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• Tighter visa rules urged for foreign teachers
• Work visas getting easier for teachers
• Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency offers ATEK an official advisory role
• TOEFL for juniors to debut here
• EFL/ESL Native English Teacher Speaking Tests in a Korean Public High School — Planning and giving speaking tests Part 1
• School fibs on test-takers
• Teachers’ union seeks payment from lawmaker
• Battle intensifies for $2bn English-teaching business in China
• Jokes: (1) Grandpa (2) $400 a night
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #79)
• ETIS Press Release: Helpful tips before you leave Korea
• Int’l schools forbidden to favor good English skills
• New education initiative focuses on early childhood
• On our place in the Korean world
• English logos popular, but often humorous
• New Seoul education chief to take on corrupt officials
• When will Korea be a nation of integrity?
• Foreign English teacher flees molestation charges
• Jokes: (1) Skin (2) Language Barrier
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #78)
• Press Release: Notice Service for Child Safety
• Dead English teacher’s family gets payment for future US income
• Teachers Get Top Marks for Integrity
• Changes ahead for browsers, Korean internet
• Kindergarten teachers also subject to evaluation
• Chronicle of Higher Education on reform, English-only at KAIST
• Elementary schools to get English (Japan)
• Recent drug busts involving English teachers
• Jokes: (1) Repertoire (2) Korea!!
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #77)
• Native English teachers sign first collective deal
• US steps forward against school bullies
• Usher to perform in Seoul for first time
• Contract matters: signing and fulfilling a one-year contract
• Union wages war on teacher evaluations, tests
• China likely to overtake US in attracting Korean students
• Teen gang kills friend for gossiping
• Parents not so keen on ‘Eton’ style of education
• Jokes: (1) Shoot Me Now (2) The Differences Glasses Can Make
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #76)
• Schools to install security cameras
• Making our schools safe
• Busan KOTESOL Summer Conference
• Latest child rape case shocks nation
• What’s it like to teach English in a high school in Seoul, South Korea?
• Hot spots to watch World Cup
• ‘Gyopo’ college graduates flock to Korea for jobs
• ESU-Korea holds first speaking competition
• Jokes: (1) Teacher Power (2) Top 10 Movie Quotes for Teachers
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #75)
• Liberal education chief vows to achieve equality
• Filipino English teacher challenges visa rules
• South Korea, South Africa, and Soccer
• Muju Firefly Festival, June 12th – 20th
• Qualifications to Be Toughened for Foreigners to Teach Korean Language
• Question from a reader: teaching at university?
• Korean seniors in US try to catch up on English
• Rights agency likely to side with foreign teachers over visa rules
• Jokes: (1) Small Face (2) Super Ex
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #74)
• In Gyeonggi education race, liberal takes lead
• EPIK to hire 12 Indian English teachers for Fall 2010
• Are Koreans too educated?
• Korean seniors in US try to catch up on English
• Korea’s modernization through English in the 1880s
• Foreigners shut out from online shopping malls
• False-beginners and low level students in a Korean all boys high school — How do you help them get ready for a speaking test?
• TOEIC to be available on Saturday
• Jokes: (1) Campaign (2) Redneck Home Security System
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #73)
• School Program Puts Students First
• Life in Korea: Emergency Evacuation Plans from South Korea
• Bad Market for Teachers in the US will Mean Nothing for Korea
• Dismissal of Unionized Teachers put on Hold
• Result of Satisfaction Survey of TaLK
• New Evaluations for Korean Teachers and Open Demonstration Classes for High School Parents–Oops, I Mean Moms . . .
• Critical (but too often missing) Conditions for Long-term Language Acquisition
• Suicide’s Long, Dark Shadows
• Jokes: (1) Service-ee (2) 0 to 200 in 6 Seconds
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #72)
• Why Indians Speak Better English than Koreans
• Stop Studying English, Start to Use It
• A Festival Where Actions Speak, Not Words
• Korean Education Needs to Get More Efficient
• Teachers’ Union Moves to Adjust Gov’t Reforms
• Education Only Way to get rid of Poverty
• Family Sizes Getting Smaller in Seoul
• Multiracial Children More Exposed to Abuse
• Jokes: (1) Blah Blah (2) A Boy and his Letter to God
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #71)
• Nearly Half of Korean Teens Unhappy: Study
• Press Release: ATEK and Kangnam Law Firm Introduce Legal Assurance Program
• English Deciding Factor in Success of Office Workers
• ATEK Release’s First Newsletter
• Teachers in U.K boycott SAT
• Fewer Students Studying Abroad
• Students: Little New in Law-School System
• Immigration Checks to be Toughened
• Jokes: (1) Pickles (2) Personal Space (3) Letter of Recommendation
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #70)
• ATEK Press Release – 2010 April 27: New Communications Officer Plans to Get the Word Out
• ETIS Press Release: Renewal Exit/Entrance Allowance (SMOE)
• UPDATE: Legal Assurance Details – The Fine Print
• No Room for Older, Experienced Teachers at Public Schools
• Korail Won’t Tell English Site Users about Discounts
• Fewer Korean Students Make It to Ivy League
• Teachers Union Sues Rep. Ch, DongA Ilbo for Disclosing Member Names
• Young Orators Relish Chance to be Champs
• Jokes: (1) Sun Shade (2) Passing Gas at a Restaurant
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #69)
• ETIS Press Release: SMOE 6 Months Extension
• ATEK Presson Release: Kangnam Legal Assurance Program
• 2 Billion Won Spent so far on ‘Hag-parazzi System’
• Many Teens Risk Health for Slim Figure
• If ATEK Falls in the Forest, Does it Make a Sound? Musings on Why ATEK isn’t Communicating with the Expat Community . . .
