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bdot
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 Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:27 am Post subject: Looking to study a masters in Seoul |
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Hey team I need some help.
I'm looking to study a masters in TESOL, linguistics or some such next year in Seoul. I currently have a Bach of Education and a Celta + 2 years experience teaching adults by then. That's the background so questions...
Do such courses exist for foreigners at the unis?
If so how much?
Will I need to know any Korean? (mine is still bad)
Are their scholarships available?
How much?
Which university?
I'll need some sort of side income so can I combine study with legit adult part-time teaching?
Thanks guys
Feel free to answer questions i haven't asked too. |
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modernseoul
Joined: 11 Sep 2011
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I can answer this one: I'll need some sort of side income so can I combine study with legit adult part-time teaching? If you are on a D2 visa (i.e. student for longer than 3 months) you can work legally after 20weeks, you needed a S-3 permit before but not 100% sure these days. |
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kimchijigijig
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bdot
Joined: 03 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| I really appreciate your help guys... the search engine on this site sucks so I couldn't find any threads properly. |
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deizio
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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Side income: On a D2 you can apply for permission to work after you complete your first semester (sometimes says 6 months but a semester will do it). You can work up to 20hrs / wk during term, and no limit during vacations. You need permission from your school, an offer / contract from your employer, and documents to back all of that up. The working permission will be time- and employer-limited like an E2. Take all the right docs to immi and they add the S-3 permission to the back of your ARC. Forms and info can be found on hikorea.go.kr, and they were transitioning to allow online applications last year.
University students can tutor privately without going through all that, although this is a bit foggier, and basically requires you to find your own students. If you're looking at the piecemeal 40k/hr type adult gigs on Craigslist offered by agencies, you still need to go through the permission process.
Source: Been on a D2 for the past couple of years, CELTA, 7 years English teaching exp. at all levels. I didn't actually end up teaching on the side, but did go through this for a non-teaching gig last summer. |
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furtakk
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm thinking about doing an MA here next year or in a year and a half. If you work part-time does that affect your chances of getting/keeping a scholarship? |
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coralreefer_1
Joined: 19 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| deizio wrote: |
Side income: On a D2 you can apply for permission to work after you complete your first semester (sometimes says 6 months but a semester will do it). You can work up to 20hrs / wk during term, and no limit during vacations. You need permission from your school, an offer / contract from your employer, and documents to back all of that up. The working permission will be time- and employer-limited like an E2. Take all the right docs to immi and they add the S-3 permission to the back of your ARC. Forms and info can be found on hikorea.go.kr, and they were transitioning to allow online applications last year.
University students can tutor privately without going through all that, although this is a bit foggier, and basically requires you to find your own students. If you're looking at the piecemeal 40k/hr type adult gigs on Craigslist offered by agencies, you still need to go through the permission process.
Source: Been on a D2 for the past couple of years, CELTA, 7 years English teaching exp. at all levels. I didn't actually end up teaching on the side, but did go through this for a non-teaching gig last summer. |
This is pretty much spot on except for one big thing.
As a student (D2), you CANNOT tutor privately. The immigration website concerning participating in activities not covered under sojourns specifically say that you cannot. Here is exactly what is says:
Allowed working field
Occupation acknowledged as having close ties with their major
An occupational category which has close ties with his/her major
Commonly allowed working field for students as translation�interpretation, a librarian�sublibrarian, a school cleaner, a staff at a restaurant, an assistant office worker, a research student at a laboratory who is doing his/her schoolwork and research at the same time, temporary assistant instructor, an assistant experimentation teacher, etc.
Foreign language instructor at an educational institute as a private institute, etc. (the one must satisfy the necessary conditions to be a foreign language instructor)
※ Private tutoring is prohibited by law regarding establishment and organization of an educational institute and extracurricular lessons
Other legal labor field
A salesperson, a clerk at a restaurant, an assistant at an event in an English Village or an English camp (other foreign language like Chinese, Japanese, etc. regarded camps are also available) |
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definitely maybe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| Look into Framingham (MA, USA) State University's International Education Program's MEd TESL. |
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mscoop1085
Joined: 12 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| A masters in Korea is worthless unless you plan on living here forever and using it..Bear in mind. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| mscoop1085 wrote: |
| A masters in Korea is worthless unless you plan on living here forever and using it..Bear in mind. |
Not necessarily. An Aussie friend of mine got a master's from Seoul National (the regular one so his Korean grew fluent) and then that helped him get into a Ph.D program Down Under. |
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| mscoop1085 wrote: |
| A masters in Korea is worthless unless you plan on living here forever and using it..Bear in mind. |
I think a masters in Korea is worthless in Korea even. |
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fosterman
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| motiontodismiss wrote: |
| mscoop1085 wrote: |
| A masters in Korea is worthless unless you plan on living here forever and using it..Bear in mind. |
I think a masters in Korea is worthless in Korea even. |
well it's got to be better than not having one. |
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| fosterman wrote: |
| motiontodismiss wrote: |
| mscoop1085 wrote: |
| A masters in Korea is worthless unless you plan on living here forever and using it..Bear in mind. |
I think a masters in Korea is worthless in Korea even. |
well it's got to be better than not having one. |
Really depends on the situation though. You could get an MBA from Yonsei or sth and apply for a job in NY in one of the big banks, and they'll probably wonder why you got your MBA there instead of Wharton. It's a waste of money to get your MBA twice and trying to get a job with a Yonsei MBA anywhere outside of Seoul would suck. |
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