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[Demophobe]

Ok, this will be my last post in this thread.

Apparently, I wasn't clear...at least, I will give you all the benefit of my self-doubt.

I am simply talking about when a word comes up out of the plan...you know...a surprise question?! Of course, for those of you with stunned, silent students, or perhaps sleeping through your meticulously planned-to-the-second lesson in which no one even asks a question that you haven't accounted for, you wouldn't know what I am getting at.

My students are lively and very openly inquisitive. I encourage that. Now, instead of shutting down a good question because it's not in my plan or because I really need all the alotted time to get my work with the students done, I will throw out the needed answer in Korean, then get back to the lesson. I don't teach the whole class in Korean, ok?

Also, explaining an activity that isn't bingo or hangman. Something that is actually a bit complex...trying to pantomime how to approach it for 20 minutes is a grand waste of time (which is often in short enough supply as it is), when they will benefit tenfold more from understanding how to do it as fast as possible, then getting on with the deed.

Now, to clarify, or defend, however you see it...I fall back on Korean outside of these situations only very occasionally, and I have already admitted it's wrong.

As far as lesson plans, you need not think you have any hand of worth on me here. I have developed my own course from the top down over the course of two years, beginning during my 3-year university tenure in Korea, and culminating while teaching in college in Canada. It is currently being copywritten for use as an ESL standalone curriculum.

I shouldn't feel the need to prove anything here, but some of you seem a tad vindictive.

Over and Out.