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kba4life
Joined: 03 Jun 2010
Location: California
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 Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:56 pm Post subject: No prior teaching experience |
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I'll be heading over to Ilsan in August and just wanted to reach out and see how those with no prior teaching experience dealt with their particular job. I graduated 2 years ago with a business degree so I have absolutely NO experience and/or training.
Also, the kids at the school where I'll be stationed already speak English, presumably I would teach classes tied to my major. Any tips/thoughts/experiences would be greatly appreciated! |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| presumably I would teach classes tied to my major |
It might be a good idea to start by finding out exactly what you are supposed to be teaching. |
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vaticanhotline
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: in the most decent sometimes sun
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: No prior teaching experience |
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| kba4life wrote: |
Also, the kids at the school where I'll be stationed already speak English, presumably I would teach classes tied to my major. |
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. No offence dude, but if you're not teaching in an International School or a University, then it's much more likely that (a) the kids don't speak English as well as you think, and (b) the closest you'll be getting to teaching classes tied to your major is teaching them how to pay for food in a restaurant/shop. As far as teaching goes, most of the people who come here have no experience. I wouldn't be too worried about it. Best thing to do is get a TEFL so that you'll have some notion of how to teach the classes when the time comes. |
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Good luck dude. I've got the same background and I'm the first FT at a technical school. You better hope you don't get one of these. |
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byrddogs
Joined: 19 Jun 2009
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:52 am Post subject: Re: No prior teaching experience |
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| kba4life wrote: |
Also, the kids at the school where I'll be stationed already speak English, presumably I would teach classes tied to my major. |
So, you will be teaching kids that "already speak English" business English? |
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:54 am Post subject: |
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Real back the expectations buddy. Many a newb come here expecting to be a real teacher and find out they are just living tape players and or dancing monkeys. As people said check before your leap!. Take everything a school says with a heap of salt.
"This Student speaks English well" = this student can repeat "I'm fine thank you, and you to the question How is the weather... Anything past that good luck...
"The area you will be teaching in is a professional area filled with doctors and lawyers children" = yea you might get a couple of students who are amazing but the rest will be ok to morons.
"You will have a co-teacher" = Can mean from a wonderful symbiotic relationship to some sleeping old geezer with seniority in the corner who speaks no English... very likely the latter.
"The school is a fifteen minute walk from your apartment" = Whoops we meant 15 minutes by car but if your lucky the bus will take 45 minutes.
"We are a professional school" = "We expect you to be perfect, and fill out tonnes of useless paperwork, and teach topics you have not idea to teach, and still we the school will not be professional as we can not organize a thing and we just do not care about you - this relationship will be one sided - now get back to work....
"Close to ....." = Yep if you take a taxi
Good Luck |
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