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erlyn
Joined: 08 Jun 2003
Location: Incheon, South Korea
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Also, they're not allowed to call me "teacher". I'm a person, I have a name.
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Don't forget that 'teacher' is the translation of Sonsaengnim, which is an honorific
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Yeah, I know. I don't say that to them - as they always call me by my name, anyway. My school made that rule, actually. Everyone is called by their actual name - the kids don't have English names, either. Which means there's a lot of name butchering going on on both sides, so they're actually very patient with me  |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 6:15 am Post subject: |
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Also, they're not allowed to call me "teacher". I'm a person, I have a name.
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Don't forget that 'teacher' is the translation of Sonsaengnim, which is an honorific
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I can understand either preference that a teacher might have. By forcing your students to call you by your name, it may be a way of recognizing that they are trying to honor you, but at the same time trying to teach them that in English-speaking cultures, things are different, and that is part of what our teaching is about: teaching them how to converse not only in English, but also in the cultural context of English conversation. |
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