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screw_driver
Joined: 20 Mar 2006
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 Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: teaching korean english teachers |
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hey
my director has asked me to start teaching korean english teachers once a week at my school. just wanting to know if anyone has ever done this before and if so, how was the class conducted and what type of teaching materials did you use.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 1:01 am Post subject: Re: teaching korean english teachers |
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| screw_driver wrote: |
hey
my director has asked me to start teaching korean english teachers once a week at my school. just wanting to know if anyone has ever done this before and if so, how was the class conducted and what type of teaching materials did you use.
Any input would be of great assistance |
It all depends on what level they are at "conversationally".
When I do them, I do a quick speaking kill evaluation of who will be in the class and grab one of the conversation books off the shelf that is at about the same level. Make copies and go from there. They will let you know if you are doing OK, too high or too low. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 1:11 am Post subject: Re: teaching korean english teachers |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| screw_driver wrote: |
hey
my director has asked me to start teaching korean english teachers once a week at my school. just wanting to know if anyone has ever done this before and if so, how was the class conducted and what type of teaching materials did you use.
Any input would be of great assistance |
It all depends on what level they are at "conversationally".
When I do them, I do a quick speaking kill evaluation of who will be in the class and grab one of the conversation books off the shelf that is at about the same level. Make copies and go from there. They will let you know if you are doing OK, too high or too low. |
Adult classes are hard to please. They whine a lot. If you are to teach one class of 10 co workers a week, no point splitting them into different levels because more work for you and the lower levels resent the higher. They hate losing face in front of eachother. I had a friend who told off an older ajosshi for making sexist chauvinist statements, he sued her. Nightmare.
But..yep just ask them what they want and expect out of lessons first, and you can't go wrong. Get them to choose topics that they want to know about.if you do anything without consulting them first they will rebel. get group consensus first, don't try to drive them in a direction they don't want to go. |
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buster brown
Joined: 26 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| I get quite a few English teachers in my advanced discussion classes (unigwon). They usually want you to correct their mistakes and help them with their pronunciation, something I do during the discussion process. If you have any experience with this type of teaching, it will probably be the easiest way to accomodate a range of levels within the same class. Pusan National University publishes a series of discussion books that have worked well for me. Your school can order them from this site: http://home.pusan.ac.kr/~press/board/board.php?Board=topics&pagenum=&search_field=&search_string=. Generally I don't like the idea of trying to teach co-workers, but good luck to you! |
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sjk1128
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject: Conversation classes for teachers |
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| I teach the teachers at my current job as well as some other adults. I find the Pagoda books excellent for teaching adults. They are available in book stores throughout Korea and divided into 10 levels (I think). SLE 1a,1b,1c, etc. all the way through 3c and advanced. My adults now are in 2c and 3a - upper intermediate and lower advanced. (By the way, SLE stands for Speaking, Learning, Listening.) They're the best books I've seen yet made in Korea, and they're cheap: about 10k each. I incorporate other materials too, but these are my favorite basic conversation books now. |
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sjk1128
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject: Correction |
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| OK. I must be on a day-before-Teacher's-Day-because-now-it's-a-holiday sugar high. SLE stands for Speaking, Listening, Expression. |
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UncleAlex
Joined: 04 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:31 pm Post subject: Teachers' Class? |
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I've taught Korean teachers at a hagwon and at the public schools where
I've worked. Chances are that your group are all from the same school.
If they are English teachers, then choose an intermediate-advanced dis-
cussion topics book like 'Express Yourself'. My teachers have liked this
series. If you have a group of elementary school teachers who don't teach
English, then spend the first class introducing yourselves and telling each
other about yourselves. At that time you can assess their proficiency and
ask them what it is they want to practise: discussion topics or more formal
conversation texts. All the best.  |
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