| Amenities | | | | Some institutes provide tickets home upon |
| Many people who are in the profession of teaching | | | | completion of a contract or to reimburse teachers |
| look forward to working overseas in many countries | | | | for the trip to Korea. Seoul, Hanyang, Konkuk, and |
| as teachers. Many people take the opportunity of | | | | Hankook Universities provide dormitory |
| working in Korea. Korea is located on the Korean | | | | accommodations. There is an International House run |
| peninsula in North-east Asia. Its capitals are Seoul and | | | | by the Korea Research Foundation. It is purposed for |
| Pyongyang. Its official language is Korean which | | | | the students coming from foreign lands. At times |
| belongs to the Altaic language family. | | | | foreign instructors are recruited in such places as this, |
| In the mid 1990s Korea occupied a position in the | | | | but the regular teachers are the ones who are |
| world map as a place ESL instructor could earn a | | | | generally preferred. Some people opt for shared |
| small fortune teaching English to learners of English as | | | | housing. Lodging houses or Hasuks in Korean are |
| a second and foreign language. The salary for all the | | | | popular with young Koreans in college or those who |
| ESL teaching positions in Korea range from 1 million to | | | | are just starting their careers. Single rooms are |
| 2.5 million Won (Korean currency). One must procure | | | | available at around US$ 500 per month. They include |
| the appropriate employment visa in order to work or | | | | Korean style breakfast and dinner and laundry service |
| to begin teaching English in Korea. The contracts | | | | at times. |
| include provisions for salary, housing, tickets home, | | | | If you plan on teaching English in Korea you may |
| working hours, class size, severance pay, taxes and | | | | want to consider staying with a local family. Staying |
| medical insurance. It is a headache to look for housing | | | | with a local family gives the added advantage of |
| in Seoul. In other major towns in Korea this is less of | | | | experiencing Korean life and culture. You can also rent |
| a problem. There are several housing options. For | | | | a room in a yokwan (inn). You have too pay a |
| instance, you can opt for the ones on basis of | | | | monthly rent. It is like staying in a lodging house and |
| payments at the end of per year or per month. You | | | | no food is provided. You can search the internet for |
| may like to opt for a dormitory or housing on share | | | | blacklists (orgreylists) that would warn you against |
| basis. There are also the inns or lodges. | | | | working anywhere. |