Americans In Korea

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qidu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zibo Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In South Korea, great emphasis is placed on education and English language learning. From a young age, students begin to learn English and often go to private tutors or schools after the regular school day to improve their language skills. However, given the differences between the two languages, Korean students face a number of challenges in the language learning...  [Read more]

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Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Jackson Nebraska and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: A nation that has intrigued me many years now is North Korea. My wife, who is South Korean, and I, traveled to Seoul in 2009 to work with NK refugees. I was able to glean the following facts from the internet about the Hermit Kingdom's english education process. (The wording is my own.) It is not politically correct to learn english in North Korea. Any overt interest in that language or any of its speakers will immediately bring suspicion and worse. But even for those students who because of being chosen for a...  [Read more]

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Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences American and German Augsburg, Germany 26 Bachelor’s of Science in Management Yes. Growing up in Europe with a German mother and an American father I had the opportunity to travel around Europe and the US. After studying Mandarin, I also spent some time in China. San Diego, California Being able to explore the world and making use of my foreign language skills in Chinese. I was concerned about the language barrier, especially in China where English is not widely spoken. Even though I studied Mandarin, I was worried that my language skills wouldn’t be good enough to be able to live in China and get by alone. However, everything went very well and I was able to improve my Chinese language skills immensely during my time abroad. ITTT had great alumni...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChengwuxianbaifutuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Heze Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teachers have one of the most important roles in society. They have the chance to make a lasting impact on the next generation of citizens. It is the teacher’s duty to do everything they can to educate and build the confidence of their students. There are many obstacles that can make the teacher’s job significantly more difficult. One of the biggest...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fancun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The topic of this essay is motivation in the classroom, especially as it relates to South Korean secondary school pupils, who will be my students in the upcoming academic year. I am interested in a problem which was not explored in the ITTT course, namely the issue of students with too much motivation or the “wrong” motivation. The ITTT course book spoke to the...  [Read more]

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Linda Dunsmore Destinations TEFL Information Teaching English abroad is now a popular career option for many people of all ages. While there is a strong demand for TEFL certified teachers in many different regions of the world, there are certain countries who have implemented government-funded programs to attract foreign English teachers. Through these programs, qualified English teachers are placed into schools around their countries where they are employed for a set period of time. Here is a list of the best government programs for teaching English abroad. The EPIK program in South Korea is one of the largest and most popular teaching programs and stands for “English Program in Korea”. This scheme is run by the South Korean government and places foreign teachers into schools...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhangjiachan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weihai Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Ben Tagoe Linguistic Learning USA Compared to France in the Classroom 2019/5/31 I am going to compare the USA where there are a lot of services for special needs students, and ELL students to France where there are not as many services for special needs students. Many times in the USA students come from around the world for many reasons. There is a plan in place...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Jeonju and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: D.S. South Korea said: Pronunciation “refers to the ability to use the correct stress, rhythm and intonation of a word in a spoken language. A word can be spoken in different ways by various individual, or groups depending on many factors, such as: the area in which they grew up, the area in which they live, if they have a speech or voice disorder, their ethnic group, their social class, or their education” (Wikipedia online 05/30/2012). This paper will examine the common pronunciation problems of Korean speakers. I will...  [Read more]

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Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information 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. So I hope that...  [Read more]

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Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Midland North Carolina and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: english is becoming more and more global in today's environment, it is necessary for almost everyone to learn or study english. International trading and communicating is very Major companies in Korea like Samsung and LG now require a high level of english from applicants to get a job there. The question is “Whose english should we teach”? American english or British english? While there are certainly many more varieties of english, American and British english are the two varieties that are taught in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingyun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bazhong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I started to learn English in South Korea when I was in the 6th grade during winter vacation as a preparation for entering middle school. Beginning with the Alphabet, pronunciation, and grammar, I thought it was not difficult and even laughed about pronunciation. At that time I never imagined pronunciation would be the biggest challenge of listening and speaking...  [Read more]

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