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Jan 2023
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#203 Living Away from Home - Tika Teache...

Michael Lavers
About this episode

Tika (Tika Teaches English) is an English teacher from England but now living in South Korea and has been for several months now. She kindly joined me for a chat about this transition to a new country.

We also talk about...

  • Life in Nottingham
  • Tika's Teaching 
  • Teaching online vs classrooms
  • Living in South Korea
  • What she misses about England
  • Problems with answering the door
  • The honeymoon period
  • Favourite and least favourite things about South Korea
  • Safety
  • And much more!


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