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Wed, 29 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Educational Practice: A Look into Issues in Teaching in South Korea For this task, I have selected Korea as a choice for some students having difficulty learning. Korea is one of the countries investing a lot in the field of English education. Also, results achieved by Korean students on the TOEFL test improved by 10 points over the past six years. However, there still seems to be less proficient skills in writing and speaking in English. Table of Contents The Main Troubles of Learners in Korea What I've learned in the Course? Teaching Materials Are you ready to teach English around the world? Related Articles: Listen to this blog post: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Heejeong K. Please note that this...  [Read more]

Teach Travel Abroad Tips - Useful information If you have already graduated from one of our TEFL certification courses and have yet to decide on where you would like to teach, or you are thinking about signing up for a course and are looking for an insight into the most popular teaching destinations, then the following guides might provide some welcome inspiration. Below you will find dozens of countries from all corners of the world where there are plenty of good opportunities for teaching EFL. Click on the countries that interest you to access a wide range of travel tips, country facts and other useful information. Living and Teaching English in Korea - Habits, Customs & Curiosities South Korea is one of the most popular destinations in the world for teaching English as a...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Liza is a translator, freelancer and ESL teacher from Russia. She had been teaching in a Chinese bilingual school for more than two years and recently moved to Thiland to run her blog about teaching and freelance job. Read my articles Ways to Teach Vocabulary Effectively | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their ideas of teaching English vocabulary. Why Are Teaching Skills Important? | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on why learning teaching skills is important. Educational Practice: A Look into Issues in Teaching in South Korea Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In this blog post, our recent TEFL...  [Read more]

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 Jon ITTT Destinations Why Should You Teach English in South Korea? Two thirds of South Koreans aged 25 to 34 have a college degree and take mandatory English classes. Koreans are obsessed with education to enable the best future for their children and South Korea provides top salary to their teachers and has the highest average reading literacy of the OECD. This makes South Korea the ideal destination for qualified English teachers looking to make a good living while teaching abroad. Table of Contents Salaries for foreign English language teachers How much does it cost to live in Korea? Where to Teach in Korea? Korea as a tourist destination Pamper your palate Listen to this blog post Get ready to teach English in South Korea today! Related Articles: Salaries for...  [Read more]

Living and Teaching English in Korea - Habits, Customs & Curiosities South Korea is one of the most popular destinations in the world for teaching English as a foreign language as it offers an exciting culture, beautiful natural scenery and a multitude of EFL jobs with high salaries and great benefits. If you are unsure whether it is the right destination for you or you simply want more information before you leave, read on to find out more. Below you will find information on how to budget for teaching English in Korea, the types of teaching jobs available, general travel tips and a variety of insights into the local culture. Budget for Teaching English in Korea SOURCE: travelsuras . com/budget-to-teach-english-in-korea/#comment-2528 Register now & get certified to teach...  [Read more]

What is the EPIK program for teaching English in South Korea? The EPIK program, which stands for English Program in Korea, is a prestigious initiative led by the South Korean government. Here's what you need to know: If you are interested in the EPIK program, we recommend reaching out to our TEFL recruitment partner Reach To Teach. Reach To Teach is an official partner of the EPIK program (English Program in Korea) and works with the Korean Ministry of Education to place English Language Instructors (ELIs) in Korean public schools throughout the country. Table of Contents What are the requirements for the EPIK Program? What does the EPIK Program involve? Where will I be placed on the EPIK Program? What are the benefits of the EPIK Program? What are the requirements for the EPIK...  [Read more]

TEFL Jobs in Korea (4) Date posted:2016-05-02 | Writer: Hands Korea Recruiting | Email: [email protected] Since the world is being rapidly globalized, English has become the major language people use internationally. Thus, English education in Korea has boomed in the past few years. Rather than providing English education by native Korean teachers, schools have started to increase the number of foreign EFL teachers. TEFL positions are available both at public schools and private schools (known as Hagwon), institutions and centers. You can expect a competitive salary based on your experience and qualifications including TESOL/TEFL certificate. The cost of living in Korea is not high, therefore you can expect to save a partial portion of the salary. Teaching in Korea is a rewarding...  [Read more]

TEFL Jobs in Korea (4) Date posted:2016-05-02 | Writer: Hands Korea Recruiting | Email: [email protected] Since the world is being rapidly globalized, English has become the major language people use internationally. Thus, English education in Korea has boomed in the past few years. Rather than providing English education by native Korean teachers, schools have started to increase the number of foreign EFL teachers. TEFL positions are available both at public schools and private schools (known as Hagwon), institutions and centers. You can expect a competitive salary based on your experience and qualifications including TESOL/TEFL certificate. The cost of living in Korea is not high, therefore you can expect to save a partial portion of the salary. Teaching in Korea is a rewarding...  [Read more]

