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Yu_Bum_suk
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 Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: Pommies: Wanna Nork gig? |
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http://www.britishcouncil.org/home-about-us-working-with-us-DPRK.htm
Senior English Trainer - �28,240 a year, plus benefits
English Trainers (2 posts) - �24,877 a year, plus benefits
Contract from 1 November 2007 to 31 August 2008
Benefits including free accommodation, medical insurance and pension provision
JOB SUMMARY
The British Council/Foreign and Commonwealth Office English language project in the DPRK aims to deliver quality programmes in teacher/trainer training and to develop the curriculum and related materials as well as assessment systems at leading institutions in Pyongyang. This high-profile project has been running since 2000, and we are now seeking three experienced English language teaching professionals to fill the above posts, which will be based at these institutions.
For all posts you will have: a diploma level qualification in TEFL (eg UCLES DTEFLA/Cambridge ESOL DELTA, Trinity College London Dip TESOL); a minimum of 3 years� ELT and teacher training experience overseas; course/curriculum planning and materials development. Additionally: for the Senior Trainer post you will have an MA in TEFL/Applied Linguistics (or equivalent) plus experience of teaching ESP and of people management. For one of the Trainer posts, content and language integrated learning (CLIL) teaching experience is required, and, for both posts, an MA in TEFL/Applied Linguistics (or equivalent) is desirable.
Note: Local restrictions mean that UK passport holders only can be considered for this post. These are unaccompanied posts, although in exceptional cases the authorities might agree to a married couple. Employment is subject to permission from the DPRK Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs.
WHO WE ARE
The British Council is the UK�s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We work in 110 countries and territories reaching millions of people each year, and increase appreciation of the UK through the arts, education, science, governance and sport.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply using the materials below.
Information sheet
Behavioural competencies
Guide for external applicants
Application form
Guidance on completing the application form
Senior English Trainer - Information about the job
English Trainer (with CLIL) - Information about the job
English Trainer - Information about the job
Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Thursday, 20 September 2007. Applications should be returned to TMP, initially by e-mail, then hard copies by post. Interviews will be conducted on 4 and 5 October 2007 in Manchester.
Please return completed application forms quoting reference OA07016 to:
Lisa Hampton
TMP
Chancery House
53-64 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1QS
Telephone: 020 7649 6046
Fax: 08700 339318
E-mail: [email protected]
If you are unable to download the application form and details please contact Lisa Hampton.
OUR RECRUITMENT POLICY
The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We also offer application packs in the following formats: large print, Braille, computer disk or audio tape.
We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.
We are the UK�s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity. |
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normalcyispasse
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| What's a Pommie, and what's a Nork? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| normalcyispasse wrote: |
| What's a Pommie, and what's a Nork? |
Pommie I think is a Brit (maybe from the pom poms their soldiers wore on their berets, or possibly the skirts they'd wear into battle) and a Nork is true guardian of Korean culture, a true son of Tangun. That is to say it's a North Korean. |
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koon_taung_daeng
Joined: 28 Jan 2007
Location: south korea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| If i was more qualified and a brit id go there.It would be cool to see how brainwashed they could make me in a year there. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| normalcyispasse wrote: |
| What's a Pommie, and what's a Nork? |
Wiki wah wah
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Pommy
The term pommy or pommie is commonly used by speakers of Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English and Afrikaans. It is often shortened to pom. The origin of this term is not confirmed and there are several persistent false etymologies, most being backronyms.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) strongly supports the theory that pom and pommy originated as contractions of "pomegranate", Australian rhyming slang for immigrant. The OED cites a well-known Australian weekly, The Bulletin, which on 14 November 1912 reported: "The other day a Pummy Grant (assisted immigrant) was handed a bridle and told to catch a horse."[1]
A commonly-heard alternative theory is that POM originated as an acronym for "prisoner of His/Her Majesty" (POHM) or "prisoner of mother England" (POME). As many of Australia's first settlers were British convicts, sentenced to transportation to Australia, this theory holds that upon arrival in the country they would be given a uniform with "POHM" or "POME" emblazoned on the back. There is no evidence that this ever happened.
In New Zealand one meaning is "Prisoners of Mother England", meaning people who while they have moved from Britain to colonies but still refer and compare everything to, and inferior of its equivalent in England; another form is referring to Australian lowly arrivals as "Prisoners of His/Her Majesty" in comparison to New Zealander's superior method of arriving as settlers.
Another theory is that it is rhyming slang for tommy, international slang for a British soldier.
Another suggestion relates to the fact that POM is also used an an acronym for "Port of Melbourne". However, the term "pommy" was coined long before the acronym was in common parlance.
Use of the word "pom" remains slightly contentious. Some British people living in Australasia find the term offensive and demeaning, others find it harmless and amusing. Attitudes to the use of the word have varied over the years; in the 1960s, slogans such as "bash a pom a day" were heard on New Zealand radio. The word has become so common that few Australians and New Zealanders see any reason to avoid using it, some even justifying the use of it as a "term of endearment". In December 2006, the Advertising Standards Board of Australia unanimously ruled that the word "pom" was a part of the Australian vernacular, and was largely used in a "playful or affectionate" sense. As a consequence, the board ruled that the word did not constitute a racial slur, and could be freely used in advertising. The Board was responding to a complaint filed by a community group called British People Against Racial Discrimination.[2] |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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An Englishman, Andrew Holloway, held a post in DPRK for a year. He wrote a memoir of the year after he returned to the UK, then died of stomach cancer.
His memoir can be found here:
http://www.aidanfc.net/pyongyang.html
It's fascinating. |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:21 am Post subject: |
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An Englishman, Andrew Holloway, held a post in DPRK for a year. He wrote a memoir of the year after he returned to the UK, then died of stomach cancer.
His memoir can be found here:
http://www.aidanfc.net/pyongyang.html
It's fascinating. |
Now THAT is a fugly website |
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safeblad
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:51 am Post subject: |
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It sounds really enticing but at the end of the day i dont think I have what it takes to do a year up there.
I wonder if you can do a midnight run  |
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ChciPivo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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FistFace
Joined: 24 Mar 2007
Location: Peekaboo! I can see you! And I know what you do!
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The Great Wall of Whiner was going to do that, but certain reasons kept him from going.
Wonder how he is gettin along in China these days. Haven't seen him in over 3 years.  |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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The last time I heard from GWOW, he was getting married to a nice Chinese-Korean girl...that was in July 2005
I would love to go and teach there just for the novelty of saying I taught in North Korea for a year....
Too bad I am American...  |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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I read it and said to myself "ooooh yeah, I'll get right on that"
Not. |
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