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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Jongno
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 Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:59 am Post subject: Beginners ajumma class |
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| While my school has exams next week I've been asked to do a short (25 min) class for a bunch of ajummas who'll be gathered at the school waiting to take their kids home after exams. I'll have a co-teacher, whose advice up to this point has been "show a video, do some conversational stuff." I can teach vocab/conversations with a video all day, my prob is I have no frikkin idea what to show these ladies. Any advice/input on a good 5-10 min video would be much appreciated. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: Re: Beginners ajumma class |
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| waynehead wrote: |
| While my school has exams next week I've been asked to do a short (25 min) class for a bunch of ajummas who'll be gathered at the school waiting to take their kids home after exams. I'll have a co-teacher, whose advice up to this point has been "show a video, do some conversational stuff." I can teach vocab/conversations with a video all day, my prob is I have no frikkin idea what to show these ladies. Any advice/input on a good 5-10 min video would be much appreciated. |
Spend a couple hours surfing on http://www.youtube.com. You will come up with lots of stuff. Your home country / town is a good start. There should be some promo videos from home you can use and it will keep them busy. |
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Steve Schertzer
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Beginners ajumma class |
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| waynehead wrote: |
| While my school has exams next week I've been asked to do a short (25 min) class for a bunch of ajummas who'll be gathered at the school waiting to take their kids home after exams. I'll have a co-teacher, whose advice up to this point has been "show a video, do some conversational stuff." I can teach vocab/conversations with a video all day, my prob is I have no frikkin idea what to show these ladies. Any advice/input on a good 5-10 min video would be much appreciated. |
Have you read my latest column posted today about mentally deficient Koreans, especially co-teachers who want you to "show videos and home movies about your Aunt Millie winning first prize in the Iowa pie baking contest?"
What a bunch of idiots! If I were you, this is the line I'd draw in the sand regarding the ajummas and the co-teacher who would like nothing better than to see you make a total ass of yourself: "This is MY class. You will learn REAL English. This is not a game. It's an English class, and if you don't like it, then I'll be more than happy to show you the door!"
I'm not sure who is more of an idiot here: The ajummas, who just want to be entertained; the co-teachers, who love to see foreign teachers fall over themselves; or the foreign English teachers who mindlessly obey the Koreans who love to set many of us up to fail.
The perfect storm. |
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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Steve is right. I did a parents class with my co teacher at first who wanted to show the students parts from a movie and teach them songs.
DO NOT DO THIS. It makes you look like a joke. Start with the basics. Name, where you are from, nationality. Then go into family details: how many kids, how old are they, marital status.
My class started with 20 parents and we were down to 3 within a couple of weeks. Once my coteacher lost interest and let me do the classes myself the students became alot happier.
Alot of the time videos and songs are for losers who can't make a proper lesson. Roleplay is good and lets you make your own 'video' situation. Your class is short so start on time and do not let latecomers interupt the lesson. Show them from the start that you mean business. |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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I tend to agree. I have 2 groups of Azumas, and I tend to mainly concentrate on Vocab, and grammar constructions to get their abilities up.
These Azumas of course choose to be there, they were not coerced, so I can grill them with the boring stuff, a little.
Just use some charm and positive reinforcing comments. These ladies are looking for a smile and a little confidence. Give that too them, and the boring stuff will go smoothly. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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Normally, I would agree with you guys
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This is a one-off class and only for 25 minutes while they are waiting to pick up their kids.
That is NOT a class, it is "entertain the mothers" for 25 minutes so they re-enroll their kids in the school again. |
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Steve Schertzer
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
That is NOT a class, it is "entertain the mothers" for 25 minutes so they re-enroll their kids in the school again. |
"Entertaining the mothers" has no bearing and is not connected to how well their children are doing (or not doing) in this particular school. If a connection must be made so that the kids can once again be enrolled, it is this:
Invite the mothers to observe a couple of classes so that they can see for themselves how their "little darlings" are progessing. The key words here are "progress" and "process." The mothers must see the process of two or more consecutive classes to see the progress their children are making. Anything else is a complete waste of time and effort. |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:09 am Post subject: Re: Beginners ajumma class |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
Spend a couple hours surfing on http://www.youtube.com. You will come up with lots of stuff. Your home country / town is a good start. There should be some porno videos from home you can use and it will keep them busy. |
Fixed your spelling mistake  |
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