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munch.rodney
Joined: 27 Dec 2009
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 Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:00 pm Post subject: How Many ESL Teachers Are There in Korea? |
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Like, right now?
Also, how many per year?
Just curious. |
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rchristo10
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:05 pm Post subject: Re: How Many ESL Teachers Are There in Korea? |
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| munch.rodney wrote: |
Like, right now?
Also, how many per year?
Just curious. |
You may need to learn a bit of Korean, but I usually go here instead of Dave's for such info:
http://www.kosis.kr/
https://www.kss.or.kr/kss_index.aspx
This place has an English site as well and should be easy to work with:
http://www.kossda.or.kr/ |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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The article and numbers are from 3 years ago, but this will give you an idea how many are in Korea teaching illegally. Illegal teachers are a large part of the equation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/jun/19/tefl-south-korea
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Korea's immigration service estimates that an additional 32,500 foreigners are teaching English illegally without proper visas.
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munch.rodney
Joined: 27 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you! |
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Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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With all the checks and double checks how in the world can there be almost twice as many people teaching illegally as opposed to legally?
Just curious.... |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Zackback wrote: |
With all the checks and double checks how in the world can there be almost twice as many people teaching illegally as opposed to legally?
Just curious.... |
Illegal teaching is a big industry. There are plenty of recruiters and hagwons that specialize in it. You'd be a complete fool to do it but many are suckered in by promises of easy money. They tend to get cheated in the end. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Zackback wrote: |
With all the checks and double checks how in the world can there be almost twice as many people teaching illegally as opposed to legally?
Just curious.... |
Well there are more legal teachers now...but in regards to your question it's quite easy.
You come here on a tourist visa and tell Immigration you're a tourist. Then look for hakwons or companies that don't mind hiring an illegal. Do a visa run every so often to stay off the overstay list.
The downside is that after a while Immigration may catch on and put your name on a list that they will eventually use when they launch one of their periodic crackdowns. |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| What's "funny" is that Korean Immigration does know how many are teaching illegally so they must know names. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
| What's "funny" is that Korean Immigration does know how many are teaching illegally so they must know names. |
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| Korea's immigration service estimates that an additional 32,500 foreigners are teaching English illegally without proper visas. |
You do know what "estimates" means right?
It's guesswork probably based on those who do multiple visa runs or have no visible means of support. |
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