tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post5293642828650339303..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Korean teachers preferred over native speakersmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-55948042262917017042011-12-09T20:59:38.134+09:002011-12-09T20:59:38.134+09:00i've been reading many a report on this thanks...i've been reading many a report on this thanks to buddy bobby and busan haps open group on facebook.<br /><br /> i used to work in korea, 13 years actually, for 3 of those i worked in the public middle school. i finally got tired of the nonsense so i quit. sadly it may have put me in bad standing and I was unemployable for my last year. i lived a financially wonderful year though. <br /><br />in january,i moved to malaysia to train malaysian elementary school teachers how to improve the class. and its a much better way than EPIK, SMOE or GEPIK. its been fantastic. <br /><br /> i think they were intending on that, hiring us all for co teaching, in the hopes that there would actually be some rub off. the end result being that after the "one NET/public schools was completed, and sufficient evidence was shown of some educational progress in the language, that the NET would be phased out in hopes the korean native teachers would have developed a clue just how to teach better.<br /><br />i'm sure in some cases it has, i know many from the EPIK program who loved working in it, and have developed great relationships with their teachers and students. and i know many who hated it. i went from liking it, to being extremely bored with it due to my schools lack of creativity, blame the bureaucracy that is the education system. <br /><br />for me, the lack of confidence my co teachers had in themselves, their reluctance to think out side the box, has always been my pet peeve about teaching in korea. and that in the end put a strain on my desire to remain and teach there. <br /><br />good luck to all those still in the public school system. hopefully you'll be able to find work. if not i suggest greener pastures. and given your experience in korea, its a great springboard into choosing the job that is about education, and not what admins, politicians, or parents want, its what the child NEEDS, and DESERVES.out and about in asiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714929832474127117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-39481563095625135152011-12-03T22:09:18.559+09:002011-12-03T22:09:18.559+09:00This study assumes that these Korean teachers with...This study assumes that these Korean teachers with good English actually use English when teaching English. That, to me, is the biggest problem. They can pass an English test, but they still insist on teaching English class in Korean, and do not expect students to use English - because it's too hard for them. :-(Allisoninjeonjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692324836522030772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-37090826574579136862011-12-02T00:12:59.981+09:002011-12-02T00:12:59.981+09:00How about any person--regardless of ethnicity--flu...How about any person--regardless of ethnicity--fluent in English and Korean, with a strong understanding of Koreans,their culture, and their way of thought, who has excellent teaching abilities?Kamizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10821079570827821359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-55331449340383388592011-11-30T07:51:12.227+09:002011-11-30T07:51:12.227+09:00But the question gives the respondent the choice b...But the question gives the respondent the choice between a Korean teacher defined as fluent and excellent at teaching and not the foreigner. For the question to have any value, one would have to also compare "fluent and excellent at teaching Korean teachers" with "excellent at teaching foreign teachers" (whom we can already assume to be fluent).<br /><br />In practice, the odds of getting such a Korean teacher are probably not that great (I wouldn't know, I am not an English teacher).HRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00265726139766641580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-57328155706396304772011-11-29T22:36:28.362+09:002011-11-29T22:36:28.362+09:00Me too, HRod. A "capable" Korean Englis...Me too, HRod. A "capable" Korean English teacher, too, is generally in teaching for the long haul and shares a common language and culture with students (in spite of the growing generation gap). And, it should go without saying that Korean English teachers are the ones who teach to the all-important tests, so for most students and parents those classes are most important.<br /><br />It's finding a Korean English teacher fluent in English that's a challenge and a "luck of the draw" depending on your city and neighborhood.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149708954524602455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-86101374757983126452011-11-29T22:05:08.486+09:002011-11-29T22:05:08.486+09:00I too would prefer a Korean fluent in English with...I too would prefer a Korean fluent in English with excellent teaching abilities to teach my kids than a 'luck of the draw' foreigner since the abilities of the first are established in the premise of the question while the abilities of the second aren't.HRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00265726139766641580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-3750086264625471852011-11-29T12:32:34.188+09:002011-11-29T12:32:34.188+09:00Meanwhile, rich Korean families will continue to d...Meanwhile, rich Korean families will continue to do the hagwon thing employing NET's, and their kids will have a huge leg up on all the other ones when it comes to taking the college entrance exam and having a successful life.<br /><br />Progress!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-74598148087492719642011-11-29T04:58:07.990+09:002011-11-29T04:58:07.990+09:00I'd like to see some analysis, by Koreans, of ...I'd like to see some analysis, by Koreans, of the results of the study.Ed Provencherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18118557187716069091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-69781852931342484732011-11-28T23:30:09.117+09:002011-11-28T23:30:09.117+09:00"Okay class, the proper answer to the survey ..."Okay class, the proper answer to the survey question is ____________. Also, don't forget, our class will be meeting downtown for the mandatory anti-FTA, anti-US Beef rally"<br /><br />What is there not prefer about this approach????Kamizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10821079570827821359noreply@blogger.com