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| virgule Senior Member Antarctica Joined 6846 days ago 242 posts - 261 votes  Studies: Korean | Message 9 of 11 19 August 2009 at 10:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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A language certificate is not normally sufficient to teach at a language school. If you are a native speaker, some schools consider this sufficient to employ you. There is no benefit in taking a language exam in your own native language, instead try a basic teaching qualification. For teaching English, there are courses like CELTA, which make you employable. It's about getting a basic idea of didactic...
In your case, you might simply apply to schools where you want to teach, because the market is rather small, I suppose. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6091 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 10 of 11 20 August 2009 at 6:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Whether you have to be certified to teach or not is going to depend on the school/employer.
Try the community colleges to see what their requirements for foreign language teachers are. You're a native speaker and that may be all they require. You can also check with businesses that have branches or offices in Korea, where they often send business people. You could tutor them in-house on a freelance basis. Just a thought. If you don't have a teaching certificate you WILL need a credential of some sort. Most places you apply to want to make sure you can teach your language to someone else. Do you have any experience teaching? Maybe tutoring someone? If you have experience tutoring and you can provide a decent reference that might qualify you for a job some places. Have you tried doing a language exchange? There you'd be teaching someone Korean and they can pep up your English! That's great experience! Again, check with all the places you can think of that offer Korean as a foreign language -- schools, businesses, community colleges. Edited by Sunja on 20 August 2009 at 6:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sebngwa3 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6170 days ago 200 posts - 217 votes Speaks: Korean*, English | Message 11 of 11 28 August 2009 at 4:26am | IP Logged | ||
I checked the requirement for LA CC and a Masters is required: Foreign Languages: Master’s in the language being taught OR Bachelor’s in the language being taught AND Master’s in another language or linguistics OR The equivalent http://laccd.edu/district_resources/employment.htm (State Minimum Qualification) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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