Slinging English in Korea
Mark Sampson’s novel lays bare the high life of Canadian ESL teachers abroad November 2014
In 2003, Mark Sampson joined the flood of English as a second language teachers flocking to Asia for employment. Korea has been a particular draw for ESL teachers, renowned for generous contracts and a high quality of life. Peaking at about 22,000 foreign teachers there in 2011 with a slight decline since, the trend has seen…