ELC INFORMATION PACKAGE August 2006
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WOOSONG EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION Daejeon, South Korea ELC INFORMATION PACKAGE August 2006 WLI HOURS: Weekdays – 8 am to 10 PM Weekends and holidays – 10 am to 5 PM (Summer – 6pm closing) The ELC Dept.may be closed on some long weekends. MAIN OFFICE PHONE: 82 – 42 – 630 - 9780 OFFICE FAX: From overseas - 82-42-624-7294 Within Korea - 042-624-7294 ELC WEB SITE: http:// MAILING ADDRESS: English Language Communication Department 196-5 Jayang-dong, Dong-ku DAEJEON, 300-100 South Korea ELC Coordinator’s Office: Room 606 Phone Number: 82- 42- 630-9786 e-mail: [email protected] 2 Contents ELC PERSONNEL 4 MENTORING FOR NEW INSTRUCTORS 5 FIRST WEEK PRIORITIES 6 TWO OR THREE WEEKS LATER 7 FINANCIAL INFORMATION 8 AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINESORIENTATION 9 CHECKLIST 10 WOOSONG UNIVERSITY MAP 12 COLLEGE MAP 13 WHY TEACH ENGLISH IN KOREA? 14 KOREANS’ EXPECTATIONS OF ENGLISH TEACHERS 14 FROM CONFUSING TO CONFUCIAN: 17 DAEJEON, LIFE, AND CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT 21 ADVICE FROM OUR TEACHERS 23 U-CURVE OF ADJUSTMENT 24 SOME USEFUL EXPRESSIONS IN KOREAN 25 NUMBERS IN KOREAN 26 KOREAN FOOD 27 ORDERING MINERAL WATER 28 TRAVEL – DAEJEON AND BEYOND 29 BUSES FROM JAYANG DONG 32 INTERCITY BUS TIMETABLE 33 TAXIS 33 WHERE TO GO – AROUND TOWN 34 PLACES TO VISIT 41 HIKING 45 AIRPORT EXPRESS BUS TIMETABLE 47 DOWNTOWN DAEJEON MAP 49 THINGS TO DO 50 FURTHER MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 54 INFORMATION ABOUT BILLS 60 HEATING SYSTEM AT SITE A & SITE B 62 TAXI SLIPS WITH KOREAN ADRESSES 64 HOUSING DAMAGE-CHECK 65 EVALUATION OF MENTORING PROGRAM 66 PAY SLIP TRANSLATION A 67 PAY SLIP TRANSLATION B 6 8 PAYSLIP EXPLANATION 69 3 PERSONNEL DIRECTORATE Director of the English Language Communication Department: Prof. Mun-sil, Yom 042-630-9782 PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS ELC Coordinator: Prof. Brian Beck 042-630- 9786 PLANNING AND OFFICE MANAGEMENT ELC Assist. (6th Floor) Ms. Mi-Kyoung, Kim (Jinny) 042-630-9780 International Relations Assist. Mr.Kyunam Choi 042-629-6617 Admin. Head Assist. (1st Fr.): Mr.Byung-ki, Min 042-630-9780 Personnel Assist. (1st Fr.): Mr.Kyung Hyun, Kim (Jack) 042- 626-6922 Facilities Assist. (1st Fr.): Mr. Kyu-sun, Lee (John) 042- 626-6922 Financial Assist. (1sr Fr.): Ms. Hye-ock, Jang (Cindy) 042-625- 6922 4 MENTORING FOR NEW INSTRUCTORS Since 1993, an orientation program pairing new instructors with more senior instructors has been in place at WooSong Educational Foundation. This program has been very successful in assisting with new teachers’ orientation. There are five areas that new teachers need information about: - the administrative requirements in the first few weeks - getting settled in your new environment - the location of the buildings where we teach - the equipment and materials we use - Woosong Foundation’s policies and instructional procedures Your mentor can help you with all of these things. The information in this booklet is designed to help you with the first two: taking care of the necessary administrative details and getting settled in Daejeon. Information about your work environment is in the Orientation booklet and there will be an Orientation Meeting for New Teachers. Various follow-up meetings will be scheduled in the first weeks of the semester. What do I need to do first? The information contained in the pages titled First Week Priorities covers the administrative requirements for new instructors. Your Mentor or the Personnel Assistant can answer any questions about these things. The Orientation Checklist is a guide to assist you and your Mentor in the mentoring process. The following pages also include information about Daejeon, and Korea in general, for those of you who are working here for the first time. The important thing to remember is to ask someone if you are in need of information. During your first days before the beginning of the semester, we hope you will relax, get your new home in order, and find your way around the neighborhood and city. Our best wishes for a successful teaching and learning experience here at the Woo Song Educational Foundation’s English language programs. 