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StrongNeck
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 2
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:42 pm Post subject: No Planning Eikaiwa? |
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Hi,
I'm looking for an eikaiwa job where the lesson plans are already set for the teacher to use.
I know a lot of teachers don't like this style, but although I enjoy making lesson plans sometimes, I prefer to just walk into a class and teach with a text, not requiring much preparation, if any. (At least for now).
Anyway, what's the state of the various big chain and smaller eikaiwa these days?
Thanks for your help. |
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mc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 90 Location: Aichi, Japan
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:05 am Post subject: |
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AEON and Westgate both have very structured lesson plans/templates for teachers to follow. |
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budgie
Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 40
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:24 am Post subject: |
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AEON, GEOS, NOVA, EC, ECC, SHANE, BERLITZ, COCO: pretty much any large chain school has cookie-cutter lessons of varying quality that require very little or no prep. It's not really teaching though - it's basically just customer service. Or a scam. Would you like fries with your McEnglish? |
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StrongNeck
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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Westgate sounds tempting in that I'd be teaching university students, yet there seem to be some very odd things about it. Apparently they charge you way too much rent for a crappy place, plus they even put a curfew on you as far as having others over at your place goes.
I've also heard that the Westgate schedule is unbearable - way too much work.
Cookie cutter eikaiwa sound good to me, but what does one poster mean by a "scam" though? Which of the big chains would be considered scams? And what's so wrong with customer service? |
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Cool Teacher
Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 930 Location: Here, There and Everywhere! :D
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Scam for stuendents, I think. They get nothing much fom it and the teachers are not professionals and don't care either. I thonk thats what the poster meand. |
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Alex_Ander
Joined: 13 Sep 2012 Posts: 57 Location: The fourth dimension.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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mmmmmmmm....McEnglish |
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timothypfox
Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 492
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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It's not necessarily a scam to teach at a place with pre-made lessons. My experience 15 years ago working with GEOS is that you would yes maybe the first or second time round with a text use the lesson exactly. Then the 3rd time through you would add your own things or approach the activities much differently.
Some of the lesson books such as Prep 1 or Prep 2 actually had good teaching points for their private or small group classes.
The important thing is not to be a robot. If the company gives you room to maneuver, take what works and rework what doesn't work with your students.
I believe the original intention of these pre-made lessons was for Eikaiwa's to maximize the amount of contact hours between the native teaching staff and the students. For example, a manager could happily block out the whole day to give a native teacher 6 or 7 classes a day...
But, if you are teaching only a 2 or 3 classes a day as a norm at your work place (or less), you probably shouldn't be using pre-made lessons unless you really don't know what you are doing. |
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Alex_Ander
Joined: 13 Sep 2012 Posts: 57 Location: The fourth dimension.
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:22 am Post subject: |
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I prefer my lessons pre-packaged. What's the point in spending so much time making your own? For me, the key is to teach the required lessons and jet on outta there to enjoy some free time. |
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