Whether you’re a student or working in a Korean company, chances are you will find yourself at an MT at one point in your life. In Korea, MT stands for Membership Training, and is essentially a retreat or small trip with your company, club, church group, or any other small interest group. It is where you bond
For anyone out there interested in studying abroad, South Korea is an option you should consider. Eligibility This visa is for people who plan to attend regular education courses (exchange student, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree programs) at a college, university or graduate school or for people who wish to conduct a specific research study
Let’s take a step back to remember our first experience of teaching in a English classroom. We want to try to remember our first day at a Korean Hagwon. Sometimes the experience can be good, while other times we begin teaching a level foreign to us. To avoid the lost and confused connections between teacher
In my other posts I have talked about teaching English in public schools and private institutes or ‘hagwons’. However, for anyone looking to teach in South Korea for the very first time, an English village is another option especially for those not interested in working in either a public school or a private language school.
Most ESL teachers are daunted by the thought of teaching a multi-level class. And rightly so. Teaching Multi-level classes can not only be challenging but downright stressful. What is a multi-level classroom By definition ‘a multi-level classroom’ is one where the students have different skill level but they are all studying in the same
Many new ESL teachers complain about how their classes are boring or their students seem unmotivated. Even though some teachers may prepare for their classes for hours in advance, their lesson seem to finish early and then they have no idea what to do with their students for the rest of the class time. Many
In my previous three blogs I have discussed how there are culture differences you and I need to navigate here in Korea or we could find ourselves in tricky situations. Therefore, we need to take off our western glasses and replace them with Korean or Asian glasses. EDUCATION IS “KING” IN KOREA! One of these
So you’ve read what a day in the life of an elementary public school teacher in Korea is like, and you’ve started learning the top 10 Korean expressions that are guaranteed to impress your new “chingus”, so how about the top 10 Korean expressions for an elementary school teacher? Now keep in mind, your role
