Korean Job Discussion Forums

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

I teach uni, and I see each class just once a week. Every time I see them I ask, "So how was your week, did you do anything interesting?" No response. So then I say "Well, if someone doesn't volunteer I'm going to pick someone to tell me ALL about thier weekend" No response. Then I pick someone "What did you do on the weekend" ... answer "Study"

Bullsh*t ... I've come to the conclusion that they just make the simplest answer to get me off their back.

When pushed, they went out on Friday night and got hammered, Saturday they played pc games all day, Sat night they had a "meeting" or blind date, but it didn't go well cause "She had no manners", Sunday went to church "Was, it exciting?" "Yes!" ( bullsh*t, you just want me to stop talking to you and you think that saying yes is what I want to hear and will end the exchange quicker, because if you say no you have to explain why ) Sunday night, watched a movie ...

Sinse when was going to church exciting? Do they even know what I'm saying when I move my mouth and sounds come out of it? Are they even thinking at all, is the brain connected to the mouth?

I give up ...

[jajdude]

Hey kiwi get off my back you know I hate English and have to be here and can't speak it and feel embarrassed whenever you ask me a question and i'm korean and afraid to make mistakes and lose face or else if I can speak English well but don't want to show up my classmates who are poor at English....

methinks you cant win kiwi... by the way, are your sleeep habits as bad as mine?

[peppermint]

Didn't you ever study a foreign language in school? I did the same things when I studied French- largely cause I hated both the language and the teacher. (Had the same one throughout high school)

My students try to do the same thing , and I call them on it. I say that if they want to be lazy it's their right, but ther must be more interesting ways to waste money.

[Crois]

Hey my Middle and Younger kids say the same. Does this mean they are also getting drunk? Damn they are good kids!!!
HEEHEE

[katydid]

What really bugs me here is the "just say yes" mentality here. They would rather not say they don't understand something than admit they don't. I don't know whether it's pure laziness or a feeling of deference to the teacher or what, but that one thing drives me up the wall.

[jaebea]

Katy, to quote a great man, "A little bit of column A and a little bit of column B".. :)

HEHEHE

jae.

[kangnamdragon]

It sounds like the students are just lazy and don't want to take the time to respond.

[djsmnc]

Girls often speak more than guys in my classes. Sexiest girls speak the most. Interesting dynamic...

[Toby]

[the saint]

[Newbie]

What's wrong with church?!? Sure it ain't as fun as soju, yangju, and mekju, but it ain't all that bad.

[sid]

"Also what of students from countries where talking about oneself is perhaps alien in the mother tongue, let alone in English? The current coursebook "ping-pong" from reading a newspaper or magazine text, or listening to a radio programme extract, to "now talk about yourself" must be quite culturally uncomfortable for such learners to cope with."


The original article (not particularly relevant to this thread,except for the above paragraph)
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/story/0,5500,1170580,00.html

It's obvious that the typical textbook agenda of 'what are your hobbies?' 'what did you do last summer?' doesn't often sit very well with Korean students; question is do you force them into doing it (cos that's what we talk about in 'English') or do you try and find a more Korean-friendly 'English' instead?

[rapier]

[Eazy_E]

Try asking them to talk about something specific, the more controversial the better. The Japanese occupation, military service, selective abortions, etc. I don't have adult students but those are the first things I would try. I like to see people get all het up.

[kiwiboy_nz_99]