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itiswhatitis
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 Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:02 pm Post subject: Seoul/S. Korea..a good home base for correspondence univ.? |
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I'm currently studying Korean language (and teaching of course) but I plan to take some correspondence univ. classes in the future (probably through Athabasca University in Canada).
I enjoy living in Seoul and I can make an alright salary teaching here.
Having said that I am considering teaching in another country.
I don't want to teach in the middle east because of the conservative culture. Taiwan would be nice but the job market is competitive. I am thinking mainland China but I also wonder about other places.
The public school positions in China do not seem to be as lucrative as here and after school positions do not exist in China. I have had it with hagwons.
My only real complaints about Korea/Seoul are that it has the hunk of concrete look and the people are mostly miserable.
I would like other people's experiences with regards to correspondance univ. while teaching abroad.
Thanks in advance. |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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You don't want to work in China.
There was a recent article detailing how they just changed the laws to basically screw ESL teachers there. At any point your school can basically claim you violated your contract, and dictate the entire terms of what happens. You wouldn't even be allowed to leave the country until your school permits it. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: Seoul/S. Korea..a good home base for correspondence univ |
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| itiswhatitis wrote: |
I'm currently studying Korean language (and teaching of course) but I plan to take some correspondence univ. classes in the future (probably through Athabasca University in Canada).
I enjoy living in Seoul and I can make an alright salary teaching here.
Having said that I am considering teaching in another country.
I don't want to teach in the middle east because of the conservative culture. Taiwan would be nice but the job market is competitive. I am thinking mainland China but I also wonder about other places.
The public school positions in China do not seem to be as lucrative as here and after school positions do not exist in China. I have had it with hagwons.
My only real complaints about Korea/Seoul are that it has the hunk of concrete look and the people are mostly miserable.
I would like other people's experiences with regards to correspondence univ. while teaching abroad.
Thanks in advance. |
AU is OK.
You can do your exams at the Canadian Embassy (but it is a bit expensive and you need to make arrangements in advance).
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| alongway wrote: |
You don't want to work in China.
There was a recent article detailing how they just changed the laws to basically screw ESL teachers there. At any point your school can basically claim you violated your contract, and dictate the entire terms of what happens. You wouldn't even be allowed to leave the country until your school permits it. |
Do you have proof of this? I would be interested to see links in this regard. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Seoul/S. Korea..a good home base for correspondence univ |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| itiswhatitis wrote: |
I'm currently studying Korean language (and teaching of course) but I plan to take some correspondence univ. classes in the future (probably through Athabasca University in Canada).
I enjoy living in Seoul and I can make an alright salary teaching here.
Having said that I am considering teaching in another country.
I don't want to teach in the middle east because of the conservative culture. Taiwan would be nice but the job market is competitive. I am thinking mainland China but I also wonder about other places.
The public school positions in China do not seem to be as lucrative as here and after school positions do not exist in China. I have had it with hagwons.
My only real complaints about Korea/Seoul are that it has the hunk of concrete look and the people are mostly miserable.
I would like other people's experiences with regards to correspondence univ. while teaching abroad.
Thanks in advance. |
AU is OK.
You can do your exams at the Canadian Embassy (but it is a bit expensive and you need to make arrangements in advance).
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I recently emailed AU and asked them about letting exams be written a local National University here in Korea. I had my co-teacher contact that local university and get their contact info. I have forwarded it to Athabasca and am still waiting on a response. Cause travelling for hours to the Canadian Embassy in Seoul and their crappy service isn't something that appeals to me. I don't see why I can't just write an exam in my town locally. That would be most convenient for me, since the FEDEX envelop will cost no matter where in Korea it's sent. |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| alongway wrote: |
You don't want to work in China.
There was a recent article detailing how they just changed the laws to basically screw ESL teachers there. At any point your school can basically claim you violated your contract, and dictate the entire terms of what happens. You wouldn't even be allowed to leave the country until your school permits it. |
Do you have proof of this? I would be interested to see links in this regard. |
Hit google. This story came up about a month or two ago. I'm almost certain I saw it posted on here, but it was on other forums and mentioned on other blogs.
found this
http://chinadailymail.com/2013/07/08/chinas-new-visa-laws-target-expats/ |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| It is possible many people considering working in China do not realize the nature of the political regime there and what that can mean for expats and foreign workers. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| I proctored a couple of exams for a Canadian university several years ago. Unless things have drastically changed since then, you wouldn't need to travel to Seoul if you can find a school teacher or university professor in your town to be the proctor. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I proctored a couple of exams for a Canadian university several years ago. Unless things have drastically changed since then, you wouldn't need to travel to Seoul if you can find a school teacher or university professor in your town to be the proctor. |
Thanks, that's what I'm hoping for. I have contacted my local "National University" and am waiting to hear back from Athabasca whether or not this is possible. |
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OBwannabe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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OP, may I ask what you plan on studying through AU? I've taken classes through them while in Canada and found it to be rather expensive. Several years back I looked into how much it would cost to take classes through them while in Korea and it was over $1000/class because I was out of the country and would pay international student rates.
Have you looked into how much it will cost? Hopefully cheaper than I remember. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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OP, may I ask what you plan on studying through AU? I've taken classes through them while in Canada and found it to be rather expensive. Several years back I looked into how much it would cost to take classes through them while in Korea and it was over $1000/class because I was out of the country and would pay international student rates.
Have you looked into how much it will cost? Hopefully cheaper than I remember. |
Yes, but don't forget that we're not in Canada, and therefore there are few other options for those who need to fulfill some prerequisites, such as if one plans to apply to a one year BEd program at a Canadian university. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:32 am Post subject: |
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OP, may I ask what you plan on studying through AU? I've taken classes through them while in Canada and found it to be rather expensive. Several years back I looked into how much it would cost to take classes through them while in Korea and it was over $1000/class because I was out of the country and would pay international student rates.
Have you looked into how much it will cost? Hopefully cheaper than I remember. |
Yes, but don't forget that we're not in Canada, and therefore there are few other options for those who need to fulfill some prerequisites, such as if one plans to apply to a one year BEd program at a Canadian university. |
Yep, it's ridiculously expensive. But if you want to do something and don't want to go home, what other options are there? If you want to do something credible online while avoiding a degree mill, AU is prob one of the few options available. (I haven't researched any others though.) |
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