What is the EPIK program for teaching English in South Korea? EPIK stands for the English Program in Korea, a scheme run by the South Korean government that places foreign teachers into schools across the country to work as English language instructors. EPIK is one of the largest and most popular schemes of its kind as it offers a competitive salary, a good range of extra benefits, and the chance to experience living and working in a unique cultural environment. If you meet the specified criteria then you could be one of the thousand plus teachers heading to South Korea this year to join the program. If you are interested in the EPIK program, we recommend reaching out to our TEFL recruitment partner Reach To Teach. Reach To Teach is an official partner of the EPIK program (English...  [Read more]

Public School TEFL Jobs in South Korea Date posted:2017-09-21 | Writer: Handskorea Recruiting | Email: [email protected] Since the world has become more globalized, English has become the major language people use internationally. Thus, English education in Korea has shot up in the past few years. As a result, government and schools are now starting to increase the number of foreign teachers in Korea. Currently, Handskorea Recruiting is looking for numerous EFL teachers who are dedicated and passionate. No experience in these fields is necessary. Teaching in Korea is a rewarding and valuable experience and a great chance to wide your views by travelling around Korea, which has one of the oldest cultures in the world. Positions are available at public schools. You can expect a...  [Read more]

Public School TEFL Jobs in South Korea Date posted:2017-09-21 | Writer: Handskorea Recruiting | Email: [email protected] Since the world has become more globalized, English has become the major language people use internationally. Thus, English education in Korea has shot up in the past few years. As a result, government and schools are now starting to increase the number of foreign teachers in Korea. Currently, Handskorea Recruiting is looking for numerous EFL teachers who are dedicated and passionate. No experience in these fields is necessary. Teaching in Korea is a rewarding and valuable experience and a great chance to wide your views by travelling around Korea, which has one of the oldest cultures in the world. Positions are available at public schools. You can expect a...  [Read more]

Jobs in Korea For TEFL Qualified Teachers Date posted:2017-03-07 | Writer: Handskorea Recruiting | Email: [email protected] Hands Korea is a recruiting and consulting firm based in Seoul, Korea. We place TEFL qualified candidates from all over the world into great schools throughout Korea.​ We are dedicated to assist you in getting a wonderful job as well as guiding you through your entire time here in Korea. We also offer various social events and classroom support for those entirely new to teaching. Currently we are looking numerous EFL teachers who are dedicated and passionate. No experience in these fields is necessary - this is an ideal opportunity for newly qualified TEFL graduates. Teaching in Korea would be rewarding and valuable experience and a great chance to widen your...  [Read more]

Jobs in Korea For TEFL Qualified Teachers Date posted:2017-03-07 | Writer: Handskorea Recruiting | Email: [email protected] Hands Korea is a recruiting and consulting firm based in Seoul, Korea. We place TEFL qualified candidates from all over the world into great schools throughout Korea.​ We are dedicated to assist you in getting a wonderful job as well as guiding you through your entire time here in Korea. We also offer various social events and classroom support for those entirely new to teaching. Currently we are looking numerous EFL teachers who are dedicated and passionate. No experience in these fields is necessary - this is an ideal opportunity for newly qualified TEFL graduates. Teaching in Korea would be rewarding and valuable experience and a great chance to widen your...  [Read more]

Teaching English in South Korea - What you need to know! 02/03/2021 hi and welcome to another live session by itt my name is linda and i'm here today um to talk about teaching english in south korea so welcome welcome um i'm just gonna wait for um people to join please do let me know if you can hear me if you can see me or if you're not if you can't hear me if there's a problem if anything's wrong uh because that would be um bad obviously so yeah drop a comment um just leave a high and uh where you're tuning in from that would be really helpful let me know where you guys are watching from and um yeah i can see a few people have joined already hi thanks so much for joining awesome okay i got a yes i can hear you from mika awesome or micah sorry if i pronounce that wrong but yeah uh yeah...  [Read more]

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information Teaching English in South Korea - What you need to know! Hi and welcome to another live session from ITTT. My name is Linda and I'm here today to talk about teaching English in South Korea. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Mandy has asked if I teach in a public or private school or is it all private? I can see a lot of questions already coming in, that's awesome. Great question from Amy. Should anyone even bother looking into teaching abroad while there are COVID lockdowns in place? Mandy says, I'm interested in teaching abroad but South Korea is my ultimate place to teach. I just got done with the TEFL course and I have to finish my practicum to get my certificate. Amy asks, does he still celebrate his...  [Read more]

