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EPIK
An EPIK teacher serves the community as an English
instructor and a representative of his or her home 21
country. It’s common to be greeted warmly anywhere in
your host town and a great deal of 6
interest is taken in the few foreign- 5
ers working here. TV stations and
newspapers seek us out at the 4
many festivals and seasonal
occasions in the Korean calendar.
The cities as marked above are;
Most EPIK teachers have a home 1. Gangwon, South Korea 4. Shanghai, China
school and one or more satellite schools. The home
school, typically a middle school, is where most of your 2. Seoul, South Korea 5. Fukuoka, Japan
Gangwon
working week is spent, while on other days you will visit
your smaller schools. Sometimes these satellite schools 3. Beijing, China 6. Osaka, Japan
are elementary or high schools.
The normal work day is Monday to Friday, from 9am to Comparison EPIK JET
5pm, with a maximum of 22 lessons a week.
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