The Korean English Teacher Phenomenon - Immigration and Integration of Anglophone Immigrants in Modern South Korea

Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Didactics - English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: A entstricht 1, Utrecht University (University College Roosevelt), language: English, abstract: In the past decade, the historically homogeneous South Korean society has seen an increase in immigration. While the majority of immigrants still come from other Asian countries, the immigration of Anglophone immigrants is especially remarkable. Most of them are working as English teachers in public and private Korean education institution. The essay at hand traces the motivations of these immigrants and the role of the government by means of literature research. Furthermore, a short survey has been conducted to try to answer the question how well these Western immigrants are integrated in the Korean. Even though South Korea is slowly transforming into a multicultural society, integration still an issue that the government did not yet address thoroughly.