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[antgonz]

pros?

Cons?

People said you should ask about there textbooks.

[cincynate]

GnB is a franchise, so some are good, some are bad. It all depends on the director. I love my GnB.. my director is a good friend. Since it is a chain, they are required to use GnB Textbooks, which are pretty lame. The material sucks, and they are ridden with errors. However, teaching is whatever you make of it. I usually cover the material in the book, have the students do the exercises, and then teach my own thing.

Asking if GnB is good is like asking if Denny's are good. I've been to some that were delicious, and some where the food was inedible.

Good luck!

[litebear]

I know of a couple that work in GnB busan and love it, on their 2nd year now. I also know of a couple who worked at the same GnB in gyeonggi-do for 7 years. So some of them must be ok! (Then again you also here alot of horror stories on here)

[Bruce W Sims]

[antgonz]

[cincynate]

I am required to use the GnB books. They are published by GnB.. I believe that is how the franchise makes its money.. by selling books. Yes.. I have seen errors corrected.. We have some older versions of the books with more errors than the newer versions. And sometimes, it's not just a plain old error, a correct sentence, but there will be a whole unit teaching something native english speakers never say.

The books and teachers manuals are entirely in English, aside from a note to the parents at the beginning of the book.

As for what the admin thinks, its really up to your director. Mine lets me do my own thing. I work in Jeju, where the people are more laid back (or so I hear). I can't speak for GnB in general..

The books do generally progress well and work off each other. I usually cover the topic in the book, but do it in my own way, instead of just having the student repeat each sentence in parts.. the "Patented GnB Thought Unit Method"..

One more thing to say though.. I taught in a public school for a year before coming here, where you are forced to use the national english books published by the Korean Government. They weren't much better, and had a lot of errors in them themselves.. (However, I've heard that they just released totally new textbooks.. haven't seen them or heard much about them).

It's a good place to work, in my opinion.. If you have any more questions, let me know.

[Bruce W Sims]

Honestly, that really helps a lot. Sounds like the latitude to "enhance" the books----and the manner you choose--- are very much a function of the immediate director and not the books themselves. I think I can live with that. Have you run into anything that is specifically proscripted as teaching material or subjects?

Best Wishes,

Bruce

[cincynate]

[Bruce W Sims]

[koreatimes]

GnB is a hagwon, like a hagwon is a hagwon.

Do your research rookie.