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nate2008 · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Location: Daegu

Hello all,

I work for EPIK at a public middle school, and I have been given an after-school conversation class. These students will purportedly be the more advanced ones in the middle school. So, I could use some ideas about what to teach them.

Thanks in advance

D.D. · Joined: 29 May 2008

Sit with the desk in a circle. You also sit in a desk so you are on the same level as the students. This is the really hard part-next you do this modern teaching method called talking. They talk and you talk.

If they don't talk find something like a video or a song that gets them talking.

They love to talk about Korea more than other stuff. They really like pop stars from Korea.

nomad-ish · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject:

don't plan on them being more advanced, despite what your school may say. plan a basic lesson, with some extension style sheets/activities if the kids zoom through the basic lesson. after that you can plan according to their level

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

The interest of High School kids can be very varied depending.

I have some kids who don't mind discussing politics, and I have others whose minds don't go further then what they saw on TV.

TeeBee · Joined: 18 Oct 2007

Yes, don't rely on the students actually being "higher level". I was also promised something like that, and I ended up with a mixed bag, which was far worse than anything they could have given me.

Definitely have some activity for the first lesson to find out what their levels are. Some simple activities to get the kids to introduce themselves is always good.

QbertP · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: Seoul

These classes are essentially completely up to you. I had students do alot of arts and crafts(masks with explanations of who or what they were and why they were chosen, 10 line illustrated stories...etc), and musical listening exercises(Pop songs with worksheets). One of my favorite activities is board game making. Come up with a concept that involves english usage, have them fill in all the blanks and then play the game(think pictionary, trivial pursuit, or even just a roll the dice game like candyland with spots that require the students to follow english instructions if they land on them. In my experience open or even guided discussion can be a problem unless your students are both high level and invested in the topic. Finding such topics can be tough. I'm sure your kids would talk about dokdo but stretching that conversation into and hour would be difficult( and uncomfortable). Goodluck