Korean Job Discussion Forums

[oldfatfarang]

Trying again. I've got a new job (public girls' high school) and have not taught large high school classes before.

There's no text book - and little direction, "you make your own lessons - about anything - the Korean teachers use the text book etc."

Any ideas on a text for girls' high? I want to concentrate on speaking/everyday communication and writing. I can make my own lessons from text-books etc - using their themes and dialogues.

I've been told the last NET played some 'games' - but I'm not sure if these were really 'activities.' I'm not interested in games.

Any help appreciated.

[BS.Dos.]

*beep* that shit.

Get yourself up to Kyobo and pick up a copy of English Communication 2 (1 if you're not at an academic HS) by Michael A. Pulack and Kum-Bae Cho (not listed on Amazon, but Kyobo do stock it). Run it through PowerPoint with some snazzy animations, interlaced with some activites of your own and voila. You'll be sorted for the rest of the year.

[Teachurrrr]

Interchange 1 (Student book without the workbook) works for me at our high school. There are so many group activities to be derived from it, this one textbook can be used for 2 years (4 quarters) for 1st and 2nd grade high school students. Most bookstores can order it in a matter of days in bulk.

Richards, J., Hull, J., and Proctor, S. (2005), Interchange Third Edition (Students Book 1). New York, Cambridge University Press.

Whatever book you choose, make sure you coordinate with a co-teacher or someone from the English Department to make an order with the local bookstore. Also, make sure homeroom teachers are aware of your request so they can help you get the students to actually buy their books. You can also direct a million student questions (where, how much, etc.) and subsequent whining (too expensive) to their homeroom teachers.

Also have consequences (writing sheets) ready (like writing sentences outside in the hallway) for students who refuse to be prepared for class by purchasing a textbook. This will encourage most students to get their textbook and remove those students who are not prepared for class (thus more prone to go off-task and disrupt the learning process). Within a week (or two), everyone should have textbooks in class and you are ready to let the learning begin in a positive, fruitful manner. I hope some of this may be helpful. Good luck!

[ddeubel]

This book doesn't have any audio but it is far superior and teachable and teacher friendly than anything you'd find. Teaching using Korea as a context will make your life soooo much easier. My recommendation. download, print, bind set....

See EFL Classroom's Korea folder in the Resources Share area for lots more to supplement teaching English through Korea as a topic.

Cheers,

David

[Yu_Bum_suk]

First question: academic or vocational / technical. 'Cuz I do both, and I can tell you that the best approaches for each really differ.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[bogey666]

[oldfatfarang]

[bogey666]

[ilovebdt]

I used Let's Talk book 2 and 3 with my highschoolers.
It concentrates on listening and speaking. You can get it from most Korean book shops and it comes with tapes or CDs aswell.

ilovebdt

[oldfatfarang]

[teacha]

[ddeubel]

This will probably help [url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/1tzvy92j39m/Tell Me More.zip]This HERE[/url]

Also, look under Korea in our mediafire account on EFL Classroom 2.0. Just click the mediafire logo button.

Good to know it is practical and of help.

DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

[oldfatfarang]

Thanks DD,
I'll check out that MS stuff later (busy now).

Also, thanks heaps for the High School material. I've been using it with my 'elite' MS after school kids - and they're lapping it up.
Thanks heaps.

[Xuanzang]

ddeubel - the PDF file says it is damaged and cant be repaired when i try to open it in adobe. Anyone else have this problem?