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3DR
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r122925
Joined: 02 Jun 2011
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| Squire wrote: |
Another question, just out of interest: is there usually a minimum English or Korean language level expected by these Chinese teachers? I can't imagine how the NCT would get by without knowing some of either, although it would be possible to communicate in writing using hanja, wouldn't it? |
We had a native Chinese teacher at the high school I worked at several years ago. She co-taught all of her classes with a Korean Chinese-language teacher, just like the English teachers do. She spoke a little Korean, but the Korean co-teacher acted as her interpreter around the school when necessary. If thousands of English teachers can get by here without speaking Korean I don't see why Chinese teachers couldn't do the same. |
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blm
Joined: 11 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks guys, seems there are more of them here than I thought. I'd love to have an NCT at my school. I really like the other staff at my schools but it would be great to have someone in the same boat
Another question, just out of interest: is there usually a minimum English or Korean language level expected by these Chinese teachers? I can't imagine how the NCT would get by without knowing some of either, although it would be possible to communicate in writing using hanja, wouldn't it? |
We have one at our school. She speaks decent English and that's how most of the Korean staff communicate with her. The Chinese language teachers at our school can all talk Chinese though and that is how they communicate with her.
I was told it's a special program between the Chinese and Korean governments and that I am not to discuss salary with her because hers was very low (less than a million a month but some sort of Government subsidy might be on top of that).
Her presence hasn't made me feel any less special 
It has been really beneficial because the Chinese department really look after her (the Korean teachers go to her class and they submit all her paperwork super fast) and it has forced the English department to step up or look bad. |
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byrddogs
Joined: 19 Jun 2009
Location: Shanghai
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A hagwon that I worked at back in 2007ish had the kindy kids being taught Chinese for one period a week.
All of the students at my Korean gov. school for expat students are taught Chinese as a cumpulsory subject, just as they are English several times per week. Granted, this is in China, so this makes tons of sense for them here, but it does seem that an effort is being made to balance language learning with both English and Chinese.
Just as blm above said though, the NCTs make considerably less at my school. |
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