teaching english in south korea tips and advice from someone who’s been there and done that
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About Me Education BAH B.Ed. Technical Writer Post-Grad Certificate Personal Interests Travel, snowboarding, interesting conversations & experiencing new things Editing, Instructional design & curriculum development Language Korean (TOPIK Level 3: Intermediate)TRANSCRIPT
Teaching English in South Korea
Tips and advice from someone who’s been there and done that.
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•About Me• Life in Korea•Useful Resources• Tips & Advice
About MeEducation• BAH• B.Ed.• Technical Writer Post-Grad Certificate
Personal Interests• Travel, snowboarding, interesting conversations &
experiencing new things• Editing, Instructional design & curriculum
development
Language• Korean (TOPIK Level 3: Intermediate)
About MeWhere I taught• 1 year at Daejeon Educational Training Institute
o English camp for elementary and middle school students• 1.5yrs at Seowon Elementary School• 2yrs at Hanbat Elementary School
Other education-related activities• Judging contests• Speech, drama, singing
• Interviewing English teacher candidates for the DMOE• TEE Trainer• Orientation Facilitator• Various English camps• Private tutoring
Life in Korea
Life in Korea
Life in Korea
Life in Korea
Life in Korea
Life in Korea
Life in Korea
Tips & Advice1. Take your role as a teacher seriously2. Learn Korean3. Be patient with everything, and
everyone4. Try to keep your mind open and your
judgments and unsolicited opinions to a minimum
5. Travel, both within Korea and to other countries
Tips & Advice6. Avoid hanging out only with other ex-pats, and make at least one close Korean friend
7. Save money, but when you spend it, spend it on experiences rather than things
8. Read up on Confucianism, it still influences modern life in Korea
9. You will experience new and different things and you will change; embrace it
10. Be flexible, adapt, and have fun!
Resources for Teaching
Online Lots of options for lesson plans, games, and activities Websites, blogs, recruiter home pages, etc.
Other Teachers Native English teachers Korean English teachers
Resources for Living in Korea
Learning Korean talktomeinkorean.com koreanclass101.com howtostudykorean.com learn-korean.net
Support Numerous Facebook
groups/communities• Daejeon Peeps, Seoulite• Korea ESL Teachers• Hagwon Blacklist
Canadian Embassy
General korea.net
Blogs/Media eatyourkimchi.com seouleats.com askakorean.blogspot.kr discoveringkorea.com myseoulsearching.com 10mag.com koreatimes.co.kr
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