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Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

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turtlepi1 · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

mithridates · Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:13 am Post subject:

Often the ones that are in the middle of studying Korean have the least classroom control. Kids aren't impressed by "ģ�� ⸦ �� ?" (see, the teacher has mastered the double negative Surprised

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The correct way to quiet the kids is to say 'zip it!' with the zipper motion to your lips. If that doesn't work then you can bust out a little '��, �� ϶� ��ݼ�!' People learning intermediate Korean are usually always thinking about complex sentences with two or more phrases.

bosintang · Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:26 am Post subject:

Unless you are having very serious discipline problems with an individual student, something serious enough to involve parental involvement, and way beyond the scope of what most hagwons are equipped to handle, there should be no need to speak Korean for classroom discipline at all. If anything, I can only see that being counter-productive. Teacher speak Korean, teacher serious. Teacher speak English, teacher not serious.

peppermint · Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject:

not all of us teach at a hagwon though. In a room with 45 kids, they often tune out any and all English.

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

Whatever works. When the students beg me to speak Korean, I make it a point not to. It's all about distraction and diversion.

For some of my middle school classes, I have done translation exercises where I read a sentence in Korean and they have to translate to English.

They seemed to really enjoy it. They actually paid attention and were quiet, listening to the other students answers.

This is not something I do everyday, but once in a while it can be OK.

If you get the English 3030 book, you can find short command sentences in both Korean and English.

Things like: Be quiet!
Don't fight!
Sit down!

etc.

I have never used these things in class though. When I want quiet I scream "Quiet!" and they know very well what I mean.

When I do use Korean, it's usually to make some little joke or something to lighten the mood.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

I very rarely use Korean in class. Especially for classroom commands. I want my students to practice listening and speaking as much as possible.

Ocassionally I might go 'yah sam ban, joyonghi!" but that's about it.