• Homeschooled Kids get Best of Both Worlds
• Teachers’ Union Wins One Court Battle, Loses One
• Stricter Rules for SATs to Be Applied from May
• Jokes: (1) Theater (2) The Value of a Drink
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #68)
• Korean Government to Try and Turn off Computer Games After Midnight for Minors
• Ministry Pushes for E-book Roadmap
• Get Out and Support Local Music
• ‘Study Pill’ Abuse Rampant Among Korean Students
• Police Arrest Five Hagwon Teachers
• Colleges will not Consider TOEFL Test in Student Selection
• Ambassador has a Special Message for High School
• [Viewpoint] Apartheid is a Part of Us, too
• Jokes: (1) Murse (2) Teachers Are Paid Too Much
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #67)
• EPIK Now Hiring for SMOE – Job Interviews have already Started
• Private Cram Schools Suffer Slump on Government Measures
• ‘Hagwon’ Curfew Backsliding
• Teens Drawn to Phones Amid Parental Concerns
• Clearing out Corruption
• What do Korean English Co-teachers do when the Native English Teacher is Sick and Absent from the Classroom?
• Koreans Poor in TOEFL Speaking
• Native English Teacher Found Dead in Suicide
• Jokes: (1) Sink-Showers (2) Before He Was a Hagwon Owner
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #66)
• Legalizing Eligibility of ‘Hagwon’ Teachers Sought
• The 6th Annual Yeouido Spring Flower Festival
• School Corruption Shows No End
• On Getting an F-2 Visa and Becoming a Resident
• Names of Teachers in Liberal Union to be Released
• Dulwich College Seoul Head Vows Education Quality
• UN Advises Korea to Restrict Night-Time Crammer Lessons
• South Korean Students Battle Cyber-Bullying with Positive Comments
• Jokes: (1) Scheduled Playtime (2) What Are YOU Doing Wrong?
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #65)
• Press Release: Fall 2010 EPIK Application Now Available
• English Teacher Vetting Needs Tightening
• Praise Korea’s Education Culture, Not its System
• Co-teacher/Native Teacher Mis-communications: Korean Public School Testing System — Each Semester has a Final Grade?
• Education Ministry Lists Unionized Teachers
• Private Tutoring, Jobless Youths Troubling Lee
• Are Internet Lectures Efficient?
• 12,000 Parents Change Children’s Family Name
• Jokes: (1) Korea Effect (2) An Ear Infection…
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #64)
• Lee in Full-Scale Drive for Education Reform
• The 7th Annual Seoul Chapter Conference: ‘The Complete Teacher’
• Frequent Admissions Changes Hurts Students, Parents’ Wallets
• Teaching Korean Students, from Wyoming
• Active Reading Boosts English Speaking Skills
• DP Plays Hardball with Free School Meals
• God of Study
• Seoul to Combat Internet Addiction
• Jokes: (1) Bangs (2) Which One is True?
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #63)
• Election Pledges Focus on Education, Jobs
• Failing Grades
• Thoughts on Designing Speaking Tests and their Relationship to Native Teacher Respect and Authority in Korean Public Schools
• Re: ‘Modest Proposal’ on Visas
• Sookmyung Univ.’s English Test Backfires
• EPIK March 2010 Additional Orientation Guide
• Children of Immigrant Mothers Have Trouble Adjusting
• Educators Plan Class on Chinese Characters
• Jokes: (1) TP Estimate (2) A Woman and the Bartender
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #62)
• Bill Calls for More Practical English Learning
• The Kimchi Icecream Guide for New EFL/ESL Foreign English Teachers/Instructors in South Korea, 2010 Edition
• Private Education Cost Surges 55%
• Visa and Citizenship Rules Modified
• ‘Tambourine Man’ to Perform in Korea
• 10-Year-Old Student Publishes Novel in English
• Touch Rugby Ready for New Season
• 128 Students are Barred from Special High Schools
• Jokes: (1) Bus Drivers (2) Start of School Jokes (3) White Tiger
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #61)
• Students Rely on Hagwon More Than Public Schools
• Korean Education Needs to Foster More Creativity
• Make YouTube a Little More Safe for your Kids
• Gwangjang Market: Seoul’s Street Snack Center
• Continued Exaggeration of President Obama’s Views on Korean Education
• Schools to Resume Overseas Field Trips
• Language Education ‘Starts in the Womb’
• University Entrants Go Back to English Crammers
• Jokes: (1) Trash Bags (2) A Note From the Teacher (3) Weygook
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #60)
• Only 2 in 10 Admitted to High School of Choice
• University Grads Select Tutoring as First Jobs
• Life in Korea: Getting Your Taxes Done in Korea and at Home
• Corruption in Education
• English-Only Classes for Rural Areas
• Information Package for New GEPIK Teachers
• English as an Official Language
• The Best Burgers in Seoul
• Jokes: (1) Jackets (2) Charlie Bit My Finger – Again (3) End of the Universe
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #59)
• Educational Expenses for Households Soar
• EFL Foreign Teacher Motivation – What do you do when you don’t feel like teaching but have to?
