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| There are more than 10 types of franchised Private Language Institutes (Hagwons) operating in Korea, and each franchise has between 10~100 branches throughout South Korea. Each Hagwon within a particular franchise has the same or similar contract, curriculum, and text book. The owner and supervisor of the Hagwon’s are experienced in running these types of Language Institutes and in managing the system. The supervisors also all speak fluent English. Therefore all that you will have to do is to familiarize yourself with the textbook and learn/come up with a way of conveying the material to your students. As well as this if you have a good idea about how to improve the curriculum, they will for the most part welcome and accommodate your idea. However it is important to remember that Hagwon’s are businesses, therefore if the business is going badly this may affect your employment there. |
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If you think that the things listed below are important then you may
wish to consider working in a Hagwon |
 Someone who closely affects the students’ English improvement |
Someone who enjoys participating in events such as
(Christmas, Halloween, Easter, birthday parties, etc.) |
| Someone who prefers to work in smaller family type working environments. |
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| Hagwon Classification by student type |
| Kindergarten-Elementary school students (4~13ys old. Hagwon.) |
| When you apply for ESL jobs in Korea, you will receive primarily offers for this type of job. More than 50% of private language institutes in South Korea offer this type of job. Class time is usually about 40 minutes and you will have to work from around 9:30am~6:30pm. During this period you will have lunch off with the kindergarten students. After lunch, the kindergarten students leave the Hagwon and then elementary school students come at around 2 or 3pm. You will be required to teach 2~3 classes of elementary school students. Depending upon your schedule you can finish a bit early or a bit late. Your teaching hours in a Hagwon per week will be around 25~30 hours. |
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| Elementary-Middle School students (8~16ys old. Hagwon) |
| Here you will primarily teach primary school students (age 8~13 year olds). This type of Hagwon starts from around 2pm and finishes at around 9 or 10pm. Additionally depending upon the individual Hagwon, the class time can vary between 45 to 50 minutes. |
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| Adult Student Hagwon |
| If you teach in an adult student Hagwon, the schedule will be a split shift. Most of the students are office workers and college students. In these Hagwons the first class usually starts at around 6:30am. You will have to teach a couple of classes in the morning from 6:30am~11:00am, and then you will teach 2~3 classes later in the evening between 4:00pm~9:00pm. Some of these Hagwons will offer you extra classes which will enable you to make more money. |
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