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kimkim
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 Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:47 pm Post subject: Yeungnam Univeristy questions... |
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I am thinking about applying at Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan.
The salary seems all right but they seem to be looking for an awful lot of people.
Does anyone have any information about the place?
Is it a good place to teach?
How's the staff there?
Thanks,
J.K. |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| I hear they will be pairing foreign language instructors with Korean co-teachers next semester to make up for the teacher shortage. |
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kimkim
Joined: 16 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:40 am Post subject: |
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Why would there be a shortage of teachers there?
Is there some sort of problem?
I thought they had like 30-40 teachers or something already. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| erm I think it was a joke |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| The co-teacher thing might not be true - but it's not a joke. I heard it from some friends in Daegu. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| The threads are continually deleted on here, but Yeongnam just let go of something like 25+ teachers, regardless of education, because of some form of problems they had with a new director. It was reported on here that they signed a petition to oust the director, but that the university responded by firing everyone. Another person said there are two sides to the story. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| jinks wrote: |
| The co-teacher thing might not be true - but it's not a joke. I heard it from some friends in Daegu. |
We do this at our university, but we don't teach the same class at the same time. We split the hours (and it's sort of been a failure that they plan to modify). It's not due to a shortage of teachers, though. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Aha, I thought you meant two teachers in the same class room like at public schools - which would of course not solve any teacher shortages |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I think that the implications are that the instructors still teach the same 9-12 (whatever) hours a week, but instead of meeting each class twice a week, they will be meeting twice as many classes (within the teaching hours period), but only one meeting a week per class. Teaching hours stay the same, but grading and testing time doubles. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| jinks wrote: |
| The co-teacher thing might not be true - but it's not a joke. I heard it from some friends in Daegu. |
We do this at our university, but we don't teach the same class at the same time. We split the hours (and it's sort of been a failure that they plan to modify). It's not due to a shortage of teachers, though. |
What have been some of the failures you have experienced. It's an interesting idea, never heard of it at the university level. |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| erm I think it was a joke |
| jinks wrote: |
| The co-teacher thing might not be true - but it's not a joke. I heard it from some friends in Daegu. |
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sleep furious idea
Joined: 11 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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I am a current teacher at Yeungnam U. Working here has been my worst experience in about 10 years in Korea.
Kimkim,
If you are serious about teaching English I would suggest looking elsewhere. Education seems not to be a priority here. I won't go into details on a public forum but I would highly recommend to anyone looking at Yeungnam to investigate a little. Ask around. |
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The_Source
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:11 am Post subject: |
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| sleep furious idea wrote: |
| Education seems not to be a priority here. |
I think this is true at all Korean universities. |
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makemischief
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| The_Source wrote: |
| sleep furious idea wrote: |
| Education seems not to be a priority here. |
I think this is true at all Korean universities. |
woohoo broad generalizations! the wit sir! the wit!  |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:47 am Post subject: |
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| jinks wrote: |
| I think that the implications are that the instructors still teach the same 9-12 (whatever) hours a week, but instead of meeting each class twice a week, they will be meeting twice as many classes (within the teaching hours period), but only one meeting a week per class. Teaching hours stay the same, but grading and testing time doubles. |
They are planning this in reverse at my current job. Same class hours, half as many classes. |
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