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What's your overall feeling about the quality of feedback you recieve from your Korean co-teacher
Helpful and useful
30%
 30%  [ 6 ]
Vague and meaningless
55%
 55%  [ 11 ]
Intentionally bad- I'm being set up to fall.
15%
 15%  [ 3 ]
Total Votes : 20

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Fishead soup



Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:47 pm    Post subject: Quality of Korean Co-teachers feedback Reply with quote

What is your overall feeling about the quality of feedback offered by Korean co-teacher

Too little, too late, too vague. Unhelpful and sometimes intentionally deceptive.
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I go out of my way to integrate real-life situations into the curriculum. For instance, this week we're teaching daily schedules (I get up at 7 every day, etc...)

I submitted my powerpoint lesson and game weeks ago. She admitted to me that she only looked at the first 2 slides and assumed it was good. (It was fantastic. I showed a different teacher because she was curious, and she loved it and wants me to help her with making some games.) The presentations taught the basic daily tasks in the national curriculum (I wash my face at ___, I eat lunch at ___, I do my homework at___, I go to bed at__, etc...) and I added things like:
I ride a bike at ___
I do taekwondo at ___
I play the piano at ___
etc...

NO! It's not in the curriculum! Rolling Eyes

Ugh. Because teaching them to memorize 8 or 9 sentences teaches the concept of using this phrasing in daily life. Riiight. After explaining again and again, we tried the game on our next class. The kids loved it and were able to understand the concept within a matter of minutes.

Smile. Nod. Ignore. Proceed.
To whoever was the first to post this method, I salute you.
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dirving



Joined: 19 Nov 2009
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 12:37 am    Post subject: Re: Quality of Korean Co-teachers feedback Reply with quote

Fishead soup wrote:
What is your overall feeling about the quality of feedback offered by Korean co-teacher

Too little, too late, too vague. Unhelpful and sometimes intentionally deceptive.


At my pub sch. that was the upside! Evil or Very Mad
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dirving



Joined: 19 Nov 2009
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NYC_Gal wrote:
I go out of my way to integrate real-life situations into the curriculum. For instance, this week we're teaching daily schedules (I get up at 7 every day, etc...)

I submitted my powerpoint lesson and game weeks ago. She admitted to me that she only looked at the first 2 slides and assumed it was good. (It was fantastic. I showed a different teacher because she was curious, and she loved it and wants me to help her with making some games.) The presentations taught the basic daily tasks in the national curriculum (I wash my face at ___, I eat lunch at ___, I do my homework at___, I go to bed at__, etc...) and I added things like:
I ride a bike at ___
I do taekwondo at ___
I play the piano at ___
etc...

NO! It's not in the curriculum! Rolling Eyes

Ugh. Because teaching them to memorize 8 or 9 sentences teaches the concept of using this phrasing in daily life. Riiight. After explaining again and again, we tried the game on our next class. The kids loved it and were able to understand the concept within a matter of minutes.

Smile. Nod. Ignore. Proceed.
To whoever was the first to post this method, I salute you.


One of the coolest, kindest, and most rational posters ever in Dave's history (PIGSFACEWITHRICE) told me to kinda pretend that you are all Zen and stuff and think of the sun on a beautiful beach somewhere, the pay cheques, and whatever else can help one keep their sanity.

DI
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 12:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dirving wrote:
NYC_Gal wrote:
I go out of my way to integrate real-life situations into the curriculum. For instance, this week we're teaching daily schedules (I get up at 7 every day, etc...)

I submitted my powerpoint lesson and game weeks ago. She admitted to me that she only looked at the first 2 slides and assumed it was good. (It was fantastic. I showed a different teacher because she was curious, and she loved it and wants me to help her with making some games.) The presentations taught the basic daily tasks in the national curriculum (I wash my face at ___, I eat lunch at ___, I do my homework at___, I go to bed at__, etc...) and I added things like:
I ride a bike at ___
I do taekwondo at ___
I play the piano at ___
etc...