Public School TEFL Jobs in South Korea Date posted:2018-10-18 | Writer: Handskorea | Email: [email protected] Since the world has become more globalized, English has become the major language people use internationally. Thus, English education in Korea has shot up in the past few years. So, with government and schools now starting to increase the number of foreign teachers in Korea, there are plenty of opportunities for TEFL qualified teachers. Currently, we are looking numerous ESL teachers who are dedicated and passionate. No experience in these fields is necessary.   Teaching in Korea would be rewarding and valuable experience and a great chance to wide your views by travelling Korea where has one of the oldest cultures in the world.   Positions are available at public...  [Read more]

Public School TEFL Jobs in South Korea Date posted:2018-10-18 | Writer: Handskorea | Email: [email protected] Since the world has become more globalized, English has become the major language people use internationally. Thus, English education in Korea has shot up in the past few years. So, with government and schools now starting to increase the number of foreign teachers in Korea, there are plenty of opportunities for TEFL qualified teachers. Currently, we are looking numerous ESL teachers who are dedicated and passionate. No experience in these fields is necessary.   Teaching in Korea would be rewarding and valuable experience and a great chance to wide your views by travelling Korea where has one of the oldest cultures in the world.   Positions are available at public...  [Read more]

Teaching English in South Korea - What you need to know!   Hi and welcome to another live session from ITTT. My name is Linda and I'm here today to talk about teaching English in South Korea. Let me just show you today's topic so that everybody who's joining knows what's happening today. Today we're talking about teaching English in South Korea and I'm so excited about this topic and it's actually been a super requested topic every time I do a live session. I've been living in Korea for almost six years and I have been teaching a few different classes. I have done summer camps and winter camps and teaching kids and teaching adults, teaching business English, teaching conversation, teaching full-time at a kindergarten and elementary school with afternoon programs and stuff like that....  [Read more]

Employment teaching EFL in Seoul, Korea Date posted:2002-10-28 | Writer: Global Kids Institute | Email: [email protected] Our language school, GKI, is a well-known school in the Seoul area and one of the biggest schools in Korea. We will be opening up a second schoool in Mok-Dong, Seoul, which is regarded as the second most affluent neighborhood in Seoul. We are looking for qualified people who are enthusiastic about working with children. The president of our school is a Korean-Canadian. He is well understanding and knows the needs of foreign teachers. And we have several positions available for December, January and February. Qualified candidates can expect the followings : -Highly competitive salaries (1.7-2.2 million won/monthly based on experience) -30 hours of teaching...  [Read more]

Employment teaching EFL in Seoul, Korea Date posted:2002-10-28 | Writer: Global Kids Institute | Email: [email protected] Our language school, GKI, is a well-known school in the Seoul area and one of the biggest schools in Korea. We will be opening up a second schoool in Mok-Dong, Seoul, which is regarded as the second most affluent neighborhood in Seoul. We are looking for qualified people who are enthusiastic about working with children. The president of our school is a Korean-Canadian. He is well understanding and knows the needs of foreign teachers. And we have several positions available for December, January and February. Qualified candidates can expect the followings : -Highly competitive salaries (1.7-2.2 million won/monthly based on experience) -30 hours of teaching...  [Read more]

Sun, 19 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Difficulties for Teachers Teaching South Korean Students Before starting my TEFL course to gain a more professional basis, I worked as an English teacher in South Korea for about one year. In this short essay, I will explain some of the most prominent difficulties South Korean students seem to face when learning English. Table of Contents Education system Differences in the phonetic systems of Korean and English Syntactic differences Korean culture Do you want to teach English in South-Korea? Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Laura M. Education system First and foremost, the educational structure in South Korea is quite different from those of Europe or the United States. Korean kids...  [Read more]

TEFL in Suji, Korea Date posted:2004-10-15 | Writer: BCM/GEOS Korea | Email: [email protected] BCM/GEOS Korea is looking for enthusiastic native speakers to join our teaching staff at our Suji branch(STARTING DATE NOVEMBER 3rd). The school is located in Suji, an exciting and busy city. The position is to teach adults and children. There are NO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES! The school is very nice and located in a developing area. Suji school offers classes mainly for business people, university students and housewives. We also have a program for children. We offer teachers 120 hour per month contracts. Of course, there are opportunities for overtime. The salary starts at 1,920,000 won to 2,000,000 won although this can be negotiated for teachers with experience. Teachers are provided with a...  [Read more]

