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kitekid
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: usually at http://www.expatkorea.com/
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 Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: topics for middle school students |
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based on your experience, what do they like to discuss, and/or what sorts of topics in their books (school textbooks, hakwon books, or outside commercial study guides) really hold their interest?
ex:
entertainers
humor and jokes
sports
movies/art
animals
dreams/jobs
got some more?
tia! |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:06 am Post subject: |
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Food. All Koreans want to talk about food.
You could talk about fan death (for the bingo players) or Dokdo... |
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gmat
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Discuss??? With MS students.  |
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Delirium's Brother
Joined: 08 May 2006
Location: Out in that field with Rumi, waiting for you to join us!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| gmat wrote: |
| Discuss??? With MS students. |
Ya, that caught my eye too. 
My MS students like to talk about anime, cell phones, and... Well that's it, I guess. I don't know if I'd call them discussions though. |
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oneofthesarahs
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
Location: Sacheon City
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:00 am Post subject: |
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I actually talked about cell phones with one of my middle school classes today. We talked about the Mosquito, the ring tone that older people can't hear because of the high frequency.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5434687
They got a kick out of the article. Although I had to tell them that something like that would never work in my class because I'm young enough that I can still hear it. |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Hehe, OP are you here teaching already? Looking for something specific?
For such a general question, I can only give you a general answer which is that it depends on the students, the class, and even the teacher. And just because a group of students are passionate about something doesn't mean they want to discuss it in class or with their teacher. |
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kitekid
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| bosintang wrote: |
| Hehe, OP are you here teaching already? Looking for something specific? |
as you well know, bosintang (if that is your real name), i decided to leave the teaching profession here (uni students) after 17 years, and now work for a major korean publisher.
i would like some insight from folks who are directly involved in teaching korean middle schoolers.
do you have any, insight, that is?
Park Yu Man, Delirium's Brother, and oneof thesarahs, thanks for the suggestions! |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| kitekid wrote: |
| bosintang wrote: |
| Hehe, OP are you here teaching already? Looking for something specific? |
as you well know, bosintang (if that is your real name), i decided to leave the teaching profession here (uni students) after 17 years, and now work for a major korean publisher.
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Jesus, I had no idea who you are. I thought you were a beginner wondering what kind of things you should prepare before stepping in a classroom.
Now that I know you're writing a discussion book, it changes things. However, since you decided to be so polite about it...
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do you have any, insight, that is?
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Yeah I have some insight, go screw yourself.
Hope things work out well for you.
Cheers,
- bosintang (not my real name) |
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