*WARNING: Jason Ryan may not appear exactly as shown*
Jason Ryan, over at Kimchi Ice Cream, has written an absolutely epic series of posts about how to make it as a native English-speaking, foreign English Instructor in Korea.
Some of it is specific to teaching English in public schools, but not all. Go take a gander.
Also, if you want to use any of his material, either in orientation packages of your own, or in lesson planning, Jason asks that you please give him the credit he deserves.
It’s a huge data-dump, but it might also be exactly what you, or someone you know, is looking for. Spread the word.
*WARNING: Jason Ryan may not appear exactly as shown*
Table of contents:
First Day in your new apartment checklist
Introduction to the Korean public school educational atmosphere
Tips for working with a Korean co-teacher
Korean co-teacher part II: strategies to handle common pitfalls
The ins and outs of extra English conversation classes
Summer or Winter camp checklist
Recommended teaching method and theory books
On health and homesickness during your stay in Korea
One foreigner’s take on some of the major cultural differences
Finally, I have linked this page on the “Community” page at the bottom of the Hub Of Sparkle’s masthead: on the Community page, I’m putting together a quick reference page linking to some of the sites useful to visitors and long-term residents to Korea.
After a quick glance, you’ll see that it is dreadfully incomplete right now, so I am making an open request to any and everyone: if you know a webpage, reference, or whatever, that belongs under any of the categories on the “community” page, please drop a line, or a comment, and let me know, so that we can make that page into the most useful single page on the entire durn K-blogosphere.
04/03/2009 at 8:33 am Permalink
Hi,
Nice pics . . . I have neither the sociopathic nature of the first Jason, nor the abs of the second . . . . . . one day, one day—NOT.
I’m going to try and put up some more of the stuff I wrote back when I was chained to my desk teaching in an all girls high school. I also need to start being more organized with my blogs and putting category tags on them so that when people visit later on they can find all of the “education” posts more easily.
Anyways, thanks for the kudos Roboseyo. Writing and researching all of the stuff I wrote took a lot of work and time . . .
I just hope it helps some people adapt to Korea in a better way, and begin their teaching here with a little bit less stress.
Thanks again,
J
04/03/2009 at 11:19 am Permalink
I found this page by googling “Chained to a desk in an all-girls high school” but now that I’m here, this info is useful too.
04/03/2009 at 1:23 pm Permalink
Swiss James: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSrW7mZnSkk
04/03/2009 at 11:38 pm Permalink