I am a graduate student. I am enjoying reading your job advertisements. However, as a graduate school, I want to talk about your job advertisements.
I came from Korea. I worked at the middle school as an English teacher. I have some experience working with native English teachers. Most native English teachers did not know their working environments exactly before they came to Korea. Their information was usually focused on sightseeing. They did not know students’ levels, school systems, the needs from students, etc. When they came to Korea, they were so excited. However, as time went by, they realized that they came to Korea with too high expectation. They had lot of difficulty in teaching students. They tended to be frustrated too easily. Therefore, I think your job advertisements need to provide the exact information, I mean, advantages and disadvantages in teaching Korea.
I know that many Korean people welcome only native speakers, especially Americans. Because of this tendency, there are many unqualified native speakers. We do not usually take into consideration their qualification as an English teacher if she or he came from America and has American accent, not British accent. However, accent does not solve the problems he or she will face with in teaching. They need to develop various teaching skills. If you provide the video where a native speaker or a non-native speaker is teaching English, we can evaluate him or her in many different aspects.
Lastly, if you provide the cultural materials for teachers who will work in Korea, he or she will adjust in their working place better. If there is misunderstanding between students and a teacher, it is difficult to teach effectively.
If you give more exact information about teaching and provide more opportunities to many people who have interest in teaching area without restricting any chance according to their race, accent, and nation, the qualification of teaching English will be improved a lot.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
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