You did such a good job compiling all of this infornation! These were all things I only discovered once I moved to Korea, I never saw anyone talking about this when I was researching the EPIK program! My commute was 2 hours every day, but I didn't get a stipend so I was spending about 93,000원 every month just to commute to my school. Regardless, I absolutely loved working in Korea and adored my students! Also TAKE ADVANTAGE OF KOREAN HEALTHCARE! Koreans will do IV injections just for Vitamin B and it's amazing!
Thank you so much!! And thank you for sharing your experience! Everyone’s is different but I think it’s nice to come to Korea as prepared as possible!! 🫶
Thanks for making this video! Although I am not going through EPIK, I plan on moving to South Korea in late February to teach English and a lot of the things you said were helpful for me.
Great channel, Courtney. I am currently applying for EPIK as we speak. I am a school-teacher here in USA with CELTA. Look forward to my possible journey in 'the peninsula' -- keep up the great work! :-)
Questions for you, how much Korean did you speak before you arrived in country? Is lack of knowledge a serious problem? Your schedule sounds busy with all the travel schools; do you have time to go to Korean language classes along the way?
Hi! I actually knew basically no Korean when starting with EPIK! It’s helpful to know Korean, but it’s definitely not necessary for the job! It just makes life a lot easier! I haven’t personally taken any language classes, but I know lots of teachers here will self study or have time to do classes after school!
This was very informative, thank you! I'm currently working towards gathering my documents prior to applying to EPIK and I started my background check (federal because I'm from the States), but any advice for the next steps? I'm open to anything!
You did such a good job compiling all of this infornation! These were all things I only discovered once I moved to Korea, I never saw anyone talking about this when I was researching the EPIK program! My commute was 2 hours every day, but I didn't get a stipend so I was spending about 93,000원 every month just to commute to my school. Regardless, I absolutely loved working in Korea and adored my students! Also TAKE ADVANTAGE OF KOREAN HEALTHCARE! Koreans will do IV injections just for Vitamin B and it's amazing!
Thank you so much!! And thank you for sharing your experience! Everyone’s is different but I think it’s nice to come to Korea as prepared as possible!! 🫶
Thanks for making this video! Although I am not going through EPIK, I plan on moving to South Korea in late February to teach English and a lot of the things you said were helpful for me.
I’m so glad!! And I hope you have an amazing experience teaching English here in February!
Great channel, Courtney. I am currently applying for EPIK as we speak. I am a school-teacher here in USA with CELTA. Look forward to my possible journey in 'the peninsula' -- keep up the great work! :-)
Great video thank you for the tips, the vacation information was new to me!
Questions for you, how much Korean did you speak before you arrived in country? Is lack of knowledge a serious problem? Your schedule sounds busy with all the travel schools; do you have time to go to Korean language classes along the way?
Hi! I actually knew basically no Korean when starting with EPIK! It’s helpful to know Korean, but it’s definitely not necessary for the job! It just makes life a lot easier! I haven’t personally taken any language classes, but I know lots of teachers here will self study or have time to do classes after school!
thank you so much for this! i got placed in jeollabuk area for EPIK for next year. hope we can randomly bump into each other!!!
Haha yes🤞!! And congratulations that’s amazing!!
This was very informative, thank you! I'm currently working towards gathering my documents prior to applying to EPIK and I started my background check (federal because I'm from the States), but any advice for the next steps? I'm open to anything!
Thank you so much for this ❤🎉
Do you perhaps have instagram? I'd love to follow you ❤
Thank you!! Unfortunately I don’t have an Instagram right now!