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[ella]

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

[jinks]

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]

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]

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]

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

[HapKi]

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]

12 hours
4 classes
2 preps

[Young FRANKenstein]

[ella]

HapKi, you prep for four courses each week?

[VirginIslander]

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

[the_beaver]

This semester:

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

[merkurix]

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.

[HapKi]

[PRagic]

merkurix,

"I hate threads like these because there is always going to be some person who will waste no time blowing his horn..."

What's with the attitude? The OP asked how many different courses we teach per semester. So if we teach less, we are 'blowing our own horn' for answering a question? Yikes.

"....to tell us our jobs suck because he only teaches 2 classes a week and get 5 million for it. You asked for it."

Again, just answering a question. If you want to infer that your job is comparatively worse, knock yourself out. Others may view it as something to shoot for, or as proof that these positions DO exist here.

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

Ah, now we get to the nitty-gritty.

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

Sounds like a great position, and with that overtime, I'm sure you make a good buck. Why the anger?

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Ok...I teach two and make 5 million.

[ella]

Classes and courses aren't the same thing. You might teach four classes but if they're all the same course, you only have to do one prep. If you teach four classes and they're four different courses, then you have to do four preps. I'm asking about number of courses, not classes.