Why South Korea?

Posted: August 3, 2010 in Culture, News

So the biggest question I have been asked when telling people I am moving to South Korea to go teach English, is why Korea?  Why don’t you go to a cooler country like France or India.  Well the answer is because they require much more out of their ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers, such as a teaching degree or certificate and years of education.  I unfortunately do not have those qualifications as I am still not too long out of college and don’t have years to go back to school to get them.  So the answer is, South Korea has teaching positions available but without the extreme qualifications.

The 2 main requirements are:

  • A citizen from an English speaking country (USA, Canada, Australia, England) &
  • A bachelors degree in any subject

Check and check; what time is the flight.

So out of all the countries that provide their school children English lessons Korea has the most openings, and its pretty logical to go where the most of something is.

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