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herenorthere56
Joined: 15 Oct 2010
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 Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:45 am Post subject: Gyeonggi English Village |
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Hey! My search function isn't working properly, so I apologize for any repetitive posts.
Does anyone know anything about Gyeonggi English Village? I'd love any information, as I am considering making it my place of work.
Thanks in advance! |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:56 am Post subject: |
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Is there only one?
I know there are English zones, but I worked for a year at a more elaborate zone which was called village.
Gyeonggido surrounds Seoul, so maybe you can tell us which area it is exactly in. |
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Mr Lee's Monkey
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| GEV is in Paju and recently got new management. It would be a good idea to contact a teacher there for the latest scoop - they have quite a few teachers. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| My school took a trip there (without me), and I can say the facilities look fantastic, though I can't speak to the working conditions. |
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herenorthere56
Joined: 15 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the responses! I actually don't know which area it's in, because truth be told, it's my friend who is looking at this place as a possible employer, not me. Why did it seem so much easier to say I was looking instead of my friend is looking? I don't know, it just did. Dumb move, because I have to wait to hear back from him to respond to any of these posts. But, that said, I'm not ignoring the kindness of people who have posted here just to help others. I'm here and listening, I just need to wait for a little bit more info! Thanks again, and um, sorry about the fib. Kind of embarrassing actually. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Ive spoken to a teacher there.
Expect to work weekends. Aside from that, everything is what you would find at a usual hagwon. |
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jamesd
Joined: 15 Aug 2011
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I met a guy working at that place. He described the job in three words, "Dancing English Monkey." He wasn't too thrilled about his job. |
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lichtarbeiter
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Expect to work weekends. |
If you get put into the One Week Program, you'll spend an average of 2-3 months on weekend shift throughout the year.
If you get put into the One Day Program, you'll spend the entire year on the weekend shift.
OWP requires a much higher number of teachers than ODP, so the odds of being put into OWP are higher, but not guaranteed.
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| Aside from that, everything is what you would find at a usual hagwon. |
Much, much easier than working in a typical hagwon. No class prep, no homework, no marking, no report cards, no parents, no invasive director, no unreasonable demands.
Classes are relatively smooth, with a very simple procedure for dealing with misbehaving students.
4 weeks of vacation, plus probably 5-7 weeks a year deskwarming.
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| He described the job in three words, "Dancing English Monkey." |
The only foreigners working here who dance or do anything remotely artistic are the Edutainers. These are people with theatre backgrounds who applied specifically for this position, knew exactly what they were getting into, and seem to enjoy their work.
If the "guy you met" accepted this position and then wasn't thrilled because he had to dance, he probably wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. |
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lichtarbeiter
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Location: Korea
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| I believe this is a good gig if you are an extravert and don't mind being around a lot of people all the time. You have to live in shared dorms, no? Prob not best for someone who likes to be alone a lot. |
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lichtarbeiter
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:09 am Post subject: |
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| The Floating World wrote: |
| I believe this is a good gig if you are an extravert and don't mind being around a lot of people all the time. You have to live in shared dorms, no? Prob not best for someone who likes to be alone a lot. |
I see the logic in your statement, but I'm not an extrovert and I enjoy it just fine here. If you get a teaching job here, you don't have to entertain a lot of people at any given time. You just have to teach your students, as is the case with any other teaching job.
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| You have to live in shared dorms, no? |
Nope, single apartment. Albeit small. |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| lichtarbeiter wrote: |
| The Floating World wrote: |
| I believe this is a good gig if you are an extravert and don't mind being around a lot of people all the time. You have to live in shared dorms, no? Prob not best for someone who likes to be alone a lot. |
I see the logic in your statement, but I'm not an extrovert and I enjoy it just fine here. If you get a teaching job here, you don't have to entertain a lot of people at any given time. You just have to teach your students, as is the case with any other teaching job.
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| You have to live in shared dorms, no? |
Nope, single apartment. Albeit small. |
Ah. I once applied for the paju EV and they had shared dorms.
Sounds okay then really. |
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