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Mon, May 16, 2022 | 15:20
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Foreign English teachers face tougher rules
원어민교사, '영문학' '언어학' 전공메리트 없어져
Posted : 2015-04-17 16:47
Updated : 2015-04-17 16:49
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English Program in Korea(EPIK) has introduced tougher requirements for foreign English teachers that may not favor some applicants.


Korvia Consulting, an English teacher recruiter for Korea, said applicants with a bachelor's degree with majors in English and Linguistics would have to complete a TEFL/TESOL course. EPIK has been exempting applicants who majored in both programs as well as Education from completing the course.

/ Korea Times file

All applicants after 2016 must complete a 100-hour TEFL course with 20 hours of an in-class component that comprises of 20 hours of in-class lecture or practicum. EPIK will not accept online-only TEFL courses starting from Spring 2016.


And applicants must refrain from smoking at their schools or in sight of students or co-workers, and those from South Africa must submit official letters from their middle school and high school stating the schools' primary language was English.

Lastly, applicants can now submit FBI Identity History Summary Checks (IHSC) from FBI-approved channelers. This will see applicants receive their IHSC results within two weeks. It comes after an FBI system upgrade slowed processing last summer.


원어민교사, '영문학' '언어학' 전공메리트 없어져

한국영어교육프로그램기관 EPIK(English Program in Korea)이 한국에 영어를 가르치러 오는 외국인들에 대한 심사과정을 대폭 바꿔 주목되고 있다.

수요일 코비아컨설팅에 의하면 영문학, 언어학 전공 학사과정을 수료한 신청자들도 앞으로는 TEFL/TESOL 교육을 이수해야 한다. 지금까지 신청자들은 교육학, 영문학, 언어학 전공 학사과정을 수료하면 TEFL/TESOL 교육과정을 이수할 필요가 없었다. 교육학 전공자들은 이번 개정안과 상관없이 TEFL/TESOL 교육과정 이수절차를 밟지 않아도 된다.

모든 신청자들은 2016년 이후부터 20시간 강의 또는 실무경험을 포함한 100시간 TEFL 과정을 밟아야 한다. 사이버 TEFL 과정은 2016년 봄부터 인정되지 않는다.

신청자들은 교사가 된 후 소속학교에서 담배를 피우거나 동료, 학생들이 보는 앞에서 담배를 피우는 것 금지된다.

남아프리카공화국 출신의 신청자들은 중학교와 고등학교의 공식자료를 제출하여 제1언어가 영어였음을 증명해야 한다.

EPIK은 앞으로 신청자들의 범죄경력을 더 빠르게 확인하기 위해 FBI에서 허가한 곳에서 제공한 자료도 추가로 인정하기로 했다. 이는 신청자들이 기록을 제출할 수 있는 시간을 2주 내로 단축할 것으로 보인다.
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