NO! It's not in the curriculum! Rolling Eyes

Ugh. Because teaching them to memorize 8 or 9 sentences teaches the concept of using this phrasing in daily life. Riiight. After explaining again and again, we tried the game on our next class. The kids loved it and were able to understand the concept within a matter of minutes.

Smile. Nod. Ignore. Proceed.
To whoever was the first to post this method, I salute you.


One of the coolest, kindest, and most rational posters ever in Dave's history (PIGSFACEWITHRICE) told me to kinda pretend that you are all Zen and stuff and think of the sun on a beautiful beach somewhere, the pay cheques, and whatever else can help one keep their sanity.

DI


Getting married this summer. Getting married this summer. Getting married this summer. Not planning a wedding and having an awesome honeymoon instead. This thought is my happy place Smile
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dirving



Joined: 19 Nov 2009
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 1:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Young lady,

God bless yer soon-to-be-married Heart! D.I. wishes ya the best!

Cordially and Sincerely,

dirving
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ta very much, fine sir!

We're planning on a honeymoon in India, so I can ride an elephant and wear the best summer clothes in the world. I even got him a pith helmet!
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dirving



Joined: 19 Nov 2009
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 1:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice!
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fergalreid



Joined: 02 Apr 2010
Location: Dublin, Ireland

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NYC_Gal wrote:
I even got him a pith helmet!


The locals will appreciate that Laughing I'm only a new poster on Dave's so forgive my presumptuousness (God, and possibly my spelling) in congratulating you on getting hitched Very Happy
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fergalreid wrote:
NYC_Gal wrote:
I even got him a pith helmet!


The locals will appreciate that Laughing I'm only a new poster on Dave's so forgive my presumptuousness (God, and possibly my spelling) in congratulating you on getting hitched Very Happy


Hehe well he IS English... It's for the sepia wedding photo. I want it olde tymey!

Thanks a bunch, by the way!

xoxo
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Fishead soup



Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NYC_Gal wrote:
Ta very much, fine sir!

We're planning on a honeymoon in India, so I can ride an elephant and wear the best summer clothes in the world. I even got him a pith helmet!


Make him grow a handlebar mustache and wear and old British army uniform and he'll look like something out of the Zulu wars.
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hehe now we don't want to get him killed.

I do like when he grows an old-school beard, though Smile
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mmstyle



Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: wherever

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2 never give me any. 1 tells me when he likes it. Generally speaking, when I talk to any of them, 50-90% of everything we say is misunderstood by the other person.

90% vague, 10% useful (which amounts to, I liked that lesson, subtext, Can we do more like that?).

What is it? Smile, nod, ignore, proceed?

Grats NYC Gal. My hubby and I kept it low key, and planned an awesome honeymoon and we were so happy with what we did! It was also a great way to focus on the good to come.
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Fishead soup



Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mmstyle wrote:
2 never give me any. 1 tells me when he likes it. Generally speaking, when I talk to any of them, 50-90% of everything we say is misunderstood by the other person.

90% vague, 10% useful (which amounts to, I liked that lesson, subtext, Can we do more like that?).

What is it? Smile, nod, ignore, proceed?

Grats NYC Gal. My hubby and I kept it low key, and planned an awesome honeymoon and we were so happy with what we did! It was also a great way to focus on the good to come.


A useful way to respond to poor advice that allows the other party to save face.
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 1:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mmstyle wrote:
2 never give me any. 1 tells me when he likes it. Generally speaking, when I talk to any of them, 50-90% of everything we say is misunderstood by the other person.

90% vague, 10% useful (which amounts to, I liked that lesson, subtext, Can we do more like that?).

What is it? Smile, nod, ignore, proceed?

Grats NYC Gal. My hubby and I kept it low key, and planned an awesome honeymoon and we were so happy with what we did! It was also a great way to focus on the good to come.


Yeah, I've been learning to smile like I work at DisneyLand (95% of the time, at least).

It helps when I wear a cute dress. For some reason, when students call me "Fashion Show Teacher" I'm in a great mood and little gets on my nerves. I'm just glad it's warm enough now! The days of black yoga pants and long sweaters have finally ended!
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