Ashley: United States: Apr 01, 2019

내 생각에는 어린이들이 미래이어서 우리의 일은 어린이를 잘 도와야 해요. 어린이들은 스스로 가르칠 수 없어서 저는 대학생일 때 언어 치료 공부했어요. 언어 치료사라서 아동 발달을 열심히 공부했어요. 다른 사람들을 돕는데 너무 좋아해서 대학교에서 교육 조교 됐어요. 교육 조교 되는 데 좋은 성적을 받고 아주 열심히 일해야 됐어요. 교육 조교 되어서 공부도 열심히 하고 성공적으로 내 학생들을 도왔어요. 이 경험은 한국에서 아이들 가르치는데 좋을 거예요. 나는 어린이들을 좋아하고 같이 언어 배우면 좋겠어요.

In college, my area of study was child development with a heavy focus on early childhood development. As a Communication Disorders and Sciences major, with the goal of becoming a Speech Therapist, I took various classes instructing me on all facets of human development. As it is best to receive speech therapy in one’s own language, many of my peers chose from among the critical languages during our studies. Because of the economic and political changes and developments within South Korea, Korean proved to me to be one of the most critical languages for study. Though my studies focused originally on only the Korean language, I quickly became deeply interested in Korean history and culture. Due to this, I ultimately minored in Korean. During my days as a teaching assistant in a class focusing on the relationship between language and psychology, I often discussed with my students different aspects of the Korean language and the culture that influences it. In order to further my abilities in Korean and to improve my teaching skills, I believe the next logical step in my career is to teach English within Korea. I’m passionate about helping others and I thoroughly enjoy all education related endeavors.