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Chamchiman
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
Location: Digging the Grave
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 Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: Teaching in a third country |
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My Korean fiancee mentioned a program that she'd seen in passing, perhaps on Arirang, of Nepalis teaching Korean to their countrymen who were on the way to Korea to work as laborers. It got the wheels turning. Me, teaching English. Her, teaching English and/or Korean. Time on the Subcontinent or in some other far-flung place...
Are there any teachers out there who have gone, with their Korean significant other, to teach in a third country? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| several from Dave's in Korea have gone to the Middle East, Japan, Thailand and Taiwan |
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eamon
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Location: vienna
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I taught in Sudan a few years ago. Although i didn't have a girlfriend with me a couple of the guys did. They didn't have any different problems compared to the single people. |
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Chamchiman
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Um, thanks. What I was wondering about was overseas job opportunities for Koreans to teach Korean/English to speakers of third languages - I can teach English almost anywhere, but if I want to live and work in a third country with my Korean significant other, she's going to want to have a job, and having majored in Korean language education and possessing a Sookmyung TESOL certificate, she might be able to find work elsewhere in Asia. Countries which contribute to the migrant labor population in Korea seemed like a good place to start, based on the documentary I mentioned.
Has anyone had this kind of experience teaching in a third country? Or, for that matter, do migrant workers (such as those featured in the Arirang program) tend to prepare for life in Korea by studying Korean before they come here? I know they must learn awfully fast once they get here on account of working with Koreans who don't speak English (necessity's mother and all that), but as I said, I'm just wondering. |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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| I've taught in Japan and Taiwan, but it think there are no to very few job opportunities for your girlfriend. You may find a school teaching Korean in Tokyo, but that's about it. Try NOVA maybe? Private students are her best bet. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Chamchiman wrote: |
Um, thanks. What I was wondering about was overseas job opportunities for Koreans to teach Korean/English to speakers of third languages - I can teach English almost anywhere, but if I want to live and work in a third country with my Korean significant other, she's going to want to have a job, and having majored in Korean language education and possessing a Sookmyung TESOL certificate, she might be able to find work elsewhere in Asia. Countries which contribute to the migrant labor population in Korea seemed like a good place to start, based on the documentary I mentioned.
Has anyone had this kind of experience teaching in a third country? Or, for that matter, do migrant workers (such as those featured in the Arirang program) tend to prepare for life in Korea by studying Korean before they come here? I know they must learn awfully fast once they get here on account of working with Koreans who don't speak English (necessity's mother and all that), but as I said, I'm just wondering. |
I'd be wary about the propaganda that Arirang pumps out. They would like to give you the impression that Korean is being learnt on a massive scale from Timbuktu to Montevideo. They want you to think there are Kalahari Bushmen queuing up for the latest Korean drama, that Siberian Inuit are listening to Rain and that Trobriand Islanders have formed a cargo cult around kimchi. While I am sure these opportunities exist for your SO, they would likely be with labour recruitment firms in country, I have a relative in Indonesia who works for one sending workers to Japan. You'd have to be in the know and check with them, otherwise see who is behind the importation of 3D workers here. Again though, if it is the majority of countries that they source workers from, chances are there won't be well-paid ESL jobs there. Had to snicker when you mentioned Nepal as the only teachers I knew there were untrained volunteers. Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia could be options though. |
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Chamchiman
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
| Chamchiman wrote: |
Um, thanks. What I was wondering about was overseas job opportunities for Koreans to teach Korean/English to speakers of third languages - I can teach English almost anywhere, but if I want to live and work in a third country with my Korean significant other, she's going to want to have a job, and having majored in Korean language education and possessing a Sookmyung TESOL certificate, she might be able to find work elsewhere in Asia. Countries which contribute to the migrant labor population in Korea seemed like a good place to start, based on the documentary I mentioned.
Has anyone had this kind of experience teaching in a third country? Or, for that matter, do migrant workers (such as those featured in the Arirang program) tend to prepare for life in Korea by studying Korean before they come here? I know they must learn awfully fast once they get here on account of working with Koreans who don't speak English (necessity's mother and all that), but as I said, I'm just wondering. |
I'd be wary about the propaganda that Arirang pumps out. They would like to give you the impression that Korean is being learnt on a massive scale from Timbuktu to Montevideo. They want you to think there are Kalahari Bushmen queuing up for the latest Korean drama, that Siberian Inuit are listening to Rain and that Trobriand Islanders have formed a cargo cult around kimchi. While I am sure these opportunities exist for your SO, they would likely be with labour recruitment firms in country, I have a relative in Indonesia who works for one sending workers to Japan. You'd have to be in the know and check with them, otherwise see who is behind the importation of 3D workers here. Again though, if it is the majority of countries that they source workers from, chances are there won't be well-paid ESL jobs there. Had to snicker when you mentioned Nepal as the only teachers I knew there were untrained volunteers. Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia could be options though. |
Fair enough about Arirang.
As a dual-income, no-kids partnership here, we're doing great for money and it's impossible to understand doing better elsewhere. The thought of teaching in a third country is not motivated by money, rather having the experience of settling down and living and working somewhere for a while - having a job (even a volunteer job) would be have to be part of the deal. She was in India for 14 months, and I've spent a month in Nepal, hence the Subcontinent mention in my first post - being an untrained volunteer in Nepal sounds terrific. Again, the main reason I posted was to find out if opportunities exist for Korean English-speakers in third countries. I can go anywhere and expect to find work. |
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