Planning / Getting Started

Easy ways to make good first impressions.

First impressions are important no matter what the scenario is but meeting your new Korean coteachers and bosses is

First impressions are important no matter what the scenario is but meeting your new Korean coteachers and bosses is[Continue]

Pay & Benefits

Pay and benefits vary depending on experience and your employer but on average, an inexperienced teacher should be

Pay and benefits vary depending on experience and your employer but on average, an inexperienced teacher should be[Continue]

How Much Money Should I Bring with Me?

Once you arrive in Korea it’s going to be about 4-6 weeks before you receive your first paycheck so you need to make

Once you arrive in Korea it’s going to be about 4-6 weeks before you receive your first paycheck so you need to make[Continue]

Housing for English Teachers in Seoul

One of the greatest variables between teachers is the size and quality of their apartments. Some teachers are lucky, some

One of the greatest variables between teachers is the size and quality of their apartments. Some teachers are lucky, some[Continue]

• Living Costs in Korea.
• Should I Learn Korean? (Do I Need to Learn Korean?)
• Requirements to Teach in Korea
• Public School or Private Academy (Hagwon)?
• Elementary, Middle or Highschool?
• Should I Use a Recruiter?
• What Should I Pack?
• Should I Come to Korea to Teach?
• Health and Drug Tests

Teaching

4 bits of tech to revolutionise your lessons.

1. Electronic whiteboard (smart board). Smart boards are the bomb, the shit, the best – however you want to describe them they will change your life in the classroom forever. Anything you can imagine, anything you can generate or create on the computer can now be displayed and interacted with larger than life on the [Continue]

Teaching Tips from a Veteran

Not long after starting teaching I received some excellent advice on teaching from Chris Godfrey, a Canadian teacher much more experienced than I. We met through facebook teaching groups and this is the advice he gave me in response to some dramas I was having. I hope that you too will find it just as [Continue]

Your First Ever Lesson

If this is your first time teaching then your first lesson is likely to be one of the most exciting and scariest hours of our life. I still remember how nervous I was and how much I panicked the weekend before, sweating over coming up with something for my first lesson. But it needn’t be [Continue]

Get Your Own Classroom

If you could ask for one thing and one thing only it must be without a question your own classroom. By ‘own classroom’ I mean a regular room where you conduct your lessons and that can be setup in the manner best suited to your teaching. There nothing in this world that will enhance your [Continue]

Living

How to Enjoy Korean Barbeque

14 Jun, 2010 | Author: Andrew | 2 Comments »

1. Korean Barbeque Easily the most alluring of all Korean foods is the Korean barbeque, a simply meal which any meat eating westerner can easily enjoy without having to fret a great deal about can eat/can’t eat items or how to eat the meal. Meat is cooked over coals or a gas burner set within [Continue]

Must See Korean Movies

24 May, 2010 | Author: Andrew | 3 Comments »

Whether you realise it or not Korea produces some excellent movies which definitely fall into the category of ‘must see’. The movies I’m listing here are considered (or should be considered) to be Korean classics, extraordinary movies that will leave you stunned. At the bottom of the list I’ve included some special mentions, these may [Continue]

Internet & Pay TV

24 May, 2010 | Author: Andrew | No Comments »

Internet in Korea is FAST, prevalent and cheap with speeds ranging up to 100Mbits per second. All plans (to my knowledge) include unlimited downloads and a basic 40Mbit/s Unlimited plan will cost around 35,000won per month. ($28US) If your apartment doesn’t have internet setup when you arrive then you can use one of the many [Continue]

Housing for English Teachers in Seoul

23 May, 2010 | Author: Andrew | No Comments »

One of the greatest variables between teachers is the size and quality of their apartments. Some teachers are lucky, some are not, but all rest assured all apartments must meet certain minimal guidelines. Unfortunately size is not one of them. Now I’m sure by now you’ve probably already read horror stories of people with filthy [Continue]

Living Costs in Korea.

23 May, 2010 | Author: Andrew | 2 Comments »

Korea is a relatively cheap country to live in when making comparisons to Japan, Western and European countries but it is far more expensive then less developed parts of Asia. As with all countries the cost of living will vary depending on where you live and where you shop. Food Generally speaking you’ll find food [Continue]