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Mapleblondie
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Ok, so another few questions...don't shoot me! LOL.
You said you started straying from the ECC lessons in the books after a while...Did the company say they were okay with that? Did they encourage that? And what types of lesson variations did you find worked best with your students? |
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gonzarelli
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At first ECC didn't mind straying as long as the kids learned the vocab and structures. Then one day they told the teachers stick to the book. This was to ensure that all the lessons throughout ECC are standardized and consistent in every school. McDonald's anyone??
The variations that work best will vary with each class. Yep, variations vary. You heard it here first. After a few weeks you'll get to know your students well enough to see what works and what doesn't and what games they like and what games they don't like. By the end of my ECC gig I was letting the kids choose their own games once we learned the words and structures. Easy street there.
I miss teaching Japanese kids 
FTLs are a lot less interesting but sometimes things get spicy. That's how I met my wife!  |
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gonzarelli
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Wait a minute...
groped 50 times???  |
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Mapleblondie
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:26 am Post subject: |
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Well, to be honest, I think I will take comfort in having the McDonaldization of ECC for the first month or two at least. I will definitely like to get the hang of the games and whatnot typically used with ESL teaching situations, as I am used to doing a very different type of teaching (i.e. Shakespeare, etc.)
And yes...50 times. I started thinking that I must have a sign on my forehead or something! It was pretty scary actually...especially since foreigners have so few rights and I would not likely have be believed even if I'd gone to the police or someone when it happened. Heck, one time, I was sitting at a baseball game with my bf (Chinese, but seriously looks Japanese) and a bunch of my friends, and some guys behind us decided to try it. One ofthem got up, took a couple of steps down the aisle, pretended to trip, grabbed my chest and had the audacity to say "jiko" ....No way that was an accident! It's sad actually, but I was so jaded by the end of my year that I merely had MILD reactions when it happened the last few times. Gah! I need to wear a parka! I guess that's what I get for being blonde, not hideous, and in a city where that kind of thing is prominent. |
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gonzarelli
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Mapleblondie
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Yep, I think there is a definite sense of security that most people get in Japan. eck, I feel that way most of the time, unti la guy starts looking at me "that" way or something like what I said above in the previous post happens. That is more than a wake-up call. I am pretty reserved and I don't really go to bars at all anyways, so I was shocked when it would happen when I was simply walking down the street in Osaka, etc.
Well, at least this time around, I have a better understanding of what to expect and maybe I can come up with some deection scheme to avoid it from happening again. Hehe.
You know, my host mom told me to be careful because so many bad things we happening to foreign girls...like kidnappings and whatnot. I think that she liked to exaggerate things a lot, but her demand that I don't stay out after dark unless with lots of friends and someone who could walk me home was a good one! I think it's all about trying to maintain that sense that even in spite of the apparent safety in Japan, the regular rules (and perhaps a few extra) apply for foreign girls to stay safe. And like the article states, being easily recognisable is one of the big factors...so maybe dying my hair brown will help avoid a bit of the attention I got by being blonde. I dunno... |
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Amadruada
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| Yep, I dunno WHY they would have thought that cuz I dress pretty prudishly. LOL. I guess it's because I'm blonde and there are so many Russian girls in Osaka for that reason in the last 15 years or so. I was definitely pretty scared when I was propositioned like 3 times and groped about 50 throughout the course of the year RANDOMLY! Gah! So, I am highly considering dying my hair brown before I go back this time. Haha. |
This seems to be common in East Asia- when I was in China, I had men asking me "Are you Russian?" all the time. It was very confusing, until I was reading a sex worker ethnography of Beijing and realized exactly what they'd been asking...happened in Hong Kong, as well!
Mapleblondie, where are you right now? I'm heading off to Kanto with ECC in a couple of weeks. How are you finding things? |
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