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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:04 am Post subject: Tired of teaching ESL in Korea? Go Teach in Turkey! |
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Turkey's Ministry of Education plans to hire 40K foreign teachers
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| A new Ministry of Education program plans to bring 40,000 foreign teachers to Turkey for language courses. According to the plan, foreign teachers will be assigned not only to elementary schools and high schools but also to kindergartens. |
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| Aky�z said there are currently 48,000 English teachers in Turkey. According to the plan, up to 10,000 foreign English teachers will come to Turkey every year for four years, meaning 40,000 foreign teachers will be assigned to work in the country. |
According to the article, the pay would be around $1,500/month. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:48 am Post subject: Re: Tired of teaching ESL in Korea? Go Teach in Turkey! |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
Turkey's Ministry of Education plans to hire 40K foreign teachers
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| A new Ministry of Education program plans to bring 40,000 foreign teachers to Turkey for language courses. According to the plan, foreign teachers will be assigned not only to elementary schools and high schools but also to kindergartens. |
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| Aky�z said there are currently 48,000 English teachers in Turkey. According to the plan, up to 10,000 foreign English teachers will come to Turkey every year for four years, meaning 40,000 foreign teachers will be assigned to work in the country. |
According to the article, the pay would be around $1,500/month. |
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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:10 am Post subject: |
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I got hammered with offers from Turkey about 5 years back, then they stopped.
Maybe they temporarily shelved their english programme after being rejected by the EU. |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Tired of teaching ESL in Korea? Go Teach in Turkey! |
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But the cost of living in Turkey is lower than in Korea. So, at least, for new teachers being offered starting salaries in Korea, Turkey could be a reasonable alternative.
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
Turkey's Ministry of Education plans to hire 40K foreign teachers
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| A new Ministry of Education program plans to bring 40,000 foreign teachers to Turkey for language courses. According to the plan, foreign teachers will be assigned not only to elementary schools and high schools but also to kindergartens. |
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| Aky�z said there are currently 48,000 English teachers in Turkey. According to the plan, up to 10,000 foreign English teachers will come to Turkey every year for four years, meaning 40,000 foreign teachers will be assigned to work in the country. |
According to the article, the pay would be around $1,500/month. |
I'm good right here. |
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cyui
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Unless you were Turkish/muslim descent,why would you wanna live there?
Going into a unfamilier culture/ place for long-term is never a good idea..
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madtownhustl
Joined: 04 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| cyui wrote: |
| Unles you were Turkish/muslim descent,why would you wanna live there? |
I'd do Instanbul. Maybe a few other big cities, but that's about it! |
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zhanknight
Joined: 24 Mar 2010
Location: Yangsan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| cyui wrote: |
Unless you were Turkish/muslim descent,why would you wanna live there?
Going into a unfamilier culture/ place for long-term is never a good idea.. |
Uhh.. Are you a teacher in Korea? Presumably NOT a Korean one?
You would go to Turkey for the exact same reasons you would go anywhere to teach ESL. I think Turkey would be fascinating. |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Why would anyone choose to live in Turkey given the option to live in the cultural wonderland that is Korea? Does Turkey even have 4 distinct seasons? |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Some non-governmental organizations have already found fault with the new education program, criticizing government spending to bring in foreign teachers while 400,000 Turkish teachers are waiting for assignments. |
If those teachers can speak English well enough to teach it, they definitely have a point. If not, then I don't see the relationship.
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| A press statement for the protest asked, �When an experienced teacher earns 1,974 Turkish Liras a month, and a foreign teacher earns 3,000 liras a month, what does it mean?� |
It means there's a 400,000 person surplus of native Turkish teachers and a dearth of native individuals competent to teach English.
Sounds like fun, might try it. |
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zhanknight
Joined: 24 Mar 2010
Location: Yangsan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| rumdiary wrote: |
| Why would anyone choose to live in Turkey given the option to live in the cultural wonderland that is Korea? Does Turkey even have 4 distinct seasons? |
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cyui
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Yeah,you might be able to live there for awile, but certaintly not forever. Turkey would not be fun for a Non-Muslim, just like Korea isn't really fun for a Non-Korean and vica-versa. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Why isn't Korea fun for a non-Korean? |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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Of course, this is completely anecdoctal, but every Turkish person I have met speaks English with either near or complete fluency.
Perhaps, the real objective is similar to JET's real objective... which is introduce the guest teacher to the host culture and thereby spread the good word about what nice hosts they are. This would make some sense since Turkey wants to join the EU sometime down the road.
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| Some non-governmental organizations have already found fault with the new education program, criticizing government spending to bring in foreign teachers while 400,000 Turkish teachers are waiting for assignments. |
If those teachers can speak English well enough to teach it, they definitely have a point. If not, then I don't see the relationship.
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| A press statement for the protest asked, �When an experienced teacher earns 1,974 Turkish Liras a month, and a foreign teacher earns 3,000 liras a month, what does it mean?� |
It means there's a 400,000 person surplus of native Turkish teachers and a dearth of native individuals competent to teach English.
Sounds like fun, might try it. |
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johnnyrook
Joined: 08 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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Istanbul's a great city, awesome food, friendly people, plenty of awesome culture to experience, and right on the doorstep of both Europe and the Middle East, with pretty cheap airfares in either direction (not like the ridiculous gouging in Korea on short flights to Japan or China). If I was single I'd definitely be up for it.
Cyui, there are conservative parts of Turkey, certainly. But the Turkish as a people aren't the type to define themselves by their religion, as many other islamic nations unfortunately do. It's a secular country and Istanbul is relatively liberal. Plenty of beautiful girls without a burqa in sight, an interesting club scene, cheap beer from corner stores (although over-priced in pubs and clubs). Istanbul isn't actually that cheap though. |
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sadguy
Joined: 13 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Fox wrote: |
| Why isn't Korea fun for a non-Korean? |
because cyui is a troll that says ridiculous things and she gets banned every few months or so but comes back again and again. |
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