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PerryMason
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 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 11:19 am Post subject: EscapeArtist.com article on working in Korea |
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http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/51/Teaching_in_Korea.html
"A job teaching English in Korea is easy to get BEFORE you leave home, requires no experience and pays pretty well. It?s a good deal and a wonderful way to experience this relatively unknown, but interesting, country. For example, I had my own partially furnished apartment provided by my school, medical insurance, a net salary of about $1,600 a month (a middle class income in Korea), a less than 30-hour workweek, and from six to eight weeks vacation per year. Not bad for a timid adventurer and expatriate. So how can you do this?" |
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kimcheeking
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| the only qualification you need to become an English teacher is to be a native English speaker from an English speaking country - any English speaking country ?Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Ireland or the USA. If you have a college degree or teaching certificate then all the better |
Yeah, this article is accurate. |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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That's one of the fairest articles I've read on teaching in Korea.
I like escape artist. It's a great source of info, but I think some of the links are getting out of date. |
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sakamuras
Joined: 21 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Paji eh Wong wrote: |
That's one of the fairest articles I've read on teaching in Korea.
I like escape artist. It's a great source of info, but I think some of the links are getting out of date. |
Not sure if you know...but KimCheeKing was being sarcastic about the article being accurate... |
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busan_boy2000
Joined: 11 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| taken at face value, thats a pretty acurate paragraph. |
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Arthur Fonzerelli
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| kimcheeking wrote: |
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| the only qualification you need to become an English teacher is to be a native English speaker from an English speaking country - any English speaking country ?Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Ireland or the USA. If you have a college degree or teaching certificate then all the better |
Yeah, this article is accurate. |
kimcheeking, there are a bunch of people without 4 year degrees teaching ESL...some just graduated from high school....they pretty much do the same thing you do....
ESL is not rocket science.... just requires native speaking ability and a pretty white face... |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| ESL is not rocket science.... just requires native speaking ability and a pretty white face... |
Well, no.
Getting a job in Korea? Your statement is accurate.
Teaching ESL/EFL like you know what you're doing? Effective language instruction to learners of other languages? This requires significant training and/or experience.
But the hogwon system seems built on the "we pretend to teach while students pretend to learn" system. So the credentials you list are more than enough to keep everyone happy. But that ain't ESL. |
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sakamuras
Joined: 21 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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unfortunately, this bunch of people actually put themselves at the same level as real school teachers in korea...and demand the same respect.
| Arthur Fonzerelli wrote: |
kimcheeking, there are a bunch of people without 4 year degrees teaching ESL...some just graduated from high school....they pretty much do the same thing you do....
ESL is not rocket science.... just requires native speaking ability and a pretty white face... |
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kimcheeking
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Arthur Fonzerelli wrote: |
kimcheeking, there are a bunch of people without 4 year degrees teaching ESL...some just graduated from high school....they pretty much do the same thing you do.... |
Illegals don't count. |
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