Quote:
Originally Posted by hitotsz
Can teaching English in Korea be just as laid-back and easy as in Japan?
How much do you usually earn? How much hours would you be working if your did the bare minimum and if you did a good job?
|
I don't think you understood me, if you plan on doing a
good job teaching then it won't be easy or laid-back. Teaching requires a lot of time and effort, and if you just take the "easy" approach you probably won't last longer than one year there.
Teaching in Korea, I'm not too sure how "easy" that is. To my knowledge it's just as demanding - if not more so - than Japan. When I looked into getting a visa there to work (and what the employers ask for) they ask for a lot more than Japan does in terms of paperwork, evidence, qualifications, experience . . . I would say it's not an easy option at all.
In Japan you earn around 250,000 yen a month, and this is around 3,000,000 yen a year. The wages are
near enough the exact same wages a teacher would earn in the UK, around £21-24k a year. Most jobs expect you to teach aroun 20-24 contact hours, and I think there's
usually around 20-24 office hours too. So let's say 40-45 hours of work a week.