Illegal language teachers: not just an English thing

Gyeonggi-do cops have busted two Koreans, including a 50-something year old Mr. Han, for employing unqualified ethnic Koreans from China as Chinese instructors at their Chinese-language hagwon.

A total of five individuals were booked, presumably including the instructors.  None were Canadian, as far as I can tell.

Han is being charged with hiring unqualified Chinese-language instructors, including ethnic Koreans from China studying in Korea.

A police investigation revealed that Han hired the unqualified teachers because they were willing to work for half of what ordinary, qualified Chinese-language instructors make.

Police believe that with the demand for Chinese conversation classes skyrocketing, there are growing numbers of unqualified Chinese-language instructors working at schools throughout the Korea.

3 Comments

  1. Posted August 1, 2006 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

    Next comes Chinese-Spectrum Gate…

  2. Posted August 1, 2006 at 7:36 pm | Permalink

    Probably just the beginning of a Changma-like flood
    of these… Learning Chinese is the Future.

  3. Readalot your flag
    Posted August 2, 2006 at 3:47 am | Permalink

    Not sure as to the Canadian reference for a “Chinese Hagwon”???

    Also I’m wondering what qualifications one needs to teach conversation. If you have a lesson plan and are fluent in the language isn’t it listening and speaking that they are practicing with the students?

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