Korean Job Discussion Forums

[cubanlord]

Hey OP (original Poster). All crap aside, we see that your grammar is terrible. Keep in mind that you will be teaching people how to speak, read, write, converse, and effectively communicate in your native language. In order to do this, you must have some basic skills in the language (i.e. basic S/V agreement, adjective usage, etc.). Graduating from a credible university, one would assume that you would have these basic things down cold. Regardless, I would recommend brushing up a bit. After all, you will be doing a job and getting paid for it. The least a person can do, given the same situation you are in, is be competent (sp?) in the areas she or he will be instructing.

Not to worry. We all had to brush up. It's nothing new. Fish around this website. You'll find useful links. Good luck to you.

[Son Deureo!]

[Mr. BlackCat]

I think being abroad makes some people jaded. They forget how scary going over seas can be and then instead of helping new people they just take over their posts with their own nonesense. But I do like the special Olympics joke.

I did the i-to-i course and I didn't really find it worth it. I did it because it had been a couple of years since I graduated and even then I spent my final year in Europe. My grammar and eloquence weren't appreciated in my papers and ramblings, so naturally they suffered

However, it does help with grammar stuff. The Koreans don't care too much about it seeing as though its an online thing. So don't worry too much about getting it all done in time.

Don't go through them for a placement, though. They don't offer what you can get on your own.

That's my two cents. Its probably a good idea to go through word of mouth before you get here. My opinion is that I thought they were going to expect much more out of me English knowledge wise than is the case. On the flip side, they expect some more time and energy and work in practice.

Hope this helps. BUT!!!: with an EU passport just keep in mind that you can teach all over Europe. You probably can't make as much but if you want to sell said passport for a few million won I think I know a guy.....