So You Want to Teach English in Korea: Age Level

Getting and ESL job in Korea is easier than shooting fish in a barrel. However, you may end up with a bad fish. The ESL industry is so large and mostly unregulated that any idiot can open a school and might make money. Or they might close unexpectedly leaving the hapless foreigner knocking at the door trying to figure out where their job went. No huge worry, that hapless teacher could have another job by the end of the day, but there is the matter of lost pay. I mean to provide an overview of what is offered so you can make an informed decision and have the best year possible. And just so you know, hakwon means academy in Korean. Doesn't it sound impressive?

Adult Hakwons
In general, the working hours are split shift 6am-9am and 5pm-9pm. Often you will have to "make up" a national holiday on Saturday. You work with adults who may or may not do their homework. According to my friends who have taught adults, the students seem to think it's your fault if they don't learn anything whether or not they put anything into the class. Some of them seem to expect the knowledge to be downloaded into their brains. It is also very difficult to learn another language as an adult. The accent is set and very hard to work around. You will churn through a large number of students because classes last 45-55 minutes with a new one starting every hour. However, classroom control isn't an issue.