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[Rain]

Do any of your schools have techniques to make the kids speak ONLY English in the classrooms? Is there a way to make the kids take a pledge and work out an agreement with the parents? I think 1/2 the time in classes is Korean speaking among the students, which is 99% chatter. Have any of you found a school-wide technique to stop this?

[oneiros]

My system works because my hogwan has a sticker/bribe program going. If the kids collect enough stickers, they win a prize. If your hogwan doesn't have this going, you might have to substitute your own reward.

I like positive reinforcement, so this is my best system. Divide the class into two teams. Give each team 100 points. Each time a team member speaks Korean, or breaks a class room rule, their team loses a point. The winning team gets a sticker/reward. My classes rarely speak Korean, unless someone forgets and slips up.

[tomato]

Hello, Rain!

Here are some earlier threads on exactly the same topic:

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=1274&highlight=

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=4351&highlight=

and on a related topic:

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=13908&highlight=