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[P-dog]

Hi,

Just started to try and enforce a no korean talking policy in my classroom which is proving to be rather difficult. Have cut out the main korean talking that went on but now it is just the chit chat that goes on i can't get rid of. The problem is that when i ask them what they just said and explain it in english they can translate well. But i can't get them to talk in english first in general discussion.

Does anyone have only english in their classroom and if you do how do you enforce it????

Or am i just a wishful thinker

[SuperHero]

[Smee]

How old and what level? It worked in my first hagwon because the kids had extremely good English and could mostly get by without Korean. If they wanted to ask a classmate something in Korean, they asked permission first.

In a public middle school it's impossible. I'd be thrilled if my coteachers spoke English in the classroom, to say nothing of the students. Students below a certain level simply don't have the skills or the motivation to do it, so if that's your environment, don't even try it. You can encourage them to speak English, rather than discouraging them to speak Korean, by showing how to say certain things in English. After all, the stuff they say in Korean to each other is usually quite easy: "What page?" "Give me a pencil" "What did he say?"

[Sody]

Full immersion classes are excellent ideas for adult classes and in most cases high school classes. But they are a bad idea for elementary and middle school. That goes for hagwon classes to some extent although it is possible in some hagwons provided you have a good school with good teachers.

[crazy tigger]

I teach at a hogwan, so might not work at a public school, but what I do is I write the students names on the board and every time they speak Korean I put a mark next to their name. Originally I did it where they had to have 10 days of no student speaking Korean more than twice and they got a snack party. Now they enjoy ratting each other out too much and don't seem bothered there is no reward for it. I do intend to have some sort of punishment for those that get a few marks next to their name (maybe a bit of extra homework, having to sing a song, depends on the class) but I haven't actually got to this point.

If you have a large class maybe do the same system but as a team? Then they would have the peer pressure aspect too.

[Juregen]

I also enforce it in a very gentle way.

The ones I know have limited capability don't get punished as much, those I know are capable get more severe reprimand when they do speak Korean.

[mrsquirrel]

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[kermo]

[crusher_of_heads]

[Ilsanman]

Be careful. The student may spit in your water or pee in your tea.

[RobinR]

I'd be thrilled if my freaking BOSS (who speaks English fine) would speak to the students primarily in English... one of the most annoying things for me.

[Lekker]

I scare the Korean out of them by slamming my hand down on their desk as hard, as loud, and as fast as I can. Usually with pre teens this works quite well, but I only do it when I really have to, after I tell them about 5 times to stop talking. It works. It helps if you are big like me and can be menacing to them because they are little and weak.

[P-dog]

Yep I am at a hagwon which makes it a bit difficult but i now have my own classroom which helps a bit as i have said in my classroom it is english only. Will try some of these tips and see how it goes.

[kermo]

[ibu]

I would just look at the pupil who is guilty of it... like this.



me: English MotherFUCK-ER do you speak it??

Then continue.