Alana Bertozzi has been teaching in South Korea for the past two and a half years through the EPIK program. An avid traveler, Alana has enjoyed adventures all over Asia. Read on to learn what she has to say about life as an English teacher in South Korea.
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Chris Richards is an EPIK teacher in South Korea. He has been teaching high school aged students at DalSeo Technical High School in Daegu, South Korea since February 2012.
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There isn’t much that ESL teacher Caroline Hosey hasn’t done in the past year that she’s lived in Seoul, South Korea. Catch up on Caroline’s adventures through our Blog Spotlight on the Reach To Teach website.
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Reach To Teach will be hosting a meet-up at the Annual Lotus Lantern Festival. This will be a great chance to meet fellow teachers and experience a very special cultural event! The Lotus Lantern Festival is a annual modern-day tradition that offers visitors the chance to experience Buddhist culture. The main event of the festival is the Lantern Parade, during which more than 100,000 brightly colored illuminated lanterns and lantern floats flood the streets of downtown Seoul. Come join us to celebrate this tradition and meet other RTT teachers! Date: Saturday, May 19th, 2012 Times: 5:00 PM – Meet at Anguk Metro Station 5:15-5:30 (once everyone arrives at the station) – Have dinner in the Insadong area 7:00-9:00 – Watch the parade and participate in festival activities 9:30-10:00 – Head to Itaewon 10:30 – Wolfhound Irish Pub (Other pubs in the area will follow) Please contact Caroline Hosey if you have any questions. Also if you can’t make the Lantern Festival, but want to join at the pub, that is fine too. Her number is 010-7130-8190. If you have Kakao talk, that is the best method of contact, if not a text message or phone call is great too! JohnJohn began
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An interview with a Reach to Teach teacher in South Korea. Raymond Revnyak joined the EPIK program in August 2011.
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Reach To Teach teachers in South Korea participate in a Masai Barefoot Marathon on Mt. Gyejokson, Daejon. Check out our pics!
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Guest Article by Uzma Ali, a Reach To Teach teacher in South Korea When I made the decision to leave my comfortable, unfulfilling life to start teaching English in Korea, I was excited at the prospect of having an adventure half way across the world. However, when the moment came to say goodbye to ‘home’ I can honestly say I have never felt such fear. The urge to run indoors and make my excuses was immense and stepping onto the train to London, Heathrow was quite possibly the hardest thing I have ever had to do. “What in God’s name am I doing?” I thought. The only thing I remember about that train journey was breathing deeply and whispering to myself, “Be brave, be brave, be brave,” as I watched the landscape fly by. Deciding to live in a different country – be it a few months, a year or even three years – is certainly not as easy as it may seem. Many people find the idea of living abroad enticing, but when push comes to shove and it’s time to make that final decision, the number of doubts that will go through your mind is unexpectedly high. In
Continue Reading →Lisa Vinish, a Reach To Teach teacher in South Korea, talks about her experiences living and teaching abroad.
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