Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2007 1:34:31 PM
Hello, I found your posts on this ESL board and thought you may be able to give me some advice. I've been thinking of traveling abroad and I was interested in Korea. After doing some research I've heard that African-Americans are not treated well there. I am still an undergrad but was wondering if I could still teach ESL? I also wanted to hear some of your experiences.Thank you for your help. Porsche
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Hi XXX! thank you for emailing me. once you finish college, you can apply to teach in korea. the base requirements for teaching in korea is a Bachelors in any subject, and be a citizen of the US, south africa, new zealand, austrailia... and a couple others but i dont remember which countries.
I dont think i'll be of too much assistance to you just yet, as i am working on getting my first esl job. but as i progress, i can certainly keep you up to date on my experiences.
in the meanwhile, perhaps check out these links on esl discussing teachers of color:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=3523&highlight=
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=66910&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=67293&highlight=
as i wrote passionately on one of the forums, i want to stress to you that yes, it will be harder to get a job as a person of color, but not impossible. its just like in the states, the color will be viewed as a strike against you, but dont let that stop you.
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