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livingthedream
Joined: 16 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:57 pm Post subject: When is the next GEPIK training??? |
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I've been here 6 months and am wondering if I'll ever get to go to it.........
I'm really surprised that my school hasn't mentioned anything.......... |
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English Matt
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: When is the next GEPIK training??? |
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| livingthedream wrote: |
I've been here 6 months and am wondering if I'll ever get to go to it.........
I'm really surprised that my school hasn't mentioned anything.......... |
The new teacher at my school has been sent to a 1 day workshop locally.....it would appear that GEPIK (in an effort to cut costs) has done away with the orientation and has replaced it with 1 day's worth of lectures. |
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mayorgc
Joined: 19 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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Gepik overnight orientations suck balls.
The only thing they are good for is to meet other teachers. |
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English Matt
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| mayorgc wrote: |
Gepik overnight orientations suck balls.
The only thing they are good for is to meet other teachers. |
I liked the orientation I went to and think it is a shame if they have scrapped it. Primarily, as you say, because it was good for meeting other people. |
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mayorgc
Joined: 19 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Did you like the socialization aspect or did you like the actual seminars/presentations?
The low point for me is when that Korean guy who lived in Kentucky gives a 1+ hour long speech in English. He doesn't really tell you anything useful, he just tells you that Korea is small, has no resources and after 10 mins, I dozed off. |
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English Matt
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| mayorgc wrote: |
Did you like the socialization aspect or did you like the actual seminars/presentations?
The low point for me is when that Korean guy who lived in Kentucky gives a 1+ hour long speech in English. He doesn't really tell you anything useful, he just tells you that Korea is small, has no resources and after 10 mins, I dozed off. |
Hmmm....not sure I remember that. I went to the orientation in July 2008....so a while ago. Some speakers were better than others - there were a couple who gave me ideas about how to plan lessons, where to go to on the internet in order to find good resources for lessons. There was a speaker called Darren Ng who, whilst I found him to be a little over the top, did give me some good ideas about how to present to an audience and emulating certain things that he did has, I think, helped me to be a more engaging 'teacher'.
Also, if you're new to Korea I think hearing from some of the speakers who have been here for 10 years or more was actually quite comforting.
Anyhow, that's not to say that some of the speakers didn't suck, and yes the socialising aspect of the week long orientations was great.....especially if, like me, you had spent your first month in Korea wandering around Suwon like Robert Neville in I Am Legend wondering if you would ever have a conversation with somebody who could speak your language again. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:17 pm Post subject: Gepik |
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Some of the GEPIK Orientations & Field trips last year were cancelled, due to hysteria over Swine Flu.
Last edited by chris_J2 on Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:33 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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mayorgc
Joined: 19 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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I went to the 4 day long 2009 orientation, It was painful.
All the useful information could have been presented in one full day or spread out into 2 days.
You're right about the orientation being good for newbies. The problem with the 2009 orientation was that a lot of the teachers weren't newbies. There were lots of vets at these orientations. Guys who've been here for 1 year or more. |
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livingthedream
Joined: 16 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:50 pm Post subject: Cheers |
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Thanks for the info...........
I was hoping to get some new ideas or useful info from from the orientation. Plus getting a few days off work to do it would have been nice!
I heard a rumour that Public school teachers should do on an online course, 1 hour per day..............Apparently my school doesn't want to fork out the 60,000won to do it............. |
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debinoxford
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| i'm doing the online course. that is, if i can get registered! just gave up trying to at work, will try to register at home. I really don't know what the issue is. Though, I have to say, I'm not terribly pleased about having to do an online course for orientation. It kinda stinks. At least I don't have to pay for it. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:50 am Post subject: Gepik |
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| I had an email from the new Gepik co-ordinator today. I'll send it by pm. |
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livingthedream
Joined: 16 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:43 pm Post subject: PM doesn't work |
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The PM message thing doesn't work unless you've done 25 posts, which I haven't ..........It'd be great if you could forward it to my email [email protected]........
Cheers man |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:11 pm Post subject: GEPIK |
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| Done. You might want to now go in & edit, to delete your gmail address, so the spammers for viagra et al don't get hold of it. |
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