• Teachers’ Bonuses to be Linked to Schools’ Performance (Korean Teachers)
• Five Principals Charged with Accepting Bribes
• Robotic Technology: Good Idea but Not for Classrooms
• LG Electronics Takes 3-D to the Classroom
• A Modest Proposal for Visa Reform
• SAT Lecturer Banned From Leaving Korea
• Jokes: (1) Solicitor Immunity (2) Electric Train (3) Dog Fight
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #58)
• EPIK Press Release: Urgent Orientation Update
• Officials to Offer Rewards to Catch Corrupt Teachers
• Korea Is ‘Heaven’ for Illegal Private English Tutoring
• Press Release: Wild Women’s Performing Arts Festival
• Korea Activists Target Foreign English Teachers
• How to Maximize Your Earnings on an F2 Visa in South Korea
• Famous SAT Instructor in Seoul Kidnapped
• School Uniform Industry in the Cross Hairs
• Jokes: (1) Med Patients (2) When 2 + 2 + 2 = 7 (3) A Millie
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #57)
• Robots to Replace Native English Teachers
• Ministry Spells Out Education Plan Facts
• Blind Quest for High Scores
• Teaching Listening: Using the Model of the Skilled Learner to Help All Learners
• Private Education Spending to Be Halved
• One Year Later, ATEK Struggles for Recognition
• Seoul City Publishes Home Rental Guide for Foreigners
• KNUE Revitalizes Teacher Training Program
• Jokes: (1) Churchee (2) Letter to Mother (3) Advertising
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #56)
• New Rules Bring Sea of Change to Hagwons
• Elementary School Text Service to Go Nationwide
• Essay questions on the rise in Seoul schools
• Whitney Houston to Perform in Seoul
• Night Kindergarten Services Planned for March
• More Elite US Grads Teaching English in Korea
• SAT Scandal
• Foul-Mouthed Teacher Earns Praises From Students
• Jokes: (1) The Korean Stare (2) Farmville Parody
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #55)
• Parents and Students to Join Teacher Evaluations
• Electronic Textbooks for All Students
• Let’s Rethink Native English Vetting Plan for the Better
• Major Int’l Pop Stars Coming to Korea Soon
• Can Ahn’s English Education Overhaul Succeed?
• Exec Bringing EBS into the Digital Age
• English Villages Struggling to Find Way Out of Trouble
• State English Tests to Be Used in 2012
• Jokes: 1) Winter Boot Choices; 2) Why English is So Hard to Learn!
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #54)
• Native English Teachers to List ‘Bad’ Schools
• Wage Debate on Indian Teachers Underway
• Press Release: Visa Extension Information for Renewing NSETs
• ATEK: New National Membership Director Nominated
• Innovator Creates New Way to Teach English: Kids Read Paper Daily
• Taebaek Snow Festival 2010
• School Meal Program Up Against a Cloudy Future
• Teachers Fired, Suspended for Protest
• Jokes: (1) Why People Never Answer Handphones (2) An 80 Year Old Shoplifter (3) Moggi
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #53) and the Top Stories of 2009
• Native English Teachers to Undergo Evaluation
• GEPIK Press Release: 2010 Official GEPIK Recruiters
• 5 Tips for Being Understood More Easily
• On Incentives and Education
• English Tests Out as Part of University Admission Process
• Ultimate Cure for Education Fever
• Better Ways to Teach English
• English Experimentation Pays Off in Seocho District
• Jokes: (1) New Years Resolutions (2) A Note From Teacher (3) Gun Control
• Merry Christmas and Welcome to Expacked (Issue #52)
• Winter Festivals Planned for Main Plazas in Capital
• GEPIK News: Updated 2010 Contracts and a New Bimonthly Newsletter
• ATEK Press Release: Second Teachers Union Formed
• South Korea Stretches Standards for Success
• Schools Able to Cut Some Mandatory Subjects from 2011
• Emphasis on English Listening Misplaced
• E-Learning Initiative Faces Derailment
• Students Switching Schools
• Jokes: (1) Skype Christmas (2) A Bad Day at the Office (3) Made in Korea
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #51)
• ATEK Press Release: Canadian Radio – Bringing International Exposure to the Issue of Anti English Spectrum
• Private Education Spending Gap Hits Record High
• Efforts to Curb Private Education Underway
• The World within Seoul
• English Endures
• Newspapers Key to Fast English Learning
• Foreign Language High Schools get Handed New Rules
• Schools Seek Mergers As No. of Students Hits Record Low
• Jokes: 1) Charades (ROKetship); 2) The Winter Blues; 3) The Beach (Tiger and Bear)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #50)
• Soaking up the Holiday Spirit in Seoul
• Press Release: ATEK Applauds Balanced Press
• Expats and HIV: Stop the Stigma
• ‘At School We Are Losers’
• TV Lessons ‘Save Private Education Costs’
• Data Show English was Difficult on 2009 CSATs
• Vocational School Places 9 Kids in U.S. Universities
• Lies My Recruiter Told Me
• Jokes: 1) Not an English Teacher (ROKetship); 2) Are We Too Dependent on Computers?