5 FIRST WEEK PRIORITIES - CHECKLIST FOR ELC & IMMIGRATION Photocopy Passport - Make a copy of the information page and Korean visa page in your passport for the ELC Assist. Photographs - You will need approximately two 5 x 7 cm (myoung hahm pahn) photos and twelve 3 x 4 cm (bahn myoung pahn) photos. Photos to Personnel Assistant - Give all the photos to the ELC Assist.if you didn’t send them with your resume and documents. Immigration Office – The ELC Assistant or the International Office will explain how to apply for your Alien Registration Card and your Multi Purpose Visa. You will need your passport, 2 passport size photos, the 10,000 won fee, and taxi money to get you to the Immigration Office. The Immigration Office will keep your passport until the card is issued in about one week. Our office will return your passport and give you your Alien Registration Card. University teachers will also be charged 2,000 won for a Certificate of the Facts of Alien Registration. This Certificate is necessary for arranging your Pension and Medical Insurance and will be retained by Woosong Administration staff on your file. A single entry visa currently costs 30,000 won. The multi purpose visa cost 50,000 won and is the best option as you can not predict unusual circumstances. Medical Insurance Card – This will take some time to process after you have your Alien Registration Card. It will be given to you by the WLI Office. The Forms for the University Personnel Section - The ELC Assistant or the International Office will arrange this and help you through the process. You will need a copy of your passport and 12 passport sized photos. You will receive about ten forms to be filled out by hand which you can do this at home. You will also need to glue photos to these forms. You will then be on the payroll and will receive your salary on the twentieth of the month unless it falls on a weekend, in which case you will be paid the Friday before. Housing Damage-Check Form - You will need to check your accommodation carefully and make a note of any damage or things that are not working. Keep the form but give a copy to the Facilities Assistant in the main office. Vacation Selection Sheet - The ELC Coordinator will put this in your mailbox. Return it to the ELC Coordinator as soon as possible. Alien Card and Visa Renewal - It is very important to renew your Alien Card and Visa on time. You need to check this out with the ELC Assistant at least one month before their expiry dates. N.B. If your Visa and/or your Alien Card is renewed after the expiry date then a considerable fine is involved. 6 TWO OR THREE WEEKS LATER Post Office Savings Account - Your bank account cannot be opened until you have your Alien Registration Card. Until this account is set up you will be paid in cash. Payday is the twentieth of the month and you are paid in advance for the remainder of the month. You will need assistance to set up your account and to learn how to use the bank machines. The Personnel Assistant will send you a memo when your account can be opened. It will explain the current procedure. Your post office bank account card can be used in any post office or other bank machine, but in the latter case, a service charge will apply. Banking Hours at the Post Office - The university/college post office hours are: Monday – Friday 9:00 to 5:00 Saturday 9:00 to 1:00 N.B. There is a teller machine in the I.T. Building across from WLI. The I.T. Building is open from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM every day of the week. However, there is a small fee per transaction for using this ATM. There are also machines which have English instructions and are open late in the convenience stores in the side streets near the Rose Bud Coffee Shop. 7 FINANCIAL INFORMATION New teachers will receive the following within the first few weeks: Airfare Allowance: If and as negotiated in your contract First Month’s Salary: Your first pay day will be on the 20th of the month in which you commence work. You will probably be paid in cash unless your post office account has already been set up. Payday is normally the 20th of the month unless it falls on a weekend, in which case payday is the Friday before the weekend. Please note: In some instances the first salary will not include deductions for tax, pension and health insurance. Such payments will be deducted as a lump sum in the following salary. 8 Automated Banking Machines 9 ORIENTATION CHECKL IST Woosong Language Institute - “WLI” Main Floor - Office, Introduction to Office Staff; Mail boxes - Key for teacher’s office / desk assignment from Office Staff - Cafeteria, elevators - Introduction to WLI, University and College Assistants - Information re: picking up course textbooks and folders – course books will be put in your mailbox a few days prior to the start of class - Computer repair – talk to John - Housing repairs – talk to John - Master teaching schedules Basement - Singing rooms, theater – request through the main office - Resources / Copy Room - Duplo machine / photocopier procedure - Audio equipment and books sign out - Children’s resources - Recycling - Bookshelves – Reference, Teacher’s Manuals, Children’s Books, Tapes, Kids Materials sign out - Various binders for pop songs, exam files, form masters Second Floor - Academic Director’s (post pending) and Coordinators’ Offices – 207 Third Floor - Head Coordinator’s Office – 311 New teacher’s office - Importance of the WLI Website as an information source – - http://wli.wsu.ac.kr/eng/index.htm - for scheduling