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vchampea
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 Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:30 pm Post subject: Most English speaking community |
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I was wondering, which cities in South Korea are the Koreans most likely to be able to speak English. That is a important factor in my decision of where I'd like to teach. Obviously Seoul will have more people speaking English than rural areas, but are there other cities that I wouldn't expect to have many people who speak English?
I'm interested in teaching in Busan or Ulsan. Am I likely to meet many Koreans who speak English in either of these cities? |
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happiness
Joined: 04 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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hahahaha..you got to be a-kidding, right? This is a "FOREIGN COUNTRY"
They do foreign things...
This sounds like a "so I wont be too inconvenienced" thread.
If they had English speaking communities, they prbly wouldnt need us.
Kuh-lassik. |
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Airborne9
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| happiness wrote: |
hahahaha..you got to be a-kidding, right? This is a "FOREIGN COUNTRY"
They do foreign things...
This sounds like a "so I wont be too inconvenienced" thread.
If they had English speaking communities, they prbly wouldnt need us.
Kuh-lassik. |
Well said |
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politica
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
Location: Suwon-si
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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While I share the sentiment of the previous two posters . . .
Try anywhere with a big university. |
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eamo
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Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Try Pohang. I hear it's very cosmopolitan there.......some call it the 'San Francisco of the east'. |
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Rutherford
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| If living in an "English speaking community" is that important to you, only consider Seoul. |
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fortysixyou
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Haebangchon. Itaewon. Seoul.
Maybe Geoje-do? |
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vchampea
Joined: 02 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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That's wierd. This thread got posted twice:
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=211022&highlight=
Hahaha, and I got very different responses.
| happiness wrote: |
This sounds like a "so I wont be too inconvenienced" thread.
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No, that's not what I'm getting at at all. I've lived abroad before in places where nobody speaks English. I'm used to it and it's actually something I enjoy. But for now I'm looking for a place where I won't be the only foreigner in a 50 mile radius. I have my reasons for this. I don't know about Korea at all so I'm asking here. Of course I can assume Seoul would meet this criteria, but I wanted to know what other cities as well. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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hahahaha..you got to be a-kidding, right? This is a "FOREIGN COUNTRY"
They do foreign things...
This sounds like a "so I wont be too inconvenienced" thread.
If they had English speaking communities, they prbly wouldnt need us.
Kuh-lassik. |
Not neccessarily true, as someone mentioned previously, Itaewon and HBC are so foreigner friendly you don't really need any Korean at all to get served in a bar/restaurant/shop, get a haircut, get your apartment fixed up etc...etc...One of the reasons why I've never learned Korean very well is because I can go for months without really needing it. Yes I know lots of you will say what's the point of coming to a foreign country etc....but I came here for the job, not the cultural experience. maybe the OP feels the same |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I live in a small town by Korean standards and there are at least 60 English speaking foreigners here, and a significant number of Koreans who speak English quite well. I don't believe there is anywhere in Korea you could go and not find a few people around who speak English. |
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chrisblank
Joined: 14 Aug 2009
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Song Do in Incheon |
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vchampea
Joined: 02 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:51 am Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| Yes I know lots of you will say what's the point of coming to a foreign country etc....but I came here for the job, not the cultural experience. maybe the OP feels the same |
Nothing wrong with that. That's not how I feel, but I'm not going to criticize you.
Since I've been doing a lot of reading about different places in Korea I think I have a good idea of what kind of community I'd like to be in.
Thanks for the replies
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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OP, there are some teachers who live in Seoul and rarely have contact with the REAL Korea. English is spoken everywhere they go and if they eat Korean food it's by accident. I've met foreign teachers who live in Itaewon and they had never even tried Korean food. It's possible for them. They live in a bubble and wouldn't know what to do in the rest of Korea.
As for the rest of us, well, we're in Korea where few people speak English and you have to travel to get anything except Korean food. If you live outside of Seoul, odds are you will be in Korea, and the bubble will burst. It's the reality of being an expat. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
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hahahaha..you got to be a-kidding, right? This is a "FOREIGN COUNTRY"
They do foreign things...
This sounds like a "so I wont be too inconvenienced" thread.
If they had English speaking communities, they prbly wouldnt need us.
Kuh-lassik. |
Not neccessarily true, as someone mentioned previously, Itaewon and HBC are so foreigner friendly you don't really need any Korean at all to get served in a bar/restaurant/shop, get a haircut, get your apartment fixed up etc...etc...One of the reasons why I've never learned Korean very well is because I can go for months without really needing it. Yes I know lots of you will say what's the point of coming to a foreign country etc....but I came here for the job, not the cultural experience. maybe the OP feels the same |
Thing is though at most jobs...a lot of the "cultural experience" is directly linked to them. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| True, though mine wasn't |
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