Download the current English Teacher's Guide to Korea (.pdf, 368 pages)

Living and working in a foreign country where one doesn't speak the native tongue presents significant challenges. How does one access services? For that matter, what services are available, and how do they compare and contrast with services in one's country of origin? What does one need to know in order to minimize potential conflicts in a workplace with a substantially different set of expectations and social mores? What does one who has never taught before need to know before they step into an English classroom as a teacher for the first time? The questions are both substantial and without end.

This book is designed to help provide answers to some of these questions, and to report good, accurate information from reliable sources. Much of the information in this guide is scattered across the Internet on websites that cannot verify the truthfulness of statements contained therein. Other information is available only in Korean, and has been translated and presented in this guide. Still other information is original work written specifically for inclusion in this book. We hope this guide makes expatriate life a little more convenient, a little less perplexing, and generally better. There is something in it for everyone!

We are planning a second edition of the popular English Teacher's Guide to Korea and we're asking members around the country to contribute. If you know any places of interest, have important information to share, or have any interesting stories, please write something up in the forums. All contributions will be credited to the authors. Or, if you wish to be anonymous, let us know and we will leave your name out.