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Knappstar
Joined: 05 Jan 2005
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 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject: ANY chance of this happening? |
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Hey Guys,
I realize that the chances of this working out are extremely slim to none, but I thought I'd give it a try anyway.
I have a cousin in Sweden who I went to visit this summer. He is 21 years old. He is extremely intelligent, speaks PERFECT english without an accent, knows british AND english slang, and of course knows grammar better than 99% of native speakers. To top it off, he is model material handsome in that Swedish blond hair/blue eyes type way. (I know that unfortunately matters to Hogwan owners.)
He just got out of the Swedish Marines. After hearing of my adventures, he would love to come teach in Korea. I told him to forget about it, since he doesn't have a Uni degree or a native english passport. He asked me nicely to double check, and I owe him a favor, so here I am.
Does this guy have any chance in HELL of getting a visa and landing a job over here? I doubt it. If you have any information to the contrary, let me know.
Thanx in Advance
Andy |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: ANY chance of this happening? |
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| Knappstar wrote: |
Does this guy have any chance in HELL of getting a visa and landing a job over here? I doubt it. If you have any information to the contrary, let me know.
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A legal teaching visa? No way in hell if you don't have a university diploma and are from one the English speaking countries on the approved list.
Of course .... there are other, not so legal ways to get a diploma and a job. Or so I've heard. |
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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| The English-speaking world is strange, isn't it. There are countries like the US, Canada and Australia where English is an official language and the majority of people speak it as their first language. There are countries like India (?) where English is an official language, but (relatively) few people speak it as their first language. Then there are countries like Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands, where English is not an official language and has no official status, but a very large percentage of the population speak it very well. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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That depends. I have known a person to get a legal visa to teach "German", although he was really teaching English.
I think Immigration might see through a visa to teach "Swedish" though.  |
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chotaerang
Joined: 23 Mar 2004
Location: In the gym
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
| The English-speaking world is strange, isn't it. There are countries like the US, Canada and Australia where English is an official language and the majority of people speak it as their first language. There are countries like India (?) where English is an official language, but (relatively) few people speak it as their first language. Then there are countries like Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands, where English is not an official language and has no official status, but a very large percentage of the population speak it very well. |
This is something I ask Scandinavians when I run into one every 5 years or so. 'How is it that you have so thoroughly mastered Enlglish'? The answer is usually a variation on starting from a young age and going top down (that is speaking first, grammar etc. second). But the disparity between those guys and the rest of us jokers is so great that I think there must be more to it. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| This may be a "silly question", but has anyone actually called Immigration and asked them?? Or maybe your friend could call the Korean Embassy in Sweden and ask. |
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tjg_marantz
Joined: 04 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| chotaerang wrote: |
| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
| The English-speaking world is strange, isn't it. There are countries like the US, Canada and Australia where English is an official language and the majority of people speak it as their first language. There are countries like India (?) where English is an official language, but (relatively) few people speak it as their first language. Then there are countries like Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands, where English is not an official language and has no official status, but a very large percentage of the population speak it very well. |
This is something I ask Scandinavians when I run into one every 5 years or so. 'How is it that you have so thoroughly mastered Enlglish'? The answer is usually a variation on starting from a young age and going top down (that is speaking first, grammar etc. second). But the disparity between those guys and the rest of us jokers is so great that I think there must be more to it. |
No, nothing more to it than that. I am francophone. Both my parents are form Paris, thick accent when speaking english, you would not mistake them for native english speakers. I was born in Montreal and was sent to a French academy, had french friends, all that stuff. But, my parents knew the easiest way for me to learn english at a young age was to let me watch some english saturday morning cartoons. Not too many words and you get pictures on top of that, perfect. They sent me to english kindergarten so I could be exposed to conversational english. Today, I have no accent whatsoever. And I don't mean in that I think I speak english pretty well, I speak it perfectly. I lived in Calgary and Saskatoon for a year each and no one would know I am native french unless I told them of they put two and two together, not many english people named Laurent 
There really nothing more to it than that. Get started at the youngest age possible. My brother and his wife are french speaking, living in Calgary and their 4 year old is already bilingual without an accent. If you make it part of who you are, it doesn't matter which came first.
Sorry for the derail. |
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