Korean Hand Games

Korean Hand Games

If you’ve been teaching English in Korea for a while, or just living in Korea in general, then you surely must have come across one [...]

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Korean School Festival

Korean School Festivals

Remember that behind the scenes footage we did on our episode of Running Man, where Nichkhun gives Martina’s students a shout out? That was meant [...]

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Korean University Exams

Korean Exam Day

This November 18th was one of the most important days in the life of a Korean high school student: Korean Exam Day. High school students [...]

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Korean Middle School Students

Why I Love Teaching

Believe it or not, but we love teaching. Love it. Teaching in Korea isn’t just a job for us. It’s our careers, and it’s something [...]

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Simon in the Bushes

Two Year Anniversary in Korea!

We have just re-signed our contracts to stay at our schools for another year! Assah! We’re staying at our schools in Bucheon for a third [...]

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Korean Middle School Bingo

Teaching English in Korean Middle Schools: Bingo

Now that March is around the new school year has started, and with it has come a lot of new English Conversation Teachers. Hopefully you’ve [...]

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Santa Spudgy

Merry Christmas From Eat Your Kimchi!

We’re feeling in the Christmas spirit, so here’s a quick video we slapped together of Christmas at Simon’s Korean Middle School. Simon makes students write [...]

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Teach in Korea

How to Become a Teacher in Korea

We have received a lot of emails from people asking us how to become a teacher in Korea. Where can they find jobs teaching English? [...]

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Guess Who ESL

Teaching English in Korean Middle Schools Guess Who

Next week we’re going to be giving another presentation for the Gepik Orientation, so here’s a video in the spirit of helping teachers. Here’s another [...]

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Jeju Island

Martina’s Jeju Trip: Day 3

And here is day 3 of Martina’s Trip to Jeju Island. In it, you’ll finally start to see what makes Jeju Island so famous: it’s [...]

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Jeju Island

Martina’s Jeju Trip: Day 2

Here’s Day 2 of Martina’s Trip to Jeju Island. The day started off with a hike up a mountain (is it just us, or do [...]

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Korean Tooth Care

Korean Toothbrushing

How good is your dental hygiene? Carry floss with you in case of emergencies? Have a small bottle of mouthwash in your dashboard? If your [...]

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Korean Middle Schools

Teaching English in Korean Middle Schools “Battleship”

We have received a lot of questions about teaching English in public schools. If we don’t speak Korean, how do we communicate with our students? [...]

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Lee Hyori

How to Be the Coolest Teacher in Korea

We’ve made a few How-To Survival Guides here at Eatyourkimchi.com already. We’ve shown you How to Use your Korean Rice-Cooker and your Korean Washing Machine, [...]

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Halloween Costume

Korean Trick or Treating

Halloween is not celebrated here in Bucheon or the rest of Korea, so I – Simon – tried to teach my middle school students about [...]

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Bored

Gepik Workshop

We are now around two hours away from our home in Bucheon at a week-long Gepik conference for Native English teachers. We arrived yesterday at [...]

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Broken Lock

Simon’s New Office

Today started off pretty poorly for me. To begin with, I forgot my Starbucks Double Shots at home. I usually pack two in my bag [...]

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ESL Textbook

The School System

Today is the first of three days that I (Simon) have to spend in an empty school. The entire school is away on a three-day [...]

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School schedule

Our First Day of School

So here’s the update from the first day of school. To begin with, we are very tired right now, and we want to go to [...]

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