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[schlotzy]

I teach at a public high school and need to start having English classes with the Korean English speaking teachers fairly soon. Most of these teachers have a fairly high level of English and have spent anywhere from 1-5 years in native speaking countries. I'm not going to bore them with grammar lessons and I'm kind of at a loss for what to do. In the past they've done book clubs but that didn't fly. I thought about doing debates (formal ones) but I'm not sure if that's a good idea because of the different ages and the social hierarchy at my school.

What do you guys do? Any ideas?

[lukas]

I pick random conversation questions from this website

http://iteslj.org/questions/

then number them and have teachers pick one out of a box at random. Then discuss the question casually, or pass if people don't have a good answer for it. Chances are this class will fizzle out like it does at mine. I have one teacher come meet me every week out of six from the start.

If your teachers are motivated and want to learn English, they will tell you what they want to learn. If not they will come to class sporadically, and have no questions besides, "how do I learn English better?". In this case they will just ask you random personal & cultural questions about your home country.

Keep it light and fun unless otherwise requested, I think most teachers aren't interested in an intensive English class after dealing with kids and doing paperwork all day.

Cheers and good luck

[schlotzy]

Yeah I totally agree with a lot of what you said..However that sounds more like my classes with the regular Korean teachers. The English speaking koreans here would never ask me how to learn better English or ask about cultural differences. They speak really well. I will try the conversation idea for sure at some point. I just want something to keep them motivated and interested at a high school. I suppose you're right--one of the best ways to do that is discuss complicated, interesting material at a high level of English.

[AsiaESLbound]

converse and ask them what sorts of things they'd like to know more about and ask to them to ask you questions about anything. Treat them like adults. If they seem dissatisfied at some point, ask where you fell short of their expectations and what sorts of things they'd like to do to make their time more worthwhile. This puts more responsibility on them vs. you having all the responsibility.

[Easter Clark]

This is an original topic.

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[edwardcatflap]

Prepare a needs analysis form with several options and check boxes so they have to answer, then plan your lessons on what seems to be the most popular. Get hold of a decent book that covers what they want and photocopy it for lessons