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #49)
• Accuracy vs Fluency: Is Korea Making a Mistake in How They Learn and Teach English?
• English Camps in South Korea – A Guideline for Foreign English Teachers
• Ready, Set, Ski
• Skip Kimchi Lesson – Teachers Want Real Training
• Use TV as an English Learning Tool
• Children’s Television Outside the Box Down Under
• Compromise on Education
• Breaking the Taboo: Sex Education in Spotlight
• Jokes: 1) Tiger and Bear; 2) Claw Game (ROKetship); 3) Be Careful With Your English
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #48)
• What’s On: Rubber Seoul 2009
• Obama Laudes Korean Parents for Educating Children
• School Age May Be Lowered to Five
• Forcing Foreign Teachers to Learn About Korea?
• ‘Unqualified’ English Teachers get a Bad Rap
• Tiger and Bear Comics Come to Expacked
• Premier Orders Crackdown on Expensive Cram Schools
• The Anti-English Spectrum: Whats Happening Now?
• Jokes: 1) Grocery (ROKetship); 2) English is Stupid
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #47)
• Press Release: Naver Should Remove Offensive Material from the Anti English Spectrum
• Website to Help Foreign Web Users
• Outsourced: The End of The Native English Speaker Experiment?
• Teacher Evaluation Agreement is Reached
• Recommended Winter Getaways – Part 1. Ski Resorts in Korea
• Oh Plans to Bring Creativity to Kindergarten Education
• English Learning Booming in NK
• Experience Program Boosts Eco-Friendly School Meals
• Jokes: 1) A Little Boy, His Grandfather and a Worm; 2) Fishcakes (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #46)
• 100 Indians to be Recruited as Assistant English Teachers
• H1N1 Flu Vaccinations Begin for Students
• Press Release: March 2010 Renewal Application / Guidelines
• New English Examination Developer Named
• Overseas Schooling Trend Fading
• Seoul Lantern Festival 2009
• Schools on Flu Alert for College Test
• Woman Passes 950th Driving Test
• Jokes: 1) A Tale About Knowing Your Customer; 2) Elevator (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #45)
• 100 Schools a Day Close Due to Fears Over the Flu
• School Closure Left to Principals’ Discretion
• New Zealand Wine Experience in Korea
• Is Swine Flu Paranoia Justified?
• [Viewpoint] Cramming is only part of education
• ATEK Nominates Inter-Cultural Communications Consultant
• Downturn hasn’t Hurt Seoul’s Hagwon Haven
• More About a Domestic English Test replacing the TOEFL
• Jokes: N1H1 (ROKetship) and What Not to Say
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #44)
• Doctors Propose 2-Week Shutdown for Schools
• ATEK Press: (1) Teacher in Need; (2) Rising Foreign Sex Crime Rate Does Not Implicate Teachers
• Halloween Madness All Around Seoul
• Applying For GEPIK 2010
• Middle School Students Become ‘Chattier,’ Rely More on Hagwon
• KOTESOL Conference 2009
• Fate of Elite Schools
• School Discipline Goes into Tailspin
• Jokes: Arm Socks (ROKetship) and Be Careful What You Wish For
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #43)
• Music Festival This Week: Grand Mint Festival 2009
• Education Spending in Korea Pinching Economy
• Press Release: ATEK Nominates Vice President
• Contract Funny Business in Public Schools?
