Teaching in Korea

Teaching in Korea

An EPIK Journey

I am back in Korea now, and soon I’ll be officially settled into a new routine teaching within the public scholl system here. This year I will be at a middle school, and two elementary schools. Since last week I’ve been attending the orientation program for EPIK, English Program In Korea. The orientation ...

DoneDoneDone and Done

I finished my CELTA last week! For those unfamiliar with the field of English Language teaching, the CELTA stands for Certificate of English Language Teaching for Adults. It’s internationally recognized and one of the better (if not one of the best) Tesol Certificates to have on your resume. I took the part ...

waiting for paper… prepping for practice

Teaching practice for my TESOL course has finally begun. Right now I am waiting for some materials to print so I figured it’d be a good time to write a note. The TESOL situation is much improved versus last week. I still think some organizational improvements could be made, but now I know how many ...

The Three Month in the Making Blog Entry…

Thank goodness the weekend is here… fortunately today is rainy so I don’t feel too bad about being at my hagwon doing audio files. I’m nearing the end of my time at this place and I’m currently working on trying to get into a couple of university positions. That was back in mid June.  Here ...

Weekend Update

The joys of the long weekend. I now officially own a motorcycle. I put 50km on it today driving around the city with K. I also took the chance to visit the University where I’ve applied to work. The campus looks really nice, it’s close to a national park and ...

Halfway there…

Well I’ve made it halfway through my second contract. Things are going well here. Spring is officially underway now and the cherry blossoms have started to bloom. I’ve kept my old room at my old apartment but for all purposes I am living with K now at her place. This weekend I am going to ...