Middle-school English teaching jobs in Korea

Middle-school students in Korea mostly meet a foreign English teacher at an academy after their school day, not in their school. The classes run in the afternoon and evening, and the content is academic: grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing, often tied to the internal exams of the students' own schools. Conversation classes exist, but they are the smaller share of what is advertised at this age.

The rhythm follows the school calendar. In the weeks before mid-term and final exams many academies switch to exam preparation built on the textbooks of the local schools, and timetables shift with it. Worth asking: whether you teach from a set book or write materials, how late the last class finishes, how many students a class holds, and whether exam-period weekends are expected. Related: high-school students, writing and debate, and TOEFL.