• Korea’s Costly Education Revolution
• Elite Schools to Change Admission System
• Daewon to Axe English Listening Tests in ’10
• Casual English Education
• Jokes: Nazis (ROKetship) and Progress is Not Always Good…
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #42)
• Over 60% of Foreign English Teachers in Capital Zone
• ATEK: Crime Statistics Prove Foreign Teachers Are Being Misrepresented
• 3 Teacher Training Tips That Work
• Jarasum International Jazz Festival 2009 (16-18 Oct 2009)
• Heavy Studies Turning Korean Children into Night Owls
• Prime Minister Pledges Crackdown on ‘Hagwon’
• Students Across Nation Sit For ‘Uniform’ Test
• Gaps Among Public High Schools Remain Huge
• Jokes: Guilt (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #41)
• Gangnam Tells Teachers to “Take it or Leave it,” Says Kang Shin-who
• Crammers Now Employ More Teachers Than Schools
• English Skills Decisive Factor in Landing Jobs
• The Woman Who Earns W1 Billion Teaching English
• Language Barriers Push Foreigners to Big Hospitals
• Summary of Korean Data in the 2009 OECD Education at a Glance
• Too Many Applicants for Too Few Teaching Jobs in Korea
• Stars Fall Upon Haeundae for Busan Film Festival
• Jokes: Spam (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #40)
• Press Release: Government Cancels Need for 7 Day Quarantine
• Press Release: ATEK Nominates New Communications Director
• Researchers: Korean Kids Lack Sleep
• Seoul Schools May Hire Asian English Teachers
• List of Events Cancelled Due to Swine Flu
• If You Don’t Like It, Leave It
• Learning the Language, Neglecting the Culture?
• CDC Guidance for Schools Response to Influenza During the 2009-2010 School Year
• Jokes: Big Size (ROKetship) and Kimchi Warrior to the Rescue
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #39)
• 2 of 10 Diplomats Lack English Skills
• Bill for Fingerprinting Foreigners by 2012 to be Introduced Next Month
• Rail Pass to Be More Available to Foreigners
• Report: Hagwon Classrooms Have Polluted Air
• Random Checks for Illegal Aliens Upset Foreigners
• Stand-up Comedy on Sept. 26
• Culture Clash a Constant Struggle for Foreigners in Korea
• High School Students Reach Out to Needy
• Joke: Not at Home (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #38)
• SMOE Announcements: 1) Quarantine Information 2) Turning in Your ARC
• Press Release – ATEK Elects First President
• School Bullying Going Mobile
• Many More People Dying from Suicide than H1N1
• Event: Korea’s Biggest Art Fair to Open Friday at COEX
• H1N1 Infections Reach 10,000 Mark
• Internet Addiction ‘Rampant’ Among Vulnerable Students
• 3,000 Students Participate in Korea Times English Contest
• Jokes: Diary of a Karratha Summer – by a Pom
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #37)
• You’re Hired, Now You’re Fired!
• Hagwon Stay Open While Schools Close on Flu Fears
• EPIK Invites Native English Teachers for Public Schools
• March 2010 Hiring Period (SMOE Announcement)
• Study Finds Socio-Economic Status Has Small Impact on Education
• Education as Tool and Weapon
• Students Offer Free English Classes
• PIFF Announces Record Lineup of 355 Films
• Jokes: How to Take a Joke
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #36)
• ATEK Files Complaint with Press Ethics Commission
• Incompetent Teachers to Be Grounded
• Korea 2nd in OECD Education Index
• Seoul International Fireworks Festival (26th Sept)
• An EPIK Journey for Teachers
• The Teacher, Printer, Uncle and Hagwon Head
• Early English Immersion Vital
• Teacher Fired After Catching Swine Flu (Podcast)
• Joke: Using ‘Big People’ Words
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #35)
• Job Cancellation Angers Foreign Teachers
• Students to Undergo Daily Fever Checkups
• Fretting Over Foreign Language Ed
• South Korean Kids Get a Taste of Boot Camp
• More Schools Delay Opening on H1N1 Fears
• Education to Focus on Green Growth
• Dance all Night in Hongdae
• New English Teachers to Bring Diversity to Classrooms
• Joke: Pictures Speak Louder than Words
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #34)
• Better Standards for Teachers
• NBA’s First-Ever Asia Challenge Tips Off in Seoul and Incheon Next Month
• Seoul Confirms 76 More Flu Cases After 2 Deaths
• Hagwon Close, But Late-Night Education Goes On
• Subway to Allow Bicycles on Board
• Teachers Learning to Teach English Only in English
• Seoul to Open Night Festival on Aug 22
• Rewards on Illegal Hagwons, Teachers Exceed 100m Won
• Joke: Everybody is in Debt and Everybody Lives on Credit
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #33)
• School Subjects to Be Cut to 7-8 From 2011
• Judge Rules Hagwon Punishment “Irrational”
• An Academic World Outside English
• Learning the Language Makes a Big Difference
• Young N.Koreans Find Adapting to School in South Hard
• Is English in Korea Only for Koreans?
• An EPIK Excursion
• More Help Planned for Expats Living in Korea
• Joke: The Bear and the Rabbit
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #32)
• Company-run Schools Leading Educational Reform
• Summer School: What? No More Vacations?
