Korean Job Discussion Forums

oasisca99 · Joined: 24 Mar 2005

hey everyone,

I am wondering if it is possibel for a non native speaker to find work as a teacher in seoul? My girlfriend and I are want to go over to korea but we cannot find any luck as she is not from native english speaking country. She is from germany but has been studying english for 15 years and in may will graduate with a degree in teaching english. she has also lived in New Zealand for a year and the UK so she has all kinds of experience in english speaking countries and is completelyl fluent in english. Is it possibel for her to get a job as an english teacher, or even a german teacher? if anyone knows if this is posible or have heard about non native english speakers getting jobs in korea it would be greatly appreciated if you could help us out!!!
thanks alot!!

canadian_in_korea · Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Location: South Korea

As far as I know you have to be a citizen/have a passport from a country where English is the native language....America, Canada, Australia, new zealand, ireland, England etc.....but I'm not sure of all the rules...perhaps someone else knows more of the details.

buddy bradley · Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Location: The Beyond

Koreabound2004 · Joined: 19 Nov 2003

No, I don't think it will be poisibele.

peppermint · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:23 am Post subject:

To work as a German teacher might be possible. I know a few of he international schools and maybe some of the private high schools have native speakers for languages besides English on staff.

Saxiif · Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: Seongnam

I'm sure there's plenty of hagwons that'd hire her as a "german teacher" and have her teach english, just not necessarily the best hagwons...

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

I knew a couple guys from East Germany (who hardly spoke any English) who got jobs as Phone English teachers.

They never had much money though.. and they had to go in and out on tourist visas.. and then one day they just weren't around anymore (must have left permanantly).

hogwonguy1979 · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: the racoon den

A long time ago I met a couple of Iranians teaching at a hogwon near Daejon, the director said they were from California.

I'm sure if the hogwon was sleezy enough you can find work you won't be legal though and the odds of you getting ripped off or worse is pretty high

Sleepy in Seoul · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:23 am Post subject:

I have a friend who is from an un-named European country. He managed to get a job working in Seoul teaching "his country's language", but really teaching English. Everything is OK as long as Immigration doesn't check.

The visa is legal, but the application of it isn't.

(My approval of this situation is neither warranted nor asked for.)

sillywilly · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Canada.

I knew a few french-canadians who worked here.