Korean Job Discussion Forums

[andrew]

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[SuperHero]

[forgesteel]

[Ody]

one word,

Clue




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[joe_doufu]

By the subject line, I thought this would be a thread about teaching English for the "Adult Business" industry.

They've got to learn the dirty talk from somewhere, ya know?

[peppermint]

Games at that age are great, even better if you've got a prize for the winners. I've seen men in their 50s, execs of the company saying "neener neener!" to the other execs because they won a hershey's kiss.

Monopoly might be good- but a game that they could finish within the class time would probably be better.

If you'll play in teams, make sure you understand the pecking order in the class when dividing them up. Can't have the boss losing face in front of his underlings and all that.

English Jeopardy has worked rather well for me. Categories like opposites, past tense, idioms, Korean trivia, translations(you say the korean word) etc

[jinks]

One game that has a high language content and needs little teacher preparation time is a version of the old standard "Categories." You can play it individually, but for generating English talk I like to split the class into 3 or 4 small teams - more than 2 teams works best for scoring purposes.
This is what you do:
split the class into teams
explain the term 'categories' and the rules of the game
1] teacher writes a category on the board - start with an easy one e.g 'fruit' 'countries' 'animals' etc.
2] each team works quietly and quickly [stopwatch] to compile a list of 5 [or, whatever] items from the nominated category
3] at the end of the allocated time the teacher writes everyone's list up on the whiteboard. Each item written down wins the team 1 point, if a team has written an item that no other team has mentioned then they win 2 points - this encourages the teams to stretch their lexicon rather than just jot down 'cat' 'dog' 'pig' etc.
4] as the players get used to the format make the categories a little more obscure [things you will find in a Spanish restaurant] or task specific [for a sales team from Hyundai use categories like 'car parts' or 'things you will find on an executive's desk]
5] when the players start to get competitive, change the rules so the 1 minute time allowance is abandoned in favour of the first team writing 5 words being able to stop the game - other teams will then be unable to earn 5 points for 5 items.
This is a really fun game and I have often been surprised by some of the vocab' that has been generated from it. The native speaker version of "Categories" makes the players compile lists of categories [eg 'pizza toppings'] using a particular initial letter, this might work for very advanced classes, but I have found it is just as much fun without the initial letter rule.

[tzechuk]

One game that I played when I taught a business class was *guess what we've been saying about you*.

Basically, someone in the class gets sent out of the room, whilst the others mention a few *bad* things about this person. We settle on one thing about this person and when the person comes back in the room, he/she has to ask question to his classmates about what has been said.

It's fun and it gets them talking - it's also great for an early morning class because it wakes everyone up!

[ubum]

Andrew, what text are you using? I have a similar class in an identical situation. Just curious what book you think is good.

[Ya-ta Boy]

There are thousands of ESL games to play that can be used to practice/reinforce the grammar point of the day. Just google 'ESL games'.

This is probably what your students meant. A little competition for a meaningless prize goes a long way to bringing some laughs to a classroom.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[SPINOZA]

I'd rather use games with adults than middle schoolers. Getting the latter, some of them at least, interested in games is jolly difficult. Adults will be motivated, I assume. Games kids' stuff? Not necessarily, I say.

[blunder1983]

I did a few "interview games" with my kids and in the smaller groups they worked really well.

1. A plane has just crashed into the sea, the skill of the pilot meant that instead of all the people dying 8 survived. The plane is sinking, slowly. There are 8 survivors and only room for 4 in the lifeboat. Who stays and who goes? In 30mins the plane sinks and they all die if you havent decided.

People vary (u can google for this) but typically you have

1. Pilot, unhappy and had a drinking problem (potential cause for the crash? This is implied not stated). Ex-military. Injured badyl

2. Co-pilot (around 40). Has a little sailing experience and is a certed first aider.

3/4/5. Family, mom dad and daughter. Dad is usually something "good" vicar for example, Mom typically "bad" (vapid, no job, spends lots etc.)

6. Old man (80s) injured. Recently discovered cure to AIDS/Cancer, and its mainly stored in his head

7. Young girl, brilliant but in a wheelchair. High IQ, in a prestigious uni.

8. Rebel, ex con but misunderstood.

Their answers are really interesting.

Exercise 2:

Your on a desert island/crashed in northern canada and have 10/15/20 items, order them in priority.

Google for loads of these surivival games. This one is a bit more tricky but if you have small groups monitor to ensure they discuss in English.

As these are often used as teambuilding or interview excersises then u can do them with a clean conscience in the business environment.

Soz about gram/spelling i'm in a hurry.

[riley]

Blunder, great idea for talking activity.

What I did with adults who were high enough was play a "modified" version of I have never. Maybe you remember this game as a drinking game. It's really easy to change into something more appropriate for the classroom. Simply give some form of markers to the students (I also used fake money, boy they loved that) Then when the student says I have never ...... the other students give their marker to the student if they had done it. The winner is the one with the most markers. It can be very fun.

[tomato]

Hello, Andrew!

Try asking them to bring their yut sticks and baduk boards and teach you to play.
That should be good English practice for them.