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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| Derrek wrote: |
| Has anyone ever heard of one of these going bad? I've done two now, and both went off well. |
I've seen one that was not so good. Their native speaker was like an over paid tape recorder. |
I saw one rehearsed halloween class where the teacher was showing the students the origination of halloween. He then delved a little too far from his expertise, trying to teach them the geography of the UK. Unfortunately, he forgot to include Wales. 
I was polite and didn't say anything. Another teacher at the Open Class wasn't so kind. |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| 18 classes in one day? 15 minutes each I hope. |
yep and now it's over and i'm dead dead dead tired. |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Welcome back Casey's Moon, we've missed thee! |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Hanson wrote: |
| Welcome back Casey's Moon, we've missed thee! |
Not sure if that's sarcasm or not, but assuming not, I actually never left completely -- I still read the job discussion board and question and answer board, and post occasionally.
If you are being sincere, then, thanks.   |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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Absolutely sincere!
I remember seeing a post of yours a few months back saying goodbye... that you were spending too much time on Dave's. I remember thinking you were one of the more level-headed posters here, so I was sad to see you go.
Welcome back. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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In my experience open classes are total shams. I've been to one and our school has put on two, and in all of them it was obvious to anyone with a brain that the students had been coached and drilled on the correct answers to everything.
In the class we attended at a different school the lesson presented was pretty terrible, it was all over the place and the movie clip was an awful choice. It was clearly just for show. Unfortunately two of the native speakers who attended failed to realize what everybody else did and were quite indignant, really lighting into the host school's teacher.
Our classes were somewhat more real, the kids spent two weeks putting together their own presentations and doing their own research. Even so everything was scripted in a way a real class never is, with rehearsals and everything. The only person who benefited was our principal, who got to look good and generally strut and preen. Pretty much just a waste of time all around. |
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indiercj
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| Derrek wrote: |
| Has anyone ever heard of one of these going bad? I've done two now, and both went off well. |
I've seen one that was not so good. Their native speaker was like an over paid tape recorder. |
I highly doubt that those who ruined their open classes would dare to post the stories here.
Once again, it amuses me to find that the most whining bunch usually don't participate in productive threads like this one. |
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