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missjulia
Joined: 22 Sep 2009
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 Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:48 am Post subject: Working at a public elementary school.. |
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Does anyone have experiences to share?
How much knowledge do the students have?
Is there a curriculum or do you just go day by day?
Do you give quizzes/tests?
Im assuming its different for every school, but i'd love to hear some stories and experiences!!! |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:56 am Post subject: |
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thoreau
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:03 am Post subject: Re: Working at a public elementary school.. |
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| missjulia wrote: |
Does anyone have experiences to share?
How much knowledge do the students have?
Is there a curriculum or do you just go day by day?
Do you give quizzes/tests?
Im assuming its different for every school, but i'd love to hear some stories and experiences!!! |
Most (all?) public elementary schools have a canned curriculum.
There is a book with lessons and a DVD that has audio/visual material to supplement the book. Some elementary teachers I've spoke with say they feel like a pronunciation machine. They chime in when the Korean teacher wants a particular word or phrase reinforced.
However just because there is a set curriculum doesn't mean its any good.
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yfb
Joined: 29 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:31 am Post subject: |
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There is a book. However, like thoreau said, following the book will result in boring - and frankly, painful - classes. I'd like to visit the fantasy world the book's author must be in where the teacher could fill 40 minutes with that thing alone.
The curriculum is far, far too easy for the 5th graders I'm teaching. Most of these kids to go hagwons and apparently that's where the real learning takes place. I try to go for some modicum of challenge. As an example, instead of writing the words and letters in the "Let's Write" section the normal way, I have them write in cursive.
The one upside of having a national curriculum is that other teachers have already covered the lessons and posted them on Mediafire. So it's not all bad.
You can view the curriculum videos here.
http://www.youtube.com/TenchiAbel |
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lovebug
Joined: 29 Apr 2009
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many of us take the target language of each lesson and find/make/develop our own ppts/games/activies around it. i'll show the videos to present the text but be forewarned that the depiction of the black kid in it is shamelessly racist. next year i plan to have my higher levels write their own scripts and we'll film them.
there's plenty of smoe/gepik websites where you can share files and use ppt templates to make games. just planning a lesson takes me an hour, max. if i'm laminating and cutting, then it'll take me longer.
added bonus: some co-teachers are awesome and help you find stuff. bad news: some co-teachers won't let you do anything besides the book.
students vary greatly from area to area. most of my students handle the material in the book well, but i have about 50 very low levels out of my 360 6th graders. some students can't read and some students are practically fluent. it's quite the adventure.... |
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