TEFL in Suji, Korea Date posted:2004-10-15 | Writer: BCM/GEOS Korea | Email: [email protected] BCM/GEOS Korea is looking for enthusiastic native speakers to join our teaching staff at our Suji branch(STARTING DATE NOVEMBER 3rd). The school is located in Suji, an exciting and busy city. The position is to teach adults and children. There are NO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES! The school is very nice and located in a developing area. Suji school offers classes mainly for business people, university students and housewives. We also have a program for children. We offer teachers 120 hour per month contracts. Of course, there are opportunities for overtime. The salary starts at 1,920,000 won to 2,000,000 won although this can be negotiated for teachers with experience. Teachers are provided with a...  [Read more]

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences Teaching English in South Korea and China - Alumni Report by Linda D. TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF! What is your nationality? American and German Table of Contents What is your nationality? What city and state are you from? How old are you? What is your education level and background? Have you traveled abroad in the past? If so, where have you been? Where did you study? What made you interested in going to teach English abroad? What were some of your concerns before teaching abroad? Why did you decide to get TEFL certified and choose ITTT? Which TEFL certification course did you take? How did you like the course? How has your TEFL training helped you in your current teaching position? Which city and country did you decide to teach English...  [Read more]

Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad 05/13/2021 hi guys hi linda here from itt with another live session this week super excited to be here again um thanks so much for tuning in today and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks so much for the download we really really appreciated as you might know we turn all of our live live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find our podcast on all major podcast platforms like itunes google podcasts spotify um yeah you just search for itttt or it's actually called the tefl and tesol podcast by itt and you can find all our episodes there as well so hi guys hi tiana hi thanks so much for tuning in today how are you how are you awesome i'm so excited to be here again and i think today's topic is...  [Read more]

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences When One Teaches, Two Learn - An English Teacher in Korea Shares Her Story I decided to write about the subject I'm an expert in, my personal teaching experience. The focus will be on what I've gained from the last nine years as an EFL instructor. I'll begin by telling you about my first teaching position in rural South Korea. Next, I'll share my experience taking the TEFL course. Finally, I'll discuss my efforts to become an independent online English instructor. I hope my experience can provide some insight into some of the many options for EFL teachers. Table of Contents Teaching English in South Korea English education is everything in South Korea. Taking the next steps towards a career in teaching English Are you ready to teach...  [Read more]

Teaching Abroad: Saving Money & Paying off Loans - Here's how! 07/29/2021 hi guys hello welcome to another live session my name is linda from itt and today we're going to talk about a very very exciting topic i'm sure a lot of you are going to find it useful it's all going to be about how to save money and also pay off loans and debt when teaching english abroad um yeah so thank you so much for joining if you can see me if you can hear me as always please just leave a hi in the comment section i'd really appreciate it so that i know that you can see me and hear me because you know sometimes there are technical difficulties um and i might be aware of it so just kindly let me know in the comment section um and yeah thank you so much for being here again today uh last week's live...  [Read more]

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas These are the Best Government Programs for Teaching English Abroad Hi my name is Linda from ITTT, international TEFL and TESOL Training and I'm back again today for another live session. If you can hear me and see me please let me know as I'm trying out a new mic today so if that is working well it would be good to know. So please leave a quick comment to say hi and where you're watching from. I have been living in South Korea for five and a half years, so for me right now it's 10:00 a.m. Friday morning. Let me know where you are tuning in from and what time it is where you are. Table of Contents Watch the live session here So back to today's topic. The best government programs for teaching English abroad. So what does...  [Read more]

Live Session: Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad   Hi guys, Linda here from ITTT with another live session. Super excited to be here again, thanks so much for tuning in today and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks so much for the download, we really appreciated it. We turn all of our live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find them on all major podcast platforms like iTunes, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. Just search for the TEFL and TESOL Podcast by ITTT and you will find all our episodes there. Hi Tiana, thanks so much for tuning in today. How are you? I'm so excited to be here again and I think today's topic is going to be really interesting for people who want to go abroad and teach. We're going to talk about all the...  [Read more]

These are the Best Government Programs for Teaching English Abroad   Hi my name is Linda from ITTT, international TEFL and TESOL Training and I'm back again today for another live session. If you can hear me and see me please let me know as I'm trying out a new mic today so if that is working well it would be good to know. So please leave a quick comment to say hi and where you're watching from. I have been living in South Korea for five and a half years, so for me right now it's 10:00 a.m. Friday morning. Let me know where you are tuning in from and what time it is where you are. Okay cool, hi South Africa, welcome and thanks so much for joining. I guess you can see me and you can hear me so that's really great. Let's just wait for a few more people to join and then we can get...  [Read more]