Korean Job Discussion Forums

Miryum · Joined: 09 May 2004

I saw this ad in the International Jobs board last week:

' Teach Online From Your Home
Teach English on line with our virtual live classroom technology from the comfort of your own home. '
Posted By: HoganTraining <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, 5 May 2005, at 9:26 a.m. '

When I went to the website 'hogantraining.com' there was no mention of ESL teaching, just ECDL classes. Anyway I emailed the guy and he said that he is setting up online ESL teaching. He wants to target the Asian market, particularly Korea. When I asked what the course content would include he said that it would be mainly conversation classes with possibly TOEIC and TOEFL classes too.

Hmm, d'ya think it's possible to teach TOEIC and TOEFL online??

I'm a bit skeptical. Conversation classes could work, but I'm not sure about other types of classes being taught using speaker headsets (sorry, no idea what those things are called - there's a picture of them on the TeachMeLive website).

I was wondering if anyone else contacted this company? What are your ideas about online teaching?

Cheers!

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

The online teaching market is being dominated by www.englishtown.com these days and this other company looks to be trying to get a piece of it and add another revenue stream to their computer training business. The fact that they are not a start-up, per se, may make them a little more reliable with the pay, but who knows. I'd still go with englishtown, if I wanted to work in that arena.

Miryum · Joined: 09 May 2004

Thanks Chronicpride,

Yea, I see what you mean about www.englishtown.com - it seems to be a pretty comprehensive website. They boast 3mil registered students - It would be difficult for a newcomer to compete with them!

Clearly there is a market for online teaching; no wonder the new company want to get in on the action. I'm interested in TeachMeLive because it is based in Ireland (where I live). There aren��t many ESL jobs here, just seasonal work really. I��ve been looking for work since I came back from Korea (mmm�� tempted to go back)
I guess I should meet the company director in person.

So, has anyone done this kind of teaching before? Did you have free-talking lessons or did you work from structured lesson-plans?

Thanks again.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

I clicked and got the Korean website, but no English... hmm

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

mishlert · Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun

Here is a question.
If the server is not in Korea, but you and the students are, is it seen as illegal in Korea?
If immigration tries to deport you because you have a job with one of the companies could you not argue that the school (server) is not in Korea?
Could not immigration argue that you are in Korea, teaching students in Korea?
Who is right?
What is the law on this?

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003