Korean Job Discussion Forums

[riverboy]

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:47 am Post subject:

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Fundamentally, I would take a bilingual Kyopo over a white face, if I had a Korean child. Or a well spoken Korean teacher who studied English Language & Lit. Then send my kid overseas when they got old enough, to fine-tune the pronunciation and contemporary vocab.

There are too many hogwan cowboys that come here and show up and say 'Of course I can teach english. I've been speaking it all my life. Now listen and repeat. Great. Now Minsun, can you read this, and then Jihun, then Yoonhee, then....Good job. Game jo-ah?' The parents are just throwing their money away to smooth-talking directors.


RE; Gyopos As would I. I agree with you wholeheartedly in every aspect.
As for the cowboy thing yes, but I still see a lot of good quality teachers being stifiled by thier Korean counterparts and directors.
Personally, I went from Cowboy to to competent is a few months. It took some time but teaching for the most part is like most jobs, experience and a serious disposition towards quality will produce a good quality teacher. Again having spoken the language for ones entire life is good experience when it comes to teaching the stuff