A Day In The Life / ESL Teacher In South Korea

Hey guys! Just a quick glimpse of my life here in South Korea on a teaching day. I tried to record as much of my day as possible but life as a teacher does get busy. Hope you enjoy the video and give it a like if you do! Until next time, 안녕히 가세요, jane*

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The Cost To Become an ESL Teacher in South Korea

In some cases, it relatively affordable to become an ESL teacher. In my experience, it was a little bit more especially since I wanted to work in the EPIK program. Now you could go the ‘hagwon’ route, but for me, as a first-time teacher, I wanted to be in a more secure program. For EPIK, you need to have […]

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My Teacher’s Notebook

It took me a while but after nearly a semester and a half, I think I have a good notebook setup for teaching, planning lessons and staying organized. I can honestly tell you that it was a slow development to create and even now, I’m planning on tweaking my next notebook for the upcoming new […]

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An EPIK Orientation

So I’m pretty sure I left off my last post while still at the airport getting checked in by EPIK. For those of you who don’t know what EPIK is or haven’t read any of my post about it, EPIK is the English Program In Korea. It’s a (Korean) government program where they invite (or […]

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Currently in Chungju

So at the moment I’m typing this, I’m on my 4th day of the EPIK orientation and my full 5th day in South Korea. I can honestly say that so far my experience here is great and I still cannot believe I’m here doing this. The last couple of days have been tiring. Jet lag. […]

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Getting That Certification

As I explained in a previous post, I started the new year by signing up to a take an online course to get my TEFL certification, but before I choose which program I was going to go with, I did about a month worth of research of good programs. And there are tons. I even […]

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