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Zakk
Joined: 28 Aug 2012
Location: England
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 Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:50 am Post subject: Weird background - Can I still get a job teaching. |
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Hi it's my first post so take it easy. 
I've been thinking of teaching english abroad for about a year now. My real ideal location was to do it in the middle east. However, they ask for experience and also teaching qualification which I don't have.
So I was looking into South Korea and definitely want to teach here for a year. But the thing is that I have a Dutch paspoort, but moved to the United Kingdom when I was 10. Now I just turned 21, graduated with a degree in Computer Science and lived here for 11 years.
Will South Korea take people on with this background, it's kind of weird lol. Hopefully they do but just wanted to make sure before i start applying and wasting my time getting rejected etc.
Thanks
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Keeper
Joined: 11 Jun 2012
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| Do you have an EU passport? If you do (or can get one) then teach there in Europe. I would go that route instead of Korea/Asia. Look into it if you find it appealing. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 4:14 am Post subject: |
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| If you've been living in UK for 10 years then you'd eligible for UK passport. Get that. If you have matriculated secondary and tertiary schools in UK, then although you were not born in English-7 countries, you'd still be able to teach in Korea. Attendu pour confirmation de Ttompatz. |
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viciousdinosaur
Joined: 30 Apr 2012
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They can't legally issue you a teaching visa with a Dutch passport.
And I have no idea why they guy spoke French to you when you are not from a French-speaking country. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 4:40 am Post subject: Re: Weird background - Can I still get a job teaching. |
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| Zakk wrote: |
Hi it's my first post so take it easy.
I've been thinking of teaching english abroad for about a year now. My real ideal location was to do it in the middle east. However, they ask for experience and also teaching qualification which I don't have.
So I was looking into South Korea and definitely want to teach here for a year. But the thing is that I have a Dutch paspoort, but moved to the United Kingdom when I was 10. Now I just turned 21, graduated with a degree in Computer Science and lived here for 11 years.
Will South Korea take people on with this background, it's kind of weird lol. Hopefully they do but just wanted to make sure before i start applying and wasting my time getting rejected etc.
Thanks
Zak |
Bottom line = unless you have a passport from one of: UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia or South Africa you will NOT get a visa to work as an English teacher in Korea. There is no maybe or work-a-round.
China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam are just about your only legal options for work in Asia. Do be aware that you will also need, in spite of graduating from a UK university, because your passport is not from an anglophone country that you will need to have a valid "test-of-English" score (TOEIC, IELTS, TOFEL) as well.
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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I'm disappointed.
When I saw "Weird Background", I expected to read that the OP was an orphan who was raised by a family of Russian trapeze artists and had earned a BA in clown arts from a university in Argentina. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
I'm disappointed.
When I saw "Weird Background", I expected to read that the OP was an orphan who was raised by a family of Russian trapeze artists and had earned a BA in clown arts from a university in Argentina. |
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