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 Wednesday June 18 2008

1 year of university = qualifited to teach

1 year of university = qualified to teach found at Galbijim via Zenkimchi

The government plans this month to ease the qualifications needed by native speakers to teach English. Instead of having to have graduated from university, teacher assistants will now only be required to have completed one year of their university course.
However, hagwon have to stick to current regulations. The discrepancies in English teaching positions for foreigners are expected to attract complaints from hagwon owners.

I’m too busy to comment, but regular readers will already know my stance on this issue.



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Wednesday Jun 18, 2008 at 11:04 PM
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Jim wrote 54 words  on  Thursday Jun 19, 2008  at  01:38 AM Canada

Actually, this is the Korean TALK program “Teach and Learn in Korea” The visa changes are not for all schools but only select rural public schools that find it difficult to hire native speakers.  In order to apply for a job you need to go to the website http://talk.mest.go.kr/

There is further information here

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Jim wrote 29 words  on  Thursday Jun 19, 2008  at  03:47 AM Canada

My bad.  It looks like some hogwons can join the program if they have a “government approved curriculum.” The new news is that the program has reached its goal

Sean.

Sean. wrote 17 words  on  Thursday Jun 19, 2008  at  06:57 AM Korea (South)

Jim,
thanks for the links - I’ve edited your comments so the links don’t break the layout.

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