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chotaerang
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 Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:01 am Post subject: If you ran a hagwon ... |
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Which area would you locate in?
What would you do to make it better than competing hagwons? |
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nourozi
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| I would build it on top of Namsang Tower in Seoul. I would give out and abundance of candy...Create a sort of Willy Wonker Wonder World. |
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Theo
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| Um, do you mean "If you ran from a hagwon...? |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:17 am Post subject: |
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I would find a way to incorporate the students PS lessons into the curriculum. Translating key words in math, science, history, social sciences, etc. Using their hagwon studies to compliment what they are learning on a day-to-day basis by giving them a foundation to follow thru with their University studies. Or even technical, service careers by teaching them how to communicate in their chosen area of expertise. Let them bring their homework to class, then use this material to work with it from an English angle.
It may be a good idea to locate this school near a University to draw on the children of staff. |
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polonius
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Much like Kikomom, I would run a Content based instruction program. It is really important for the students to learn things that will be of value to them in the future. I would try to make the content as relevant to their lives as possible so that they can generate an opinion and feel comfortable discussing the issues.
Many of the ESL books on the market are targeted for ESL in the USA, or some places in South East Asia. However, we are seeing more books coming out that have Korean content. I have written some grammar books for my school, because we wanted to utilize the Korean node in order to grow from there.
I would do away with memorizing 20 words a day. So many times they memorize a word set, do the word test, and 30 minutes later, the have lost the meaning.
A lot of my style would use model sentence which the students can use and change the subject, verb or object in order to describe or answer the question that I ask. Too often students only answer with one word. This irritates me to no end. I had a teacher come to me once and he said, "You know, these high level students can't speak in sentences." I responded with, "Well why don't you teach them how to."
As for location, really haven't thought about it. Probably not Gangnam, as the parents run those schools, not the staff. |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I would do away with memorizing 20 words a day. So many times they memorize a word set, do the word test, and 30 minutes later, the have lost the meaning. |
This is why I say to parallel the key words from their PS courses. They are already learning the meaning in their native language, this helps them put those lessons already being learned into an English context. Along with this type of context application, rote memorization by writing and vocalizing should help the loss of meaning. |
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