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English Program in Korea (EPIK) is a program to improve the English speaking abilities of students and teachers in South Korea, to foster cultural exchanges, and to reform English teaching methodologies in South Korea. It is affiliated with the Korean Ministry of Education and is operated by the National Institute for International Education.
Korea TESOL (KOTESOL, Korean: 대한영어교육학회) is the largest multicultural English teachers association in South Korea, [1] organized as a nonprofit scholarly/professional society under the National Research Foundation of Korea and local tax laws since 1993 [2] (initially formed in 1992).
The Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers SPELT was formed in 1984 in Karachi, Pakistan. [1] It is dedicated to improving the standard of English language learning and teaching in Pakistan. [2] SPELT enables maximum exploitation of the limited resources available in the country.
In South Korea, students attend elementary school from kindergarten to the 6th grade. Students study a wide range of subjects, including: Korean, English, Chinese characters, math, social studies, science, computers, art, physical education, music, health, ethics, and home economics. English instruction generally begins in the 3rd grade.
The Foreign Language teaching (E-2) visa is issued to foreign language teachers who work in South Korea. Applicants are required to be native residents of a country whose mother tongue is the same as the language they will teach and they are also required to hold a bachelor's degree from that country.
TEFL refers to English-language programs conducted in countries where English is not the primary language, and may be taught at a language school or by a tutor. For some jobs, the minimum TEFL requirement is a 100-hour course; the 120-hour course is recommended, however, since it may lead to higher-paid teaching positions. [ 3 ]
The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU, Korean: 전국교직원노동조합), also known as Jeongyojo (Korean: 전교조; acronym for KTU in Korean language), is a labor union of teachers in South Korea. The organization has 77,000 members [1] (down from 94,000) among the 360,000 public and private school teachers in the country.
Apart from hundreds of self-funded Pakistani students studying in South Korean universities, Pakistan Higher Education Commission has also been sending hundreds of Pakistani students to study for MS and PhD degrees in South Korea. [3] There were 1,420 Pakistanis who have married Korean women between 2001-2010 and settled permanently in South Korea.