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teaching english in asia? korea?

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triska

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has anyone done this? ive heard a lot of mixed reviews about people who go and do this
some say it was a wonderful experience, others come back depressed as hell
i have no clue what it is like, but im very interested to check this out while spending time learning korean. Let me know if you guys have any input

Other than potential of hitting on hotties like 'go go' (kill bill) crazy chick w/ spike ball

 
are you a native english speaker?
do you have a bachlors degree?
are you willing to sign a one year contract?
are you willing to work around 120 hours per month (per month not week) with little kids and get paid around 2 million Won ($2,000)
 
There's an entire website dedicated to this, I don't remember the link but if you google around I'm sure you can find it. I looked into it and the only place that looked remotely worthwhile was south korea, and even that job had gotten some bad feedback. They provide you with housing but sometimes it's terrible with the water breaking etc and them being slow to fix it. I wouldn't recommend it unless you're extremely bored with yourself. It would be something to tell people about at the very least.
 
native english speaker
have bachelors in Industrial engineering but I want to learn korean real bad
im just curious if ther are better "hagwons" (the places you teach) that are preferred over others
 
Originally posted by: triska
native english speaker
have bachelors in Industrial engineering but I want to learn korean real bad
im just curious if ther are better "hagwons" (the places you teach) that are preferred over others
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Here's a decent forum about teaching english in Korea
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Read through the FAQ and browse the Job Related discussion forum
They are more qualified to answer which hogwon is better than others
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
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- M4H
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http://outpostnine.com/editorials/teacher1.html

So anyway, I get asked "bigu dikku" A LOT. Every 2-3 days in fact, which is amazing considering I got asked this question about 2-3 times *in my entire life* in America. Locker room jokes aside. How do you answer that anyway? To a 12-15 year old? I wave them off and say "No no no." Then they say "Oh, sumaru dikku?" (trans. "Small dick?") and OF COURSE that's wrong so I have to correct them. It's just a no-win stiuation.

On the days I'm avoiding them asking me that, I'm avoiding them actually trying to grab it. I ****** you not, I have to play Dodgedick with Japanese Jr. High kids on a weekly basis. Boys and girls! Age, gender, doesn't matter, they all want a stab at it. The boys are actually more persistant though. I had one boy grab for it, and when I said "No!" he put his hands together and, in English, said "Please!" Oh hell no. I was sitting next to a 12-year old boy who kept grabbing at it, and when I told him "No!" he asked "Why not?" I wondered if there weren't some cultural bounds I wasn't understsanding, so I said clearly "age 10 years and become female since birth, then we'll talk." His solution was to ask the girl sitting next to him to trade seats, grab my dick, and tell him about it.
 
yeah i saw the posts, im just curious if there is any first hand experience on the boards really
that outpostnine aint so great...just funny lool i need something more HELPFUL!!!
 
i post something about it.

i only know about taiwan, the big money is not the public school, but private tutoring.
 
It seems to me many of the Americans that end up teaching in Japan or any Asian country only do so because they don't really have any direction in their life. It's like a paid vacation and a means to subsidize it. There's nothing wrong witht this but you should figure out if you are doing it to help people or to help yourself.
 
Originally posted by: triska
native english speaker
have bachelors in Industrial engineering but I want to learn korean real bad
im just curious if ther are better "hagwons" (the places you teach) that are preferred over others
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Usually if you want to teach English in Korea, you have to know Korean first. Not the other way around where you teach English in Korea and while there learn Korean. The most popular program is the JET (JETT?) program for Japan and usually student teachers study Japanese while in college and then go over to teach English to the Japanese students.
 
My old roommate went to Korea for the Air Force. He said he really enjoy teaching English. From what he told me he would prefer teaching his students than party with his american friends.

I haven't talked to him for awhile but I think he extended to stay there another year. Also, he doesn't have a degree and doesn't speak korean. I'm not sure how much he was being paid but he already had a paycheck from the AF so money wasn't a real concern.
 
Unless you want to teach english in an asian country forever... its a pretty dead end job... the jet program at my university was for students wanting to teach english in japan... yes its good experience from what i hear... but when you come back to the states your pretty screwed... unless your major was teaching or foreign language... picture an engineering or computer science major going to an interview at a tech company and the interviewer asking you... so what have you been doing for the last year or what experience have you had so far? I guess you can tell them you taught a english at a foreign country... but what good is that going to do you?... so i guess it really depends on what you plan to do AFTER going to another country to teach english for a year or two....
 
Originally posted by: serialkiller
Unless you want to teach english in an asian country forever... its a pretty dead end job... the jet program at my university was for students wanting to teach english in japan... yes its good experience from what i hear... but when you come back to the states your pretty screwed... unless your major was teaching or foreign language... picture an engineering or computer science major going to an interview at a tech company and the interviewer asking you... so what have you been doing for the last year or what experience have you had so far? I guess you can tell them you taught a english at a foreign country... but what good is that going to do you?... so i guess it really depends on what you plan to do AFTER going to another country to teach english for a year or two....
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I don't exactly agree that you are "screwed". It's the same as taking a year vacation, because let's face it, that's what it is. The JET program is in such high demand because it's a paid vacation for people who don't know what to do with their lives. I don't know of anyone that's done the program that continued with anything remotely related to foreign language teaching, or teaching for that matter. I wouldn't say you are screwed though. You would be behind your peers who didn't go though.
 
I taught English in Japan for 2 years and it was the best 2 years of my life.

Working 8 hours/week making ~$3000/month TAX FREE! apartment subsidized, tons of vacation time, and the chance to travel around asia. What the heck are you waiting for!?
 
yeah thats what im also worried serial
maybe get in internship? but I really do want to expand my language horizon you know? and unless you realy delve into the environment its hard to, im confused,
but thanks, keep the experience on coming, thanks guys, its realy helping
sure hope it helps other also interested
 
I've thought about teaching in Korea, but now that I'm out of school and working, it seems unwise (I really need the work experience). If I could go back, I would've done it right after college. It sounds really interesting though.
 
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