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travelhappy
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 Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:41 am Post subject: Please help... inquiring about teaching for SMOE |
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Hey Guys,
I was wondering if anyone could let me know how the classroom is set-up for schools directed by SMOE (specifically the elementary sector)? Do you know if you have to teach blocks of pronunciation, listening, reading, etc. and if so are these classes divided further according to English level? I am thinking about lesson plans, so I need to know how the class/classes would be set-up.
Any help is appreciated.
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Please help... inquiring about teaching for SMOE |
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| travelhappy wrote: |
Hey Guys,
I was wondering if anyone could let me know how the classroom is set-up for schools directed by SMOE (specifically the elementary sector)? Do you know if you have to teach blocks of pronunciation, listening, reading, etc. and if so are these classes divided further according to English level? I am thinking about lesson plans, so I need to know how the class/classes would be set-up.
Any help is appreciated.
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It widely depends on the school as to how the classroom is setup... My school has an English room where the kids come for their lessons, and then leave when they're done... In schools without you have to jump from homeroom to homeroom with your box of supplies and teach there...
What you're teaching also depends on the school... Some schools (mine for example, an elementary school) have a set curriculum with a CD-Rom and textbook for the kids to learn from.... There's a lot of listen and repeat, and generally the lessons are pretty bad, lol... At other schools I've heard of NSETs having to come up with an entire curriculum for their students... At yet other schools I've heard the Co-teacher does his or her own thing and the NSET simply serves as a glorified tape recorder, lol...
You probably won't be teaching reading skills... The government believes that one can learn English simply by listening and repeating (  ) and so unless you can fit it into what your co-teacher wants (or are creating your own program) good luck trying to get some decent English reading time in your classroom... Not sure about others, but my classes have never been divided by level... Throw 30 kids into a room and let them listen to me repeat English phrases from the CD-Rom for 50 minutes once or twice a week...
As for lesson plans, they're a joke... Most schools don't care if you do them or not... My school asked for lesson plans, but told me they couldn't be over 2 or 3 pages and should be copied from the teacher's manual that comes with our CD-Rom... Yesterday I was chair warming for half a day and in 2 hours I managed to create 4 months worth of plans for my grade 3s... I've basically created a template (all the lessons from all the units are exactly alike, just with different topics covered) where I just punch in the page numbers from the student and teacher's books, and a few sample questions, and that's it.... lol |
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maingman
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Location: left Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: , |
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egrog1717 wrote :
As for lesson plans, they're a joke...
Forum: Job-related Discussion Forum Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:17 pm Subject:
Lesson PLANS !  |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: , |
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| maingman wrote: |
egrog1717 wrote :
As for lesson plans, they're a joke...
Forum: Job-related Discussion Forum Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:17 pm Subject:
Lesson PLANS ! |
Were you trying to link to something? lol... |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| egrog is 100% correct. The nature of your entire school, class, co-teachers and books will depend on the individual school. |
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travelhappy
Joined: 21 May 2008
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks all for your responses.. especially egrog. I guess I have to wait and see what the school is like.
Currently, I am taking a Tesl course, so I wanted to create a lesson plan similar to how I would be teaching, once hired. Also, I wanted to know what I was in for and prepare if possible.
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MattAwesome
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| you should be diligent enough to know what you are teaching and how to tailor it to the needs of your kids. if they cant read, make them read. if they cant havea conversation... have a lot of dialogue activities. listening and repeating wont have a meaning effect by itself. |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| MattAwesome wrote: |
| you should be diligent enough to know what you are teaching and how to tailor it to the needs of your kids. if they cant read, make them read. if they cant havea conversation... have a lot of dialogue activities. listening and repeating wont have a meaning effect by itself. |
+1...
And to add, if you're really interested in teaching these kids (as opposed to just earning a paycheque) do everything you can to add understanding and meaning to the language that you're teaching... Anyone can teach a parot to say "Fine thanks, and you?", but unless it knows that that means what's the point?
(There's pretty much none of that in the elementary school curriculum...) |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Make it interesting. use EFL classroom stuff. Invent your own. Bring in materials or AVs you think is relevant to the lesson. |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| Make it interesting. use EFL classroom stuff. Invent your own. Bring in materials or AVs you think is relevant to the lesson. |
Or have a co-teacher like mine who hates when you try and add stuff to the lesson, and spend your days repeating dialogs from the CD-Rom, lol... |
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