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[hochhasd]

I am curious about your experiences with the mother classes. I have 26 signed up for an elementary school in the Gepik area and I am wondering is this a normal class size and how many will eventually leave after a while? My co-teacher planned numerous activities for a two hour class once a week,but I explained to her they may want to learn other things than what we are going to try to teach them. By the way the principal told the parents when they signed up that if a parent does not show up I believe two times in a row that person will be dropped from the class Thanks for the feedback

[lostintranslation100]

You'll probably loose at least half of them. Is your co-teacher teaching the class with you? That'd be a real drag. I have a 2-hour mothers class once a week. We basically sit around drinking coffee and practicing English conversation. Most of my mothers know pretty good English, but writing is a real drag for them so we do a lot of grammar work.

Good luck with it! Don't worry, I think the mother's class is the easiest class to teach.

[hochhasd]

[Horangi Munshin]

I think at most about 10 signed up, the current lot were in the second intake. The core of 4-5 regulars have been coming for over a year now. Tomorrow we'll be doing running dictation.

[lostintranslation100]

The thing is, you gotta make lesson plans for everything you teach. If you get audited with missing lesson plans, you could get into trouble. Just spend 5 minutes typing up some stupid stuff in case they need it for auditing. That's too bad about the co-teachers involvement, I feel for you. They didn't tell me what to do, just said "2 hours a week, have fun".

The thing I found about the mothers class is that they're more curious about hearing about your home country than perfecting their English. Don't get me wrong, they're loving the free English lessons and want to improve as much as they can. Just be sure to have lots of conversational practice.

For example, every morning I ask them what they did last weekend. I let each of them answer. Then you can help correct the mistakes in their answers. They are fiends for individual attention, so this is a good way to start things off.

But then again, with a co-teacher and the principle looking over your shoulder, it's probably a whole different ball game. If you have any questions about material or what to do, feel free to ask. I was pretty worried when I heard I first had a mother's class, but it's actually relieving to teach older people.

[cruisemonkey]

You can always talk about things they are interested in. For example:
How to manage the family finances;
the quality of the English instructor at the kids' hagwon;
laundry;
the quality this year's gochu;
a 'trick' way of folding cabbage;
how much hubby spent last month in a hostess bar.

[hochhasd]

[lostintranslation100]

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I think after a month we will be down to 10 mothers and I will be running the show. I think the reason the co-teacher is involved is she feels the mothers have limited english ability.[/quote]

Yeah, that's usually what happens. The mothers who don't speak good English feel embarrassed and disappear into the abyss after a few classes. Then it's just the mothers who speak pretty good English.

[Juregen]

[hochhasd]

[Chris_Dixon]

the quality this year's gochu;



hahahahaha

[cruisemonkey]