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ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Not how many classes but how many different courses do you teach each semester?

jinks · Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Location: Formerly: Lower North Island

At my last university I taught freshman English plus technical writing. At my current place I am teaching freshman English, English-speaking culture (half semester course, the second half is Chinese culture) and two different upper-level English courses. I use the same syllabus for the two upper-level classes, but if I were to teach the same courses again I would teach speaking and listening in one and writing and reading in the other. So, in answer to your question, I am teaching three different courses over 15 hours.

Pak Yu Man · Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Location: The Ida galaxy

Let's see:

1) Freshman (who doesn't) basic convorsation
2) PreMed basic convorsation
3) elective conversation (great class)
4) Writing composition
5) Listening (ever feel like a monkey hitting a tape recorder)
6) Martial arts (yes...seriously)

Thiuda · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject:

In the three years that I have been in my current position I have taught:

Basic English Conversation
Intermediate English Conversation
British/American Culture
Basic Writing
Intermediate Writing
Translation & Interpretation

and two graduate courses:

English Phonetics & Phonology
Second Language Acquisition: Theory

ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

I meant how many different courses over how many hours do you teach in one semester (like jinks' answer)?

HapKi · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL

This semester-

Mandatory English Con. 2 hours
English Con for English Majors (1st year) 4 hours
Public Speaking Skills 9 hours
Unigwon Houswife Con. 4 hours

19 hours on paper
17 actual

jellobean · Joined: 14 Mar 2006

12 hours
4 classes
2 preps

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:36 am Post subject:

ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

HapKi, you prep for four courses each week?

VirginIslander · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Busan

I'm interviewing for a position later this month. Eight classes a week, one course.

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

This semester:

Introductory Computer Skills - 3 hours
Freshman English - 4 hours
Advanced Freshman English - 4 hours
Multimedia English Speaking - 3 hours

merkurix · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Location: Not far from the deep end.

I hate threads like these because there is always going to be some person who will waste no time blowing his horn to tell us our jobs suck because he only teaches 2 classes a week and get 5 million for it. You asked for it.

It ain't me though. But I'm happy with my courseload.

I teach 10 classes of freshman writing a week, and 4 overtime non-credit classes of conversation.