English Teachers in Korea Receive Culture Workshop

English teachers in Korea who become employed as native English language assistants at public schools are receiving workshop training to improve their cultural assimilation in the workplace. In Jeollabuk Province (often referred to as Jeonbuk), home to popular cities such as Jeonju, the Office of Education there announced that it will hold a Korean culture experience and classroom competency strengthening workshop for 25 new native English language assistants affiliated with the Jeollabuk-do Office of Education on April 8th.

New native English language assistant teachers were selected through the screening process of EPIK (English Program in Korea), an invitation program for native speakers of the National Institute of International Education.

The workshop for new native speaker assistant teachers in Jeonbuk enhances their understanding of Korean schools and students by experiencing Korean traditions and culture. This is done every year for this purpose.

The new native speaker assistant teachers are scheduled to attend a special lecture on the presentation of best practices for cooperative classes between native English teachers in Korea and Korean teachers in the seminar room of the Choi Myung-hee Literature Center in Jeonju on the same day, and how to teach visitation classes of when they are scheduled to visit and teach at different schools in the province.