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VirginIslander · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Busan

Currently, my students attend one class with a Korean and one with me. They are in my course for six months. My beginner students have already studied for four months with a Phonics teacher and three months with a Pre-beginner teacher.

Every month new students enter my class so I can have a beginner first month student and a beginner sixth month student in the same class. Obviously, the former is lost. I'm in my third month of Korean classes and I wouldn't want to be in the same class as someone who has been studying for eight months.!

In order to make the class more productive, I think the best solution would be to have 12 biweekly or 6 monthly themes for each level. The material is simple in the beginning and then it becomes more complex towards the end of the month.

For example, this month I did Occupations and Clothing. First, I introduced clothing with flash cards. Then, I introduced about 40 occupations with bingo. Then, we did work places and now we are doing Occupation actions.

So, despite which month they are in, now most students can say "He is a doctor. He works at a hospital and he works with a nurse. He wears a white coat and a face mask. He helps very sick people."

After this month, we will move onto to the next theme. However, I need ideas for more themes.

Do you have any suggestions?

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

Do you have any games besides bingo.. Songs?

Writing and creating a whole curriculum is very difficult.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Mate writing a curriculum is a bloody nightmare.

Just steal other peoples ideas

VirginIslander · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Busan

I'm only writing a sixth month program for beginners. Its not difficult, just time consuming. Of course I will borrow ideas to save time.. I have taught the same level for a year and I have learned what works and what doesnt work. Also, I have a experience in curriculum development.

However, now I am looking for monthly theme suggestions.

ashke516 · Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Location: on the beach

You could do a food/drink month and break it down into different categories: sweets, meals, etc. Also where we get food: farms, restaurants, grocery stores. Roleplay ordering food in a restaurant or going food shopping. Have kids make menus for the restaurant, grocery lists for their shopping... maybe have them draw pictures of what they would grow/raise on a farm and have them present it to the class.

Also, an animal theme month would be fun. Break it down into different categories such as the zoo, a farm, the woods, mountains, jungle, desert, ocean, etc.

willneverteachagain · Joined: 17 Dec 2006

i hope u are getting about 4 million a month for making what u are teaching and then teaching it

Jizzo T. Clown · Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Location: at my wit's end

Get a beginners textbook and look in the table of contents--instant curriculum.

Colorado · Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject:

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

VirginIslander · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Busan

Ashke516 wrote

ashke516 · Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Location: on the beach

You could also do a month on the 5 senses and break it down by each sense. Sight could include colors, shapes, art, etc... hearing could include music, pleasing sounds, unpleasant sounds... same with smell and taste, pleasant and unpleasant, etc... touch could incorporate the many different texture descriptions. Have them use all five or at least a couple of the senses to describe different things.

VirginIslander · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Busan

ashke516 wrote

indokimi · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Location: Seoul

5 senses are a great idea! You might also want to look at English Upgrade (Macmillan Publishers). It's a three level series of conversational English with some good communicative practice ideas. Topics include: talking about school/studies, activities/interests, movies/books, giving directions, shopping (describing, comparing, finding), health (aliments, advice/suggestions)--The basic topics of most conversation. All topics could begin with low level vocab building and basic descriptive question and answers, and build to low-intermediate level functions.

kimchi_pizza · Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject:

Some really great ideas, even finding a text book with a curriculum already planned out for you.

But the best curriculum is something that the students can relate to such as TV, food, fashion or anything Korean and/or something that YOU are interested in. Anything that you're passionate about outside of school that you can incorporate into your lessons? If you're excited about a particular lesson, then I would think your students would be too.

Are you teaching middle school? Middle school is a tough level to motivate, captivate or any other "vate", so don't take it personally if it doesn't pan out.

cookie7 · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Location: Suji, Yongin

[quote="kimchi_pizza"]Are you teaching middle school? Middle school is a tough level to motivate, captivate or any other "vate", so don't take it personally if it doesn't pan out.[/quote]

Seriously. I tried incorporating cartoons and Mr. Bean clips and they're still not interested. If the students sleep during funny clips, then how else are you supposed to motivate them??? Twisted Evil