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aka Dave
Joined: 02 May 2008
Location: Down by the river
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 Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: So tomorrow is first day of classes |
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I teach at a small Univ. Tomorrow we start classes. I thought I was just teaching one writing class but I was chatting with a Korean/English exchange partner.
I asked her what 영 작 문 was cause I was too lazy to look it up. She said it was English essays or whatever. That means I'm teaching 3 composition classes.
Wow. These courses require 3 hours at least of grading per class hour of time (Korean student's have a lot of trouble with written language, but also with structure and content).
But the thing is they told me I'd have one writing class. I have a great job and everyone is sweet but if this is true I feel utterly betrayed. |
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KoreanAmbition
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| Hmm, I guess we know why they're so "sweet" to you. You're the nice foreigner teaching all the composition classes. hehe |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:06 am Post subject: Re: So tomorrow is first day of classes |
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| aka Dave wrote: |
I teach at a small Univ. Tomorrow we start classes. I thought I was just teaching one writing class but I was chatting with a Korean/English exchange partner.
I asked her what 영 작 문 was cause I was too lazy to look it up. She said it was English essays or whatever. That means I'm teaching 3 composition classes.
Wow. These courses require 3 hours at least of grading per class hour of time (Korean student's have a lot of trouble with written language, but also with structure and content).
But the thing is they told me I'd have one writing class. I have a great job and everyone is sweet but if this is true I feel utterly betrayed. |
Obviously, I do not know exactly what they said to you, but it sounds to me like it was probably a miscommunication of some sort. Who knows. Maybe, I am wrong. Anyways, congratulations on getting the university job.
Just to put things in perspective for you, I teach 5 subject classes and supervise 1 distance learning class at the international school where I work. All in all, it works out to be 19 and half hours of teaching per week. Of course, I also have to do a decent amount of grading and writing lesson plans for each class. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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| How big are the classes? If they're just too large, you could go with 1) peer editing and 2) an end of term portfolio |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe they were trying to say THREE sections of ONE writing class?
Teaching writing takes a lot of work outside of class, but if you choose your writing assignment topics carefully, you can learn a whole lot more about Korea and Koreans than you will in a conversation class.
Good luck. |
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