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shouvikdatta

Joined: 03 Jan 2007
Location: Incheon South Korea

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: curriculum

Hi I was just wondering. How rigidly do English public school teachers stick to the textbook? Is it mainly a rough guide? Or do we have to follow it prescriptively? I sometimes depart from the exact curriculum in the textbook. ShouvikDatta

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ttompatz

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: curriculum

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shouvikdatta wrote:

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I was just wondering. How rigidly do English public school teachers stick to the textbook? Is it mainly a rough guide? Or do we have to follow it prescriptively?

I sometimes depart from the exact curriculum in the textbook.

ShouvikDatta

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http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=80577

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vox

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Location: Jeollabukdo

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: curriculum

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shouvikdatta wrote:

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I was just wondering. How rigidly do English public school teachers stick to the textbook? Is it mainly a rough guide? Or do we have to follow it prescriptively? I sometimes depart from the exact curriculum in the textbook.

ShouvikDatta

We've got two running curricula at our public school: the textbook classes and the conversation classes. We mixed the workload between two teachers, but this year teaachers are doing all one or the other. I got all conversation. We're doing immersion English classes now (using English to teach other subjects, but the target is ESL). Some really interesting stuff. Just saying there is another world of English in Korean public schools. Their universe doesn't end at the textbook. The few public schools whose teachers I know of are all for departing from the textbook if possible.

I think it comes down to who's leading the class. I find every Korean teacher at my school (and stories from other ELIs) has a different position on this. If you can swing leading instead of team-teaching, you may find a more liberated attitude on the Korean side. Get them to lead and they'll hold on to the textbook with white knuckles.

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