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Zarkron
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Canada
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 Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:37 pm Post subject: Where to Start? |
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Hello out there in Internetland! This is my very first post here so if you are reading it, hooray! I have some pretty important things I need to ask, but be patient while I give some backstory.
I'm a 21 year old woman born and raised in Canada, and I'm entering the very last year of my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. After graduation I want to spend some time teaching ESL in South Korea. I chose South Korea because while on a semester abroad in Poland this year I met two Koreans who were wonderful people and made it sound like such a great country to visit. And then somebody at home pointed out to me "Why go as a tourist, why not go as a teacher and actually get paid to be there?" It sounded perfect to me, so that's the origin of my thought process.
That being said, I'm just starting out on the research process. I don't graduate until May 2011 so I wouldn't be going for at least a year or so, which I think is a good amount of time to get everything together. So my big question is: Where do I start? Which breaks down into a bunch of mini questions I guess.
1. What TESL/TESOL certification is the best and can anybody recommend any specific places?
2. Is South Korea a good place for a brand new teacher?
3. Is anybody able to tell me about the legal hoops Canadians have to jump through to work in SK?
4. Any other information that you wished you had known in the beginning?
Any advice/help is greatly appreciated! I look forward to spending time on this board!
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JD_Tiberius
Joined: 16 Nov 2009
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| ITTT's online tefl certificates are by far the cheapest of accepted ones. The course is decent too for newbies. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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FAQs are a good place to start (before you start asking things like, "How high is up?")
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Hotwire
Joined: 29 Aug 2010
Location: Multiverse
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| JD_Tiberius wrote: |
| ITTT's online tefl certificates are by far the cheapest of accepted ones. The course is decent too for newbies. |
I got one of those 100 hr, 20 units ones before coming here 3 years ago.
It got me an extra 100,000 a month so was well worth it.
But Korea is changing.
2 Recruters I'm TRYING (but not much luck despite having been looking for 7 weeks now) with advised me not to advertise it this year as - quote -
"Hotwire, thanks for your sincere application but I advise you to opt for more flexible options as many of our schools are only aiming for brand newcomers to Korea whoo will accept 2.1 - 2.2 a month."
And also wrote that I shouldn't advertise my TEFL as it would make employers assume I would want higher salaries than they want to pay!
Last year was so easy, but this year not so much so! |
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Zarkron
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| Well I'm not so much interested in the TESL for getting more money as I am for actually learning how to teach. That's the more important issue for me, as I've never done it before. |
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