Teaching English Abroad

[jimmy olsen]

You up for Suwon Friday?

[HisMajestyBOB]

Yeah, I think so.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Hey Tim, this is where I download all my Death Note episodes: http://forums.kametsu.com/showthread.php?t=1690

I'm up to ep 20 out of 37, and it hasn't jumped the shark yet.

[jimmy olsen]

I looked at a summary of the episodes and it will occur eventually.

Also, me and Bob got our asses kicked by some spicy chicken.

[Syt]

Also, me and Bob got our asses kicked by some spicy chicken.

[Eddie Teach]

me and Bob got

And you call yourself an English teacher. Tsk, tsk.

[jimmy olsen]

Here's that new music video I was telling you about HMB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9403-9CptH8

[HisMajestyBOB]

Experts Predict Robots to Replace Foreign English Teachers

by Robert Koehler on January 28, 2010

in Ministry of Barbarian Affairs

From the KT:

    During the second decade of the New Millennium, robots are expected to replace a number of English-speaking teachers here, who come from such countries as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.

    At a robotics forum, which brought together 150 experts from across the country late last week in Seoul, participants predicted that English-speaking robots would fill the shoes of native speakers in the future.

    "By around 2015, robots should be able to help teachers in English classes. By 2018, they should be able to teach on their own while communicating with students," said Kim Shin-hwan, an economist at the Hyundai Research Institute.
    [...]
    Kim said that the numerous native English speakers at Korea's language institutes – estimated in the vicinity of 30,000 – will lose their jobs in the not-so-distant future.

http://www.rjkoehler.com/2010/01/28/experts-predict-robots-to-replace-foreign-english-teachers/
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/01/123_59809.html

Oh noes!

[jimmy olsen]

 

What a load of crap!

[Eddie Teach]

I look forward to the influx of Korean tourists using terms like "does not compute" and "file not found."

[jimmy olsen]

HMB, me and my coteacher are probably going to hit the  Costco in Seoul at 12-12:30 on Saturday?

You game? We're probably going to watch Avatar in Suwon after that. You can come if you don't buy anything perishable. It'll keep in his car, but transporting it back to Incheon from Suwon would be iffy.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I'll be in Jeju from Wednesday till Saturday next week. I don't know when I'll get back from Jeju yet, but probably in the evening.

[DisturbedPervert]

Here's that new music video I was telling you about HMB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9403-9CptH8

Christ that's awful

[Josquius]

If you're still teaching English in Korea in 50 years having your job potentially stolen by robots I'd think would be a blessing.

[jimmy olsen]

If you're still teaching English in Korea in 50 years having your job potentially stolen by robots I'd think would be a blessing.

Robots teaching English in 50 years I could believe, but not in 8 years which is what the article said.