Korean (한국어) differs from English in every way you can imagine. It also differs in some ways you cannot imagine. Because of this both Koreans and native speakers of English often end up with creative grammar, weirdness galore and unintentional humor when they stray from their mother tongues. The Korean-speaking-English weirdness manifests in what I […]
Hi everyone, Here are a few fun facts if you are interested in teaching English in South Korea: Most programs for foreigners teaching in Korea require nothing more than a four year degree. There are also comparable programs in Japan and China. Typical pay for a teacher in Korea is around 2,000,000 won per month […]
A little more than a year ago I left behind my family, my friends and my job in Reno. I did this because Chungdahm April Language Academy offered me work teaching English in Korea. Here’s what happened. Return to the United States “그레하운드 장류정에 가야 해요.” I was standing at the airport in San Francisco […]
I lived in Daegu for my year of teaching. I started out knowing exactly zero people and finished the year with more friends than I could make time to hang out with, which brings me to another observation on Korea. If you can’t make friends there you either stink to high hell, look like a […]
A good rule of thumb for Korea is to assume that half of what you see will be very familiar and half will look like something invented by Martians. You can find multitudes of Martian-like behaviors by examining the things Koreans fear and the things they couldn’t care less about. Koreans do not like infectious […]
Before I went to Korea I knew I had liked children. I found them entertaining, interesting and I could remember my own childhood when I spent time with munchkins. Then I became a teacher and discovered that I not only like children, I love the little monsters. It took less than a week before I […]
It was my first time outside North America. The first time I’d gone further east than Orlando, further west than San Francisco, further south than Tijuana or further north than British Columbia. I had just crossed an ocean and my passport was about to lose its virginity. Incheon International Airport is designed to serve Seoul, […]
Hi everyone, Please click the following link to watch my speech in Korean, “Why I came to South Korea.” For those of you who can’t speak or understand the language, here is the translation: Korean People often ask me why I came to Korea. I never tell them the complete truth. I will say “I […]
Chapter 8 Discussion 4차 산업혁명 시대의 교육의 변화를 여러 가지 측면(학습 환경, 교육 방법, 교육과정, 교육 콘텐츠 등)에서 생각해 볼 수 있습니다. 다양한 시각자료 중 하나를 선택하여 교육의 변화를 표현해 주시고 간략한 설명도 제시해 주시기 바랍니다. 제 생각에는 4차 산업혁명을 위해 미학은 가장 중요하겠습니다. 기술은 자연스럽게 불안정한 것입니다. 매년 새로운 TV/휴대폰/스마트철판/등 디자인은 나옵니다. […]
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