Bilingual English teaching jobs in Korea

Bilingual roles are those where the academy wants an instructor who can work in Korean as well as English — for lower-level classes where explanation in the first language moves things along, and for the parent-facing side of the job, where consultations and progress calls are conducted in Korean. That makes this a different hiring pool from the rest of the board rather than a specialty layered on top of it.

Because the requirement is a language ability rather than a subject, adverts vary widely in how much Korean they actually expect: enough to manage a classroom is not the same as enough to run a consultation with a parent. Establish which is meant. The duties outside teaching — counselling calls, progress reports, admissions support — are also more common in these roles, so ask what the week contains beyond class hours. Related: phonics and school settings.