Korean Job Discussion Forums

[asmith]

My co-teacher wants me to make a hand-out for every class.

Do you guys make a lot of materials.

Or do you just use your books.

Or do you use handouts from the internet.

[andrewchon]

I use the books. I used to make handouts, what a waste of trees they were. I make them write these days.

[Fishead soup]

Google Finchpark

This stuff is awesome.
I don't make any of my materials.

[asmith]

My co-teacher wants orginal material.

In other words, I'm not allowed to use finchpark.

She's being a real ball buster.

[HapKi]

For several years I wrote my own materials.
Then I got my materials published as a coursebook.
Now I just use the book.

A lot of the Finch stuff is good for TBL.
Also, http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

[Fishead soup]

[Clockout]

Make all my own materials.

Usually a worksheet of some kind. Waste of trees indeed but I don't know a better way.

[bish]

I make a handout for most classes. Usually centred around practical language and a particular grammar point.

Not very difficult IMO and you will be able to adapt ideas you have found on line. Why don't you do a basic worksheet and supplement it with materials you find online?

[son of coco]

[JJJ]

[Xuanzang]

[asmith]

Do you know any good sites. I tired www.eslprintables.com but I don't have enough points to download anything.

[Fishead soup]

I smell supervisor. These clowns all live in Ivory towers. I can remember all those camps and workshops they always insited that everyone make and teach their own materials. The material made by Korean teachers ended up being really bad reading based materials. Why don't these people just butt out they do more damage than good.

[The Gipkik]

My co-teachers help me out a lot. I'm an ideas kind of guy. I shoot them the ideas for lesson plans and they prepare the material, including running down to the printing room to print and laminate. I'm a hard working guy, so it's not like I'm sitting on my throne and dispensing sage advice. It's a matter of reciprocity. The only materials i am making from scratch these days are listening conversations with fill in the blanks (cloze listening). Great way to keep students on their toes and soaking up some real world English even as the focus is on the curriculum. I read the full conversations to the students, first time fast, second time slowly, we practice chorally, in groups, and sometimes in pairs. Great way to keep the momentum going and making the conversations is dead easy.

[D.D.]

I have the students make up there own stuff. I show a video or part of a video and then they make mind maps and use those to construct their own sentences. It sure fills in a void in English education in Korea. How can people speak in sentences if they can't even construct one?