KONA Volunteer Teaching

English Through Storybooks. Complied by William Urbanski. The KONA Storybook Center is a UNESCO-associated volunteer organization in Gwangju that promotes cultural exchange and English learning through storybooks. While most people … Read More

The Challenges of Teaching

Edifications by Expat English Educators Compiled by Dr. David E. Shaffer. Every occupation is sure to have both gratifying and challenging aspects, but working in a distant land with a … Read More

Organizing a Teaching Conference

AsiaTEFL 2020 Comes to Korea Interview with Dr. Park Joo-Kyung. AsiaTEFL is a large organization of English professionals involved in the field of teaching English as a second or foreign … Read More

The Joys of Teaching

Expat Educators Explain Compiled by Dr. David E. Shaffer. Many of the English teachers coming to Korea to teach do so with the intention of staying for a year, maybe … Read More

The Challenges of Teaching English as a Filipina

Compiled by Dr. David E. Shaffer. Filipino English teachers in Korea occupy a somewhat unique position. Although English is the primary medium of instruction from elementary school through university in … Read More

The Joys of Teaching as a Filipina

Compiled by Dr. David E. Shaffer. When thinking of expat English teachers in Korea, first thoughts are of North Americans teaching in public schools, private academies, and at the university … Read More

Spanish in South Korea

A Language of New Opportunities Written by José Avila Peltroche and Elisabet Ramirez. Spanish, also called Castilian due to its origin in the Spanish Kingdom of Castile, is a romance … Read More

Emergency Remote Teaching

A Whole New Ballgame Compiled by Dr. David E. Shaffer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, public schools and universities throughout Korea have been forced to move their classes from their … Read More