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shouvikdatta
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
Location: Incheon South Korea
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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject: teachingparents |
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Hi there
I have had two parents' classes at my elementary school this week and I have been putting into practice some ideas about what to teach them.
I used a listening comprehension from a textbook, followed by questions based on the conversation.
Also, I showed them songs, and dialogue, from films.
Open to ideas for next weeks' classes from anyone,
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Travelous Maximus
Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Location: Nueva Anglia
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah next lesson should be about teaching their kids not to be so rude. |
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ChuckECheese
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Why would you teach parents of elementary school students in a public school?
Is this some sort of afterschool thing? |
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richardlang
Joined: 21 Jan 2007
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Why would you teach parents of elementary school students in a public school?
Is this some sort of afterschool thing? |
I do this once every two weeks at my public high school. We use it, more or less, to find out what level of English the parents know.
The first meeting was on Friday and none of the parents showed up. However, teachers who didn't speak English showed up, and so I taught them basic greetings and the questions, and reponses to, "how are you doing" and "how's it going."
I suspect the parents won't know much English either. However, I won't know until they arrive. |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| ChuckECheese wrote: |
Why would you teach parents of elementary school students in a public school?
Is this some sort of afterschool thing? |
I do this once every two weeks at my public high school. We use it, more or less, to find out what level of English the parents know.
The first meeting was on Friday and none of the parents showed up. However, teachers who didn't speak English showed up, and so I taught them basic greetings and the questions, and reponses to, "how are you doing" and "how's it going."
I suspect the parents won't know much English either. However, I won't know until they arrive. |
Teaching English to parents at a public school is just ridiculous. What do they expect you to teach?
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Teaching English to parents at a public school is just ridiculous. What do they expect you to teach?
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Why is it ridiculous? It's part of a lifelong / continuing education "programme" that some schools offer. Similar to night classes in various subjects that high schools in our home countries may offer.
Last year I taught a parents' class. I'm starting again in a couple of weeks. Actually, I already know that it's a mothers' class and not a parents' class (i.e. no fathers). My school offers other courses, like music and computer studies.
These women get bored with their household duties and it is a good chance for them to meet new people and stimulate their brains at the same time. I think it's a great idea. I also have a neat relationship with their children (once I figure out whose kid is whose!) The other important thing is that for the ones who persevere, it is a good example to set for their children - seeing as we all know the mothers are the ones sending their kids to every extra class and hagwon under the sun.
Don't knock these classes as ridiculous. Wouldn't you be proud of your mother if she decided to go back to "school" and brush up on her foreign language skills? |
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ChuckECheese
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Why is it ridiculous? It's part of a lifelong / continuing education "programme" that some schools offer. Similar to night classes in various subjects that high schools in our home countries may offer. |
It is rediculous if the class is not structured and organized properly. If not, all it's purpose is to offer mothers to kill time with the foreign monkey. Do you even have your co-teacher in the classroom to help you translate?
It's only a chance for the school to show off to parents and saying, "look we have a white monkey at our school so come and see for yourself."
If I were working for the public school, I would refuse to teach unorganized, unprepared, and highly varied level of English level parents' class. I would refuse to be the dancing white monkey.
Beside, your job is to teach the public school students not to baby-sit their parents. |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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I don't need a teacher to translate for me.
Do you think that all Korean mothers know zero English? The ones in my class can hold their own well enough.
Yeah, my school does want to show off that they have a native English teacher, but how would you know whether the classes are structured and prganized or not? How can you prove they are in any way different to structure and organization of middle schoolers' classes?
Middle schoolers' levels are just as varied as their parents. At least the parents choose to be there.
I plan my parents' classes as I would for any adult English class that I teach back home. I also used to teach elementary school teachers and secondary school teachers after school -- you should realise the "dancing monkey" routine is more likely for juvenile / adolescent students rather than adult students.
When I was first told about the class, I was happy to do it. Much prefer to do that than teach after school classes to kids with huuuge differences in level and motivation...
oh yeah, and I get paid extra to do it.. and it's in school time as well.  |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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If it's structured, organized, gave you an offer rather than forced you to teach it during your normal work hours, and paid extra for the class, it would be ok.
However, is that the case for the OP and other people? |
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