I'm going to Ho Chi Min in Vietnam for vacation in January. We want to see Ho Chi Min, but we also want to spend some time lazing by the beach. Any suggestions on where we could go that'd be nice and quick to get to that I could swim? We only have a week. I know we could do the overnight sleeper to Nha Trang, but we don't want to if there's a nice...

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I saw PDixons wonderful How To – Japan post (http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-chalkboard/pdixon/posts/11131-how-to-japan) and thought I’d write one for Korea. Here goes! 1) I want to teach in Korea, how do I get there? For non-native speakers it is very difficult to get legal work in Korea. However, there is some hope if you have ties there. If you have Korean blood, you can get a F visa, which will allow you to work in Korea at any...

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Hey! If anyone is interested in working in Daejeon starting March next year, PM me or comment on this. I'm going to be leaving my job and I've said I'll ask around to see if I can find anyone (it isn't a part of my contract or anything, I'm just being nice :D). I work in a kindergarten and elementary hagwon, 9-6pm with 9x40 minute lessons a day, an hour for lunch and 1hr10mins of...

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One of the things I want to do a little more of this year is travelling. I have my trip home planned and my trip to Thailand for the summer is coming together. However, I'd also like to see a little more of Korea. With this in mind I thought it might be fun to go to the Nonsan Strawberry Festival. It was this weekend and only about an hour away from Daejeon. So the...

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So I'm currently sitting in my school on a sunny Friday afternoon waiting for my student to turn up. It's nice having regular hours in this job (my last one was a split shift, 6:30am to 9pm, this one is 9am-6pm) but it does mean I miss the whole day. Oh well! Tomorrow is the weekend! I am really enjoying this job at the moment. I have 5 native speaker coworkers (three Americans, 1 South...

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Someone posted this to my facebook and I thought it might help out people who are trying to make deccisions at the moment, as well as answering the plethera of no degree questions! I hope it's of some use to you all :)  http://www.internationalteflacademy.com/country-chart-world-index-english-teaching-jobs

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http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=50567   I don't know how many of you have a CELTA or equivalent, but I think it would be a pretty interesting job! Just goes to show there are a lot of places in the world you can work :) This has nothing to do with me by the way, just saw the advert and thought it looked cool (I'm still in Korea for a while).

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Just a quick note, in case anyone gets offered the job on here (it's just started being re-advertised), I worked for CIA language school in Cheongju for  months, just before my contract was completed they fired me. This was November . At the risk of sounding like a disgruntled ex-employee, this was entirely so they didn't have to pay my bonus (they even told me it was about money). I enjoyed the  months I spent...

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So, something I get asked sometimes is how much bills are in Korea. I just paid mine for the last two months, plus a penalty for not paying last month (a whole 2,200W/$2.20) and it came to about £60. In winter I use more gas, but less electricity. However, that's probably not far off average, so I guess they are probably for me (I heat my appartment in the evening, I don't like to be...

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Firstly, a disclaimer! My Korean is terrible! However, I suggest that everyone going to Korea learns these pretty soon after they get out there, if not before. You can practice all the time when you are over there, just read every sign. You'll be amazed by how much is English in the Korean alphabet. To start you off, I've just given you the basic vowels (there are more) and consonants. Although I've tried to give...

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