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annie11
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 Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:50 am Post subject: no syllabus? |
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new school, no preparatıon time, a class of young children who dont understand a lick of english and (wait for it) . . . no syllabus . . . does this sound familiar and if so any advice? thanks  |
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canuck
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:20 am Post subject: Re: no syllabus? |
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| annie11 wrote: |
| new school, no preparatıon time, a class of young children who dont understand a lick of english and (wait for it) . . . no syllabus . . . does this sound familiar and if so any advice? thanks |
Work through a book and supplement it. |
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Serious_Fun
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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Location: terra incognita
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: no syllabus? |
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| annie11 wrote: |
| new school, no preparatıon time, a class of young children who dont understand a lick of english and (wait for it) . . . no syllabus . . . does this sound familiar and if so any advice? thanks |
It sounds like a brand new school with their first foreign teacher on staff! What country is this in? My guess is Korea. (I love Korea...don't get me wrong...)
canuck has it right - start with an appropriate text and create activities for the young learners.
Look on the bright side- you can develop a syllabus for the school - put that on your resume! 
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Chris Westergaard
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| This doesn't seem like that strange of a situation. Use a book, lesson plan, follow an ESA structure and things should be fine. |
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tedkarma
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| After you have taught for a while, you will come to prefer that there be no syllabus, as then you get to design your own program. This is a far better option than walking into a poorly designed program with inappropriate materials - that you are forced to teach (far more common than you might think!). |
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