• Ministry Forges Ahead with Teacher Evaluations
• After a Brief Delay, Subway Line No. 9 is Ready to Roll
• Koreans’ Education Spending Defies Downturn
• Multicultural Students to Get Tailored Schooling
• Students Get the Dirt on Healthy Eating Habits
• Three More Cities to Launch English Radio
• Joke: Never Drink and Drive
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #31)
• Flu Fears Force Students, Teachers to Stay at Home
• Failed Crackdown on Cram Schools
• Canadian English Teachers in South Korea Find Camaraderie in Foreign Community
• In Malaysia, English Ban Raises Fears for Future
• Koreans, Expats Flock to Boryeong for Fun
• ‘Clicks-and-Mortar’ Education
• Dueling Rock Festivals Duke it Out Under the Stars
• Number of Foreign Residents Rises 23 Percent
• Joke: Want a Push?
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #30)
• 90% of Teachers Back Quota for Male Teachers
• Hangang Outdoor Pools Open June 26
• Prop Up Public Education
• 457 Schools to Gets Subsidy for Curricula Upgrade
• Bribery Reporting Plan Irks Teachers
• Busan Expats get some Representation
• Updates to EPIK: Orientation Info and new Newsletter
• Medical Check Info and Summer Camp Positions Available (SMOE)
• Joke: A Man Boarded an Airplane
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #29)
• Teaching Tips: Teaching Mixed Level Classes
• Go Steady on Education
• Dragon Boat Worlds Coming to Ulsan
• Ministry Strives to Help School Dropouts
• More Teachers Hone English at Private Institutes
• Global Classrooms: Delivers U.S. School Teachers to Korean Public Schools via Live Video-Conferencing
• English Tests Need More English
• Help SMOE July 20th and 21st (Posted on SMOE Website)
• Joke: Three Blokes and a Genie
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #28)
• Resigning Airfare – Important (SMOE)
• Expat Students Fall Between 2 Linguistic Stools
• School Violence Cases on the Increase in Gyeonggi-do
• Global English ‘Strengthening U.S. Supremacy’
• College Students to Teach at Jeollanam-do Summer English Camps
• Jeju Aims to Be English Education Mecca
• Maintaining Discipline (Tips)
• Say Goodbye to Booze in School
• Joke: Home for Holidays
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #27)
• [Incheon Fair] Incheon to House 200,000 Foreigners by 2020
• Government Tries for Foreign Talent
• Government Goes Backsies on American Teacher’s Visa
• Not Enough Applicants for those “English Lecturer” Jobs
• Korean Curator in Liverpool
• Gov’t Announces Measures to Combat Internet Addiction
• Teaching Young Students
• Seoul Exhibition Highlights Green Technology
• Joke: Her Kindergarten Student’s Boots
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #26)
• Potential for Education
• Teachers to Go to Court Over Visa Rule
• Expats Rally to Help Friend in Hospital
• Bills Seek Tighter Screening of Foreign Teachers
• Yonhap: Unfit, Foulmouthed, Drunken English Teachers Running Rampant
• Foreigners Encouraged to Join Namsan Walking Festival
• Expendable Classes? New Education Plan Could Further Sideline Art, Music and PE
• Classroom Cellphone Bans = Human Rights Violation?
• Jokes: “Annyeong Haseo (ROKetship)” and “A Lady Went into a Butcher Shop”
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #25)
• Quarantined in Korea
• GEPIK Orientation – June 2009
• Dance Festivals Abound in June
• Adoptee Teaches Dreams, Not Just English
• 12 Jeju International Schools to Accept 10,000 Students
• Information About the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Virus
• Amateur Spies Put North Korea on the Map
• Lee Administration Reveals Reforms for Private Education
• Joke: Are You Better than 90% of All the World’s English Speakers?
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #24)
• My Interview with the Korea Herald about H1N1 (Brian Dear’s Blog)
• Importance of Well English
• What to Do When Your Co-Teacher Doesn’t Show Up For Class
• Where Can I Do My TEFL Training?
• Local Students Win Mock Trial Against Australian Peers
• Foreign English Teachers Epicenter of New Flu Cases
• Seoul City Opens English Cafe
• Hockey Night in Korea
• Joke: Common Sense
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #23)
• Pentaport, Jisan Valley Rock Festivals in July
• Metropolitan Positions Closing Soon – Applications for Seoul and Regular Provinces Still Open
• Classrooms for Each Subject to be Introduced
• GEPIK: Double Taxation Exemption and Certificate of Residency
• You Thinking You Have it Bad in a Private School?
• FACT CHECK: Are US Students Really That Bad?
• South Korea Ranks 3rd for Accident-Related Deaths for Children
• ‘Suicide’ to Be Banned From Input on Internet
• Jokes: ‘No Asians’ and ‘Kids Do the Best Things’
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #22)
• SMOE Press Release: Renewing Airfare – IMPORTANT
• Jazz Festival to Bring the Soul to Seoul
• Proficiency Test to Replace CSAT English in 2013
• Schools to Compete With Hagwon
• Half of Korean Children and Teenagers ‘Not Happy’
• ATEK Press Release: Hellmann’s Resignation
• The Media Bias Against Foreign Teachers
• Foreign Teachers Association Responds to Plagiarism Charges
• Joke: Body Hair (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #21)
• Should Caning Be Tolerated?
