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[the noodles]

How's it going?

I've been looking into some jobs in Korea and was wondering if any of you guyz have heard of:

English Village�Paju Camp

This project sounds pretty interesting to me. However i was wondering how much of the 'real korea' i'll see if i'm in an English village. I understand it's quite near the DMZ which might be pretty interesting.... might?

Been teaching in china for the past three years but have been wanting to head over to Korea for a while now.

Anyway

Cheers

[wylies99]

Probably a cushy, do-nothing job awaits. It's a total waste of time for actually teaching kids anything that matters.

BTW, what's up with RUSSIANS working there? "How you go, MF" in a RUSSIAN accent is not exactly a "warm and fuzzy" way to teach English to Korean kids.

[ChuckECheese]

[the noodles]

In some ways i kind of agree with you. However the curriculum is still developing and the idea sounds quite out there. Limited use of classroom and book. It's more an immersion program.

How useful it is i guess is hard to say at this point.

I read they had stuff like HIP Hop english which sounds pretty fun and when you think about it quite practical.

For example one of my students commented when her friends went to the UK, they foundit really tought o understand the average joe on the street.

This has a lot to do with the fact that the average joe will probably be talking in some form of slang. not everyone teaches English and so not everyone feels the need to grade language!

In this day and age, students or at least Chinese students are particularly interested in learning more than just the language in the classroom. They want a slice of culture, a taster of life in an English speaking country.

[friendofIgnatius J.]

[Milwaukiedave]

I've gone to Paju English Village to visit, but I can't attest what it would be like to work there. One of the other teachers I went with thought it would be kind of a weird to live there. There were a lot of Russians working there in the restuants and in the stores. Some were also working in the shows (they had a circus).

The events that the kids had to pay for were a little expensive. There were some free events, but they were only every three hours or so.

Anyway, that's my take on it.

[the noodles]

that's what i was thinking. It would be pretty mad living in there. Kind of isolated. I may try for Public schools or universities. Both seem to have pretty decent hours and pay.

And not a world away from some of the public schools here in China... Actually, maybe Korean schools have much better facilities.

anyone who's taught at both who could make some kind of comparison?

[Yu_Bum_suk]

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=56593&highlight=dancing+monkey

[wylies99]

Since when are Russians native English speakers?

[the noodles]

there are plenty of really good non native english teachers out there.

[wylies99]

[the noodles]

well there are in china anyway.

[Son Deureo!]

[dogbert]

Wouldn't Russians scare the children?

[hubba bubba]

Um, as a general rule, I never "teach" at a place that has a russian circus.

But, young blond blue eyes girls with curvacious bodies???? Every Korean's ideal English teacher, even if they only speak Russian.