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Hyeon Een
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 Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: New Korean Teachers Exam - Essay section |
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From next year there will be a new essay writing section to the Korean teachers exam. Does anyone know anything about it? Is it going to be like a TOEFL essay? Standard 5 paragraph essay format? Is it going to be about education related topics, or just a regular EFL essay?
I'm going to be teaching English Education graduate students how to prepare for this portion of their test. But I don't know anything about it yet =) It will be included for the first time next year. Anyone know more than me? |
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moosehead
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can bet your bottom $ it's not gonna be graded by a native speaker  |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah I was thinking the same thing.. I guess I'll need to train them to write for a Korean audience haha. Maybe articles and subject-verb agreement won't matter =) |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: Re: New Korean Teachers Exam - Essay section |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| From next year there will be a new essay writing section to the Korean teachers exam. Does anyone know anything about it? Is it going to be like a TOEFL essay? Standard 5 paragraph essay format? Is it going to be about education related topics, or just a regular EFL essay? |
It will be multiple choice. |
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genezorm
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Location: Mokpo
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: New Korean Teachers Exam - Essay section |
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I have an example test here...its ten pages, and I bet most native speakers would have difficulty with it.......
the final question, the essay......
21. Read the statement below and follow the directions.
In Korea, female teachers outnumber male teachers in secondary schools. Therefore, to ensure that a certain proportion of male teachers be recruited, a quota system should be implemented.
Do you agree or disagree with the statement above? You must take one of the two positions. Write a paragraph in English supporting your position under the following guidelines.
- Include a topic sentence that clearly shows your position.
- Defend you position with two specific reasons.
- Provide elaborating details to support your reasons.
- Use neat handwriting.
- Use approximatley 100 words. |
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boyne11
Joined: 08 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: New Korean Teachers Exam - Essay section |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| From next year there will be a new essay writing section to the Korean teachers exam. Does anyone know anything about it? Is it going to be like a TOEFL essay? Standard 5 paragraph essay format? Is it going to be about education related topics, or just a regular EFL essay? |
It will be multiple choice. |
Yeah, maybe true or false.  |
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Johnwayne
Joined: 28 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: New Korean Teachers Exam - Essay section |
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| genezorm wrote: |
I have an example test here...its ten pages, and I bet most native speakers would have difficulty with it.......
the final question, the essay......
21. Read the statement below and follow the directions.
In Korea, female teachers outnumber male teachers in secondary schools. Therefore, to ensure that a certain proportion of male teachers be recruited, a quota system should be implemented.
Do you agree or disagree with the statement above? You must take one of the two positions. Write a paragraph in English supporting your position under the following guidelines.
- Include a topic sentence that clearly shows your position.
- Defend you position with two specific reasons.
- Provide elaborating details to support your reasons.
- Use neat handwriting.
- Use approximatley 100 words. |
You are kidding, right? 100 words? I think the only challenge would be staying within the 100 words. |
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Suwoner10
Joined: 10 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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100 words? LOL  |
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boyne11
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Suwoner10 wrote: |
| 100 words? LOL |
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ceesgetdegrees
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: New Korean Teachers Exam - Essay section |
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| genezorm wrote: |
I have an example test here...its ten pages, and I bet most native speakers would have difficulty with it.......the final question, the essay......
21. Read the statement below and follow the directions.
In Korea, female teachers outnumber male teachers in secondary schools. Therefore, to ensure that a certain proportion of male teachers be recruited, a quota system should be implemented.
Do you agree or disagree with the statement above? You must take one of the two positions. Write a paragraph in English supporting your position under the following guidelines.
- Include a topic sentence that clearly shows your position.
- Defend you position with two specific reasons.
- Provide elaborating details to support your reasons.
- Use neat handwriting.
- Use approximatley 100 words. |
The only native speakers having difficulty with that question would be those who graduated from kho san road university or the like. |
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blurgalurgalurga
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| 100 words? It's not an essay test, it's a paragraph test. |
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genezorm
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: New Korean Teachers Exam - Essay section |
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[quote="ceesgetdegrees"]
| genezorm wrote: |
I have an example test here...its ten pages, and I bet most native speakers would have difficulty with it.......the final question, the essay......
The only native speakers having difficulty with that question would be those who graduated from kho san road university or the like. |
I meant most natives speakers would have difficulty with the rest of the test. Not the question i posted. |
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Boodleheimer
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| do they get an hour to write their paragraph? |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: Re: New Korean Teachers Exam - Essay section |
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| genezorm wrote: |
Do you agree or disagree with the statement above? You must take one of the two positions. Write a paragraph in English supporting your position under the following guidelines.
- Include a topic sentence that clearly shows your position.
- Defend you position with two specific reasons.
- Provide elaborating details to support your reasons.
- Use neat handwriting.
- Use approximatley 100 words. |
I helped an ex co-teacher with some of these teachers' test essays this year. It's harder than you think for a non-native speaker.
The 'essay' is indeed a paragraph - but it's not easy for them to condense a logical argument (supported by evidence sentences) into 100 words. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject: Re: New Korean Teachers Exam - Essay section |
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| oldfatfarang wrote: |
I helped an ex co-teacher with some of these teachers' test essays this year. It's harder than you think for a non-native speaker.
The 'essay' is indeed a paragraph - but it's not easy for them to condense a logical argument (supported by evidence sentences) into 100 words. |
I teach academic writing to the more advanced speakers at my uni, and as we just inished our unit on opinion paragraphs, let me just say "No shit!" |
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