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Conversation books.... What do you use? And where to buy?
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daz1979



Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Location: Gangwon-Do
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:58 am    Post subject: Conversation books.... What do you use? And where to buy? Reply with quote
Hi,

I have been teaching without the aid of any books for the past 4 months and am now running out of ideas for what to teach. I spoke to my boss today and told him my concerns and stated that I would prefer to have structure to my lessons by having a book available to use for my classes instead of frantically searching the internet every evening/morning. My boss seems to be OK with this; however, he said we will look at it after the summer break. I can't wait that long as I'm running low on ideas and therefore I was wondering what books everyone uses in class.

Our school already uses Smart English; however, I'm not allowed to use these as they are for the K teachers only.

Also, I'm thinking of heading to Seoul to buy some books this weekend and wondered if anyone can recommend where to buy a decent English book or three.

Thanks in advance,

Daz


p.s I've never been to Seoul so directions would be a big bonus Wink
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pest2



Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got a book for my PS English summer camp because Im sick of making lesson plans all the time. Got it at Kyobo bookstore in Seoul (same bldg as China and Australia Embassy). They have many many Conversation books, but I got "real life stories".
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
How old are your students? What is their level? How often do you see them?
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ajuma



Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Before you start looking for a book for your students, try to get a look at a copy of Smart English. Notice what topics they cover then find a book which covers the same material but in a slightly different style (maybe different grammar, vocab, context). Whatever THEY'RE teaching, you teach the same thing the following week. The kids (I'm assuming that they're kids!) will feel "smart" because they've already covered the topic, but hopefully they won't be bored since the structure will be somewhat different.
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daz1979



Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Location: Gangwon-Do
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
OiGirl wrote:
How old are your students? What is their level? How often do you see them?


Ages 8 - 13.

I see them everyday.
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daz1979



Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Location: Gangwon-Do
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
pest2 wrote:
I got a book for my PS English summer camp because Im sick of making lesson plans all the time. Got it at Kyobo bookstore in Seoul (same bldg as China and Australia Embassy). They have many many Conversation books, but I got "real life stories".


Where is Kyobo? I've never been to Seoul before
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pest2



Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
daz1979 wrote:
pest2 wrote:
I got a book for my PS English summer camp because Im sick of making lesson plans all the time. Got it at Kyobo bookstore in Seoul (same bldg as China and Australia Embassy). They have many many Conversation books, but I got "real life stories".


Where is Kyobo? I've never been to Seoul before


Get on the subway, go to Gwangwhamoon station. Dont remember the line. Its 1 stop from Jongno sam ga, though... When you get out of any exit, its a big bldg that says, Kyobo. Cant miss it.
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peacemaker



Joined: 19 Sep 2006
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bandi and Luni's also has a nice selection of English books. There are two locations I know of. One is in COEX mall (Samseong Stn.) and the other is inside of Jongak Stn. (Blue line). Good luck!

P.S. If you've lived in Korea for 4 months and haven't been to Seoul yet, you're missing out!
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icicle



Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
peacemaker wrote:
Bandi and Luni's also has a nice selection of English books. There are two locations I know of. One is in COEX mall (Samseong Stn.) and the other is inside of Jongak Stn. (Blue line). Good luck!

P.S. If you've lived in Korea for 4 months and haven't been to Seoul yet, you're missing out!


I was recently at the one in Jongak Station ... having been to a couple of other book shops before ... and was impressed with the range of what they had ... I found it well worth a look.

Icicle
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rokricky



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: Yongsan, Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
peacemaker wrote:
Bandi and Luni's also has a nice selection of English books. There are two locations I know of. One is in COEX mall (Samseong Stn.) and the other is inside of Jongak Stn. (Blue line). Good luck!

P.S. If you've lived in Korea for 4 months and haven't been to Seoul yet, you're missing out!


Try close to 3 years and never been to Seoul. But uh, any one wanna join me here in Jeollabuk, I'm happy to play host. You could sample the local delicacies: raw octopus, fish paste, fermented skate, country steamed chicken, fresh and killed on premises served with a side of raw chicken breast. Sound appetizing?
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Jizzo T. Clown



Joined: 27 Mar 2006
Location: at my wit's end
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't write off the internet as a source of teaching material! Sites like www.esnips.com -- search for ESL, ddeubel's got lots of stuff you can use.

In this case, I think it would do you well to plan out a curriculum--nothing too inflexible, but somewhat structured so you have a general idea of what you're teaching every week (think of planning in terms of weeks). For example, Week 1: Monday-Wednesday, talk about rooms in the house, furniture, etc. Thursday review, songs, etc, and Friday pronunciation exercises, more review, games, etc...just thinking off the top of my head here...

In my case, I was told that everything is up to me, and my boss needed a plan for the last two months of school for all of my classes. Rather than freak out about it, I just looked in the table of contents of some beginner books (which luckily I brought with me) for topics to plan my courses. I use the same topics for both levels but alter the structures/vocab that I'm teaching. W