• Summary of Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans and Resource Books for Native English Teachers
• S.Korean School Isolates N.Korean Defectors to Better Integrate Them
• Hi Seoul Festival to Host Various Events
• Films with English Subtitles and a Unique Seoul Friendship Walk this Weekend
• Eye on English: No Shortcuts in Mastering TOEIC
• How’s Your English? Brush Up and Show Off Your Writing Skills
• Moms Mop Classes for Sake of Kids’ Schooling
• Joke: Under-Dressed? (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #20)
• SPECIAL NOTICE: Hana Bank Will be Closed Over the Weekend
• Commission Suggests Easing of E-2 Visa Rules
• Foreign Teachers and Government Seek Dialog on Common Goals
• Hi Seoul Festival Kicks off May 2
• IGSE to Nurture Top Quality English Teachers
• Teaching Korean in English
• 18 USFK Schools Planned in Pyeongtaek
• Reforms in Works for Specialty High Schools
• Joke: E-2 Visa Renewal (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #19)
• Lotus Lantern Festival 2009
• Koreans Ranked Bottom in English Proficiency Test
• SMOE, GEPIK and EPIK: Application Forms for Sept 2009
• Speaking English in Korean Culture
• Closing the Education Gap
• Korea: Is Teachers’ Physical Punishment Toward Students a Crime?
• English Fever Takes Hold of Pre-School Education
• Metropolitan Subway to Make Debut in 2016
• Jokes: Nicknames (ROKetship) & School Daze
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #18)
• Korean Kids Learn English in Wrong Way
• Living Orientation Workshop on Saturday
• 67% of Private Cram Schools Overcharge Parents
• Seoul to Become Hot Destination for Jazz Lovers!
• Spending on Tutoring Tops $14 Billion in 2008
• Educational Disparity Widens
• Tour Answers Expat Teacher Tax Questions
• eBay Moves to Take Over Gmarket
• Jokes: Acupuncture (ROKetship) & The Things Kids Say
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #17)
• Seoul’s Skyline About to Be Transformed
• Big Firms Obsessed With English
• Organization Seeks to Help Foreign Teachers
• Do Koreans, Americans See Justice Differently?
• Students Failing to Pay for Meals on Rise
• Is Korea Plagued by Private Education?
• What Makes English Teachers Qualified?
• Cultural Korea – Annual Jongmyo Jerye-ak Concert Next Week
• Jokes: Food (ROKetship) & Teacher Needs a Laugh
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #16)
• The English Teacher’s Guide to Korea: Living, Working & Thriving
• Concertgoers Enjoy Discount Tickets
• Education Spending at New High
• Seoul to Have World’s 2nd Tallest Skyscraper
• 5,000 Korean English Teachers to be Recruited this Year
• Students Compete in English Contest
• 1,400 Students Skip Standardized Tests
• Ratio of Students to Teachers to Quickly Fall
• Jokes: Shopping (ROKetship) & How NOT to Make Redundancies
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #15)
• GEPIK – Updated Orientation Details & Final Numbers
• Most People Favor Teacher Evaluations
• EPIK Teaching Positions for Sept 09
• Report: Gangnam Leading Nation in Bribing Teachers
• Despite Recession, Hagwon Thriving
• Foreigners Can Soon Join All Korean Websites
• Law Against Junk Food Takes Effect
• Flower Festivals Blossom in Spring
• Jokes: Made in China (ROKetship) & Can You Speak English
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #14)
• International Teachers’ Federation Blasts Korean Government Firings
• Phone English Links Students to Native Teachers
• EPIK Orientation in March
• South Korean Teachers get a Taste of an American High School
• Touch Rugby Season Kicks Off at Yongsan Family Park
• Mom School Warns about Overreliance on Hagwon
• Sixty Years after Division, Korean Language Has Gone in Separate Directions
• New ATEK Projects to Help English Teachers in Korea
• Joke: Pinishee (ROKetship) & What Teachers Make?
