here hire them anyway. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| If you are Korean then it's possible. There are non-native speaking Korean teachers teaching English. I'm not sure about their qualifications. |
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misher
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| hick Greek accent and "better English than native speakers" is a contradiction in terms |
His vocabulary and grammar is much better than some of the morons I've met here that apparently "teach" so in some cases I would think that he is a better speaker of English. Accent is overrated by Korean parents who apparently know best when it comes to English, children and education right?
We all know that if they dropped the "native" requirement then competition for teaching jobs would be pretty stiff and most "natives" with a degree in basketweaving/no work experience would be hard pressed to get anything. |
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furtakk
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I've met some eastern europeans, turks, and filipinos who teach english. I'm not sure if it's legal or not, but they have managed to find work. |
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dharma bum
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| there are students studying korean (and i'm sure other things) that do what you're talking about doing, but i'm pretty sure they're doing it illegally. so my answer would be that it's possible - just not possible in legal terms. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| You are an undergraduate student, right? |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: Teaching as a non-native speaker. Is this too far-fetche |
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| blackinque wrote: |
I'm a fresh student in Korea, and in a few months I will be able to work part-time. Having looked over various websites, I really didn't find many options for foreigners aside from teaching languages. Therefore, my best bet is teaching English, at this point, but there are some problems to that:
~ Not a native speaker.
~ Not a college graduate.
~ No previous experience in teaching English & no degree.
~ D-4 Visa (can only work 20 days a week or less)
Do you think teaching in legal terms, is possible, under such conditions? |
Why not work for a restaurant. I am sure that restaurants in Iteawon could really use some people with multiple languages under their belt. |
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