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tesseract
Joined: 26 May 2006
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 Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:47 am Post subject: Teaching for the first time in Korea. |
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| I have taught preschool here in the US so I can write lesson plans and keep a group of kids (mostly) under control. I am just not sure how I would do all that with a classroom full of kids that don't speak English. Do schools generally provide a lesson plan? How do you control a classroom full of kids who don't understand what you are saying? Anyone have any suggestions on how I can begin preparing to teach in Korea? |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:58 am Post subject: Re: Teaching for the first time in Korea. |
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| tesseract wrote: |
| I have taught preschool here in the US so I can write lesson plans and keep a group of kids (mostly) under control. I am just not sure how I would do all that with a classroom full of kids that don't speak English. Do schools generally provide a lesson plan? How do you control a classroom full of kids who don't understand what you are saying? Anyone have any suggestions on how I can begin preparing to teach in Korea? |
Take a TEFL course (aimed at kids would be good), like the CELTYL (though I haven't taken it so can't comment on it).
The chances of your school giving you a lesson plan are very, very small. You will be lucky to have a book to follow (or maybe unlucky).
As for recommendations, the MOST IMPORTANT things is start off as a teacher! Become their friend once you have their respect. Be strict with your students right away and always, always be consistent. You probably know that already, but I wish someone had told me when I has started in this industry  |
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JLarter
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:49 am Post subject: |
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I disagree with the previous post.
Become friendly, but don't become a friend. If you become a friend, children may start to lose respect for you as an authoritative figure. It's also good for the teacher to maintain a distance from his pupils. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:52 am Post subject: |
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If you're teaching kindy, the first two things to teach are "Stand up" and "Sit down" (of course you'll use "sit down" a lot more!!) and "Open your mouth and "Close your mouth" (much better than saying "Shut up!!  ).
Use a LOT of TPR. For example, if you're teaching colors: "Touch red"...and everyone tries to touch something red.
Simple songs and chants with lots of TPR are also good. "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" is taught in Korean, so teaching the English for these things is easy!
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
If you need more lyrics, I've made up more...such as...
Back, stomach, hips and toes... (the only two body parts that rhyme are nose and toes, so you HAVE to use them!)
PM me if you want my full version! |
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Yo!Chingo
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul Korea
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
If you're teaching kindy, the first two things to teach are "Stand up" and "Sit down" (of course you'll use "sit down" a lot more!!) and "Open your mouth and "Close your mouth" (much better than saying "Shut up!! ).
Use a LOT of TPR. For example, if you're teaching colors: "Touch red"...and everyone tries to touch something red.
Simple songs and chants with lots of TPR are also good. "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" is taught in Korean, so teaching the English for these things is easy!
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
If you need more lyrics, I've made up more...such as...
Back, stomach, hips and toes... (the only two body parts that rhyme are nose and toes, so you HAVE to use them!)
PM me if you want my full version! |
Stop, Stop I say!!! When I was teaching Kindies I would go to sleep singing that da#m song!!!  |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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I will say it again....
Duct tape, oven mitts, and a BBQ fork. |
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EdInstead
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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Stickers. It's all about stickers and rewards.
Stickers and bribery is what gets things done. Make a sort of chart where they can track who has the most. Koreans are soooo competitive. The worst little brat often will turn into an angel (for at least a few minutes) just so they aren't behind the others in the sticker race.
You can buy cool stickers here for cheap, but bring some neat English ones from back home, and you'll really make friends. |
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JLarter
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:01 am Post subject: |
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| I prefer not to call it bribery...it's incentives to work well!! |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Teaching for the first time in Korea. |
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| tesseract wrote: |
| I have taught preschool here in the US so I can write lesson plans and keep a group of kids (mostly) under control. I am just not sure how I would do all that with a classroom full of kids that don't speak English. Do schools generally provide a lesson plan? How do you control a classroom full of kids who don't understand what you are saying? Anyone have any suggestions on how I can begin preparing to teach in Korea? |
Do you know what ages you'll be teaching and at what type of institute? Workplaces and resultant classroom strategies vary considerably. |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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