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You need TEFL or experience now for EPIK?
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Neozenha



Joined: 08 Mar 2013
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:28 am    Post subject: You need TEFL or experience now for EPIK? Reply with quote
Have they changed it now?
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Charlie Bourque



Joined: 27 Jun 2010
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You need to have a 100hr TESOL with a 20hr in-class component to work for SMOE, GEPIK, and EPIK. To work specifically, you will need a 100hr TESOL with a 60hr in-class component. If you have at least 1 year of teaching experience, you don't need it, but this will likely change in the near future as the bar keeps getting raised.
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Dodge7



Joined: 21 Oct 2011
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Charlie Bourque wrote:
You need to have a 100hr TESOL with a 20hr in-class component to work for SMOE, GEPIK, and EPIK. To work specifically, you will need a 100hr TESOL with a 60hr in-class component. If you have at least 1 year of teaching experience, you don't need it, but this will likely change in the near future as the bar keeps getting raised.


...and if you jump through that hoop all to just teach in Korea... wow. Pathetic.
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Neozenha



Joined: 08 Mar 2013
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Charlie Bourque wrote:
You need to have a 100hr TESOL with a 20hr in-class component to work for SMOE, GEPIK, and EPIK. To work specifically, you will need a 100hr TESOL with a 60hr in-class component. If you have at least 1 year of teaching experience, you don't need it, but this will likely change in the near future as the bar keeps getting raised.


You serious?

Are there any other organisations like EPIK / GEPIK?
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nicwr2002



Joined: 17 Aug 2011
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I looked into EPIK and GEPIK when I was first applying to come here and found their pay to be lousy and requirements too high for what you were getting out of it.
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Neozenha



Joined: 08 Mar 2013
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
nicwr2002 wrote:
I looked into EPIK and GEPIK when I was first applying to come here and found their pay to be lousy and requirements too high for what you were getting out of it.


because you're too stupid to get through university?
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cam83



Joined: 27 Jan 2013
Location: Seoul, South Korea
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Neozenha, your reply to nicwr2002 is pretty insulting and doesn't hold water. What he mentioned was simply his opinion about the merits of EPIK/GEPIK - nothing wrong with that. I'm sure some people would agree. Not quite sure why you would ask such a question... are you simply suggesting that if you don't finish university it is because you're stupid? or that if he has graduated you are simply curious about his thought process? Maybe I'm missing something... please elaborate.
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Neozenha



Joined: 08 Mar 2013
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't care, these troll posts are annoying.
I'm asking a simple question and I want a reply to the question only.
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Neozenha



Joined: 08 Mar 2013
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Would doing a free TEFL course count towards anything?
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Charlie Bourque



Joined: 27 Jun 2010
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dodge7 wrote:
Charlie Bourque wrote:
You need to have a 100hr TESOL with a 20hr in-class component to work for SMOE, GEPIK, and EPIK. To work specifically, you will need a 100hr TESOL with a 60hr in-class component. If you have at least 1 year of teaching experience, you don't need it, but this will likely change in the near future as the bar keeps getting raised.


...and if you jump through that hoop all to just teach in Korea... wow. Pathetic.


It's not much of a hoop. The 20hrs are usually done over a single weekend from 8am-6pm.

Some people actually want to take the 100hr TESOL to help improve their teaching or to prepare themselves before going abroad. There's nothing pathetic about that. Needless to say, if you can't spend a weekend of in-class TESOL for the sake of a better job and slightly higher pay (100,000WON/mo), you probably aren't cut out for this work either.
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Charlie Bourque



Joined: 27 Jun 2010
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Neozenha wrote:
Would doing a free TEFL course count towards anything?


Yeah, you'll be better at your jobs. It's not going to get you a better job, or even better salary; however, the knowledge gained from this TESOL with help build a foundation for teaching. It's better than not doing anything and walking into a classroom without a clue what to do.
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:09 pm    Post subject: Re: You need TEFL or experience now for EPIK? Reply with quote