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SuperfuzzBigmuff
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 Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:14 am Post subject: Public High School Teaching |
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Hi all,
Just a few questions for the peeps teaching high school.
I'm an experienced teacher and have a few years teaching in an elementary school in Korea, but not in a high school. However, I have taught teens before.
As I'm used to teaching 90min-120min classes from working in private schools in other countries, what is a rough teaching plan you'd use for a 50min class? 50min classes seem very short to me; what would be a typical teaching goal?
Is there a defined curriculum and what are some of the grammar/lexis you'd teach?
How "fun" do you make it?
Just a bit concerned about how much you're supposed to get done in 50 mins. |
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candy bar
Joined: 03 Dec 2012
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Calling people peeps doesn't look professional for an experienced teacher. |
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J.Q.A.
Joined: 09 Feb 2017
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| candy bar wrote: |
| Calling people peeps doesn't look professional for an experienced teacher. |
Really?
Get off it...seriously. |
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SuperfuzzBigmuff
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| candy bar wrote: |
| Calling people peeps doesn't look professional for an experienced teacher. |
Nice.  |
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J.Q.A.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| SuperfuzzBigmuff wrote: |
| candy bar wrote: |
| Calling people peeps doesn't look professional for an experienced teacher. |
Nice. |
Yes...Dave's ESL Cafe...the cornerstone of professionalism.
Pay no mind to that bluster, O.P.
In your case...teaching at a public H.S. in Korea, I would not want to do it. Then again, that target age group is not in my range. But, with 50 minute classes, much of your experience will depend on your Korean counterpart. |
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SuperfuzzBigmuff
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| J.Q.A. wrote: |
| SuperfuzzBigmuff wrote: |
| candy bar wrote: |
| Calling people peeps doesn't look professional for an experienced teacher. |
Nice. |
Yes...Dave's ESL Cafe...the cornerstone of professionalism.
Pay no mind to that bluster, O.P.
In your case...teaching at a public H.S. in Korea, I would not want to do it. Then again, that target age group is not in my range. But, with 50 minute classes, much of your experience will depend on your Korean counterpart. |
The Internet is full of candy bar type characters who use websites such as this as a conduit for their empty lives. It's all good; I doubt high school teaching is exactly brain surgery, so I will work it out myself. |
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candy bar
Joined: 03 Dec 2012
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 1:59 am Post subject: Re: Public High School Teaching |
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| SuperfuzzBigmuff wrote: |
Hi all,
Just a few questions for the peeps teaching high school.
I'm an experienced teacher and have a few years teaching in an elementary school in Korea, but not in a high school. However, I have taught teens before.
As I'm used to teaching 90min-120min classes from working in private schools in other countries, what is a rough teaching plan you'd use for a 50min class? 50min classes seem very short to me; what would be a typical teaching goal?
Is there a defined curriculum and what are some of the grammar/lexis you'd teach?
How "fun" do you make it?
Just a bit concerned about how much you're supposed to get done in 50 mins. |
I taught at a public high school in the USA before coming to Korea. The classes ranged from 50-75 minutes. I taught 2 years at a high school in Korea. The school gave me freedom to design my own curriculum. I was fully in charge of leading my classes. There were classes when the Korean teacher often sat in the back of the room doing other work.
I designed a lesson plan for each week that could be modified for the levels of each class. Design a plan that will engage visual, auditory, and verbal aspects of the goal. Break the plan up into four-five segments. There a many sample lesson plans on the internet.
Be cheerful in the classroom. Try to speak to each student every day or in every class. If you engage students in the hallway, before and after school, with a nice hello, they are more willing to cooperate with you in he classroom.
Don't over think the situation. Have an objective for each lesson plan/class. Pace the lesson plan. You can speed it up or slow it down as needed during the lesson. Make worksheets for each class. High schoolers will have a partner. Let them share a worksheet.
Hope this helps. I've been doing this for several decades. It's not rocket science but there are teachers who do a good job and some who do a bad job. If you are asking for suggestions it means you want to do a good job. Have a good plan with an objective for each class and you will be okay.
Keep it simple and go slowly. It's a second language for the students. Try to make sure they learn something every day no matter how small the something is. If they feel they accomplished something you will be successful at the school.
Last edited by candy bar on Fri Mar 17, 2017 2:02 am; edited 1 time in total |
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