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #13)
• E-2 Visa Holders Can Teach at Firms Legally
• Extra English Conversation Classes: How to Set Them Up
• Obama Lauds Korea’s Education of Children
• English Instructors Start Network Against Discrimination
• 2009 GEPIK Orientation
• SMOE March Orientation 2009 Video (This is Great)
• Kaist to Enroll 150 Students Based on Recommendations, Not Grades
• Fourth Graders to Get Internet Addiction Tests
• Joke: Cadanbeer (ROKetship) & Kim Says No More Kimchi (Video)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #12)
• Co-teaching Issues: Techniques, Challenges & Strategies
• A Quarter of Surveyed Kids Suffering Emotional Issues
• St. Patrick’s Day Festival in Daehangno, Seoul
• English Teachers in Korea: Where to Go for Legal Help
• Nami Island Foreigners’ Festival, Gangwon Province
• Five Reasons Why You Need to Go See the Korean Movie “Old Partner”
• Seeking 50 Foreigners to be Volunteer Actors on Saturday in Daegu
• Korean Courts to Expand Foreign Language Services
• Jokes: The Foreigner Moment (ROKetship) & The Darwin Awards
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #11)
• Survey for English Teachers in Seoul – Win an iPod
• Foreigners Hope to Teach South Korea Dangers of Bias
• Native English Speaking Teachers Making a Difference
• New Bargain Flight Between Gunsan and Jeju
• Reflections on the First Time I Taught in this Program (Kimchi-icecream)
• More on the Equal Checks for All Campaign
• Translators and proofreaders
• New Zealand Schools Slash Homework
• Joke: Corn Flakes with the Gravy Boat (ROKetship) & You Have to be a School Teacher if…
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #10)
• GEPIK Contract – Updated for 2009/2010
• Elementary Schools to Get More After-School English
• Education Divide
• North Korea Welcoming Native English Teachers with Open Arms
• Critical Lack of Male Teachers
• Urban Redevelopment Requires Rethink
• Self-Esteem Affects Studying
• Korean Band Rocks Foreigners
• Joke: I’m Lovin’ It (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #9)
• Equal Checks for All: Ending E-2 Visa Discrimination
• School Penalty-Point System to be Tested
• 2009 EPIK Orientation in February
• Non-Natives Frustrated in Finding English Teaching Jobs Here
• Enjoy Romantic Evening Valentine’s Day Concerts
• Balance Needed in Foreign Language Education
• Busan International Music Festival
• Seoul Reveals Plans for Massive Public Housing Drive
• Joke: Trash Cans in Korea (ROKetship) & Granny Fails 771 Times
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #8)
• Call for Help to Bring Badly Hurt NZ English Teacher Home
• English Teachers’ Pay Heading Up
• Skilled Foreign Teachers Needed for Korean Schools
• North Korea Cancels All Agreements with South
• Guide to Clubs, Traditional Events & Art Exhibitions
• Travel Seoul via Bus
• Recruitment Starts for 60 Foreign Interpreters
• Subway Line 9 Opens in May
• Joke: So Hot Lingerie (ROKetship)
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #7)
• New Canadian Citizenship Rules Impact Children of Expats
• Event Calendar
• 300 Master Teachers to be Selected under Pilot Program
• Seoul Public Schools will Teach English in English
• Eco-Tourism in Korean Wetlands
• A Canadian with a Passion for Korean Women’s Rights
• Teacher Pushes for Keeping Korean ‘pure’
• International Schools can be up to 50% Korean
• Joke: Funny School Excuse Notes
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #6)
• Foreign Teacher Accused of Harassment
• Average Number of Elementary Students Per Class Drops Below 30
• Snow Rafting & Icy Boar Hunts in Pyeongchang
• Seoul to Redraw Riverside Skyline
• Students to Change Classrooms from Lesson to Lesson
• Seoul Schools to Focus More on National Security
• Slowly Savoring Seoul
• Foreigners Boost Seoul’s Population
• Joke: Our Minds Work in Strange Ways – 2 Tests for You to Try
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #5)
• Health Ministry Plans to Make Korea ‘Non-Smoking’ Environment
• The Temple of Mysteries
• Classes to Open for Gifted Students
• Foreign Consumers Become New Spending Class
• The International Ski Festival at Yongpyong Resort
• Korean Children ‘Don’t Get Enough Sleep’
• Unhealthy Foods to Vanish from School Menus
• Korea’s New Visa Law Angers Foreign English Teachers
• Joke: Teacher’s Gift
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #4)
• Is There Enough English Education?
• Bar for Foreign English Teachers Raised
• Legal information provided in English
• Green Light for 555m High Building in Seoul
• Winter Festivals in January
• Seoul Air Quality Improving
• Hwacheon Trout Festival to be Held Jan 10-27
• Copyright to Cover School Test Kits
• The 10 Most Hated English Phrases
• Welcome to Expacked (Issue #3)
• Half of Native English Instructors Quit After a Year
• Foreign Teachers Gather to Share Memories
• Foreign Teaching Pool Expanded to Include More Countries
• What is 1 Million Won Worth to You?
• Many faces of Seoul’s shopping culture
• Hi! Seoul Winter Festival Sparkles the City
• New high schools to have freedoms
• Ministry reaches foreign worker quota
• Joke: You Know You’ve Been In Korea Too Long – Part 2
• Merry Christmas!
• Happiness is Contagious
• Millions of Lights Illuminate Seoul
• Teachers, Parents Skeptical of New English Test Plan
• What does 1 Million South Korean Won Buy You?
• GEPIK Hold Teacher’s Workshop – Key Change to 2009 Contracts
• South Korean Lawmakers Brawl over US Free Trade Pact
• History textbooks to Be Corrected by Next Year
• Korea to Attract More Foreigners by Cutting Red Tape
• Joke: A Christmas Story for people having a bad day
• Expacked – Issue #1