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ThePoet

Today I was teaching in my hagwan. One girl kept acting up and causing a fracas as I am trying to give out directions as to what we were going to do -- you know -- the old "mockingly repeating of what you are saying" and so forth. I ask her to "please stop" and she says "prease schtap", then I say "<girl's name>, if you don't stop, I am going to give you a time out outside", and she says "<her name> blah blah blah blah". So I asked her to leave:

Now, the easiest word for a Korean student to say is "no"..as it was the first thing she said that wasn't in a mocking repeating tone. She could say it very well. She said it four times as I motioned to the door. Then I walked to the door and opened it. She said no again. I walked to her chair and took it out to the hall. She still says no...in fact, by this time, she was making a jingle out of the word no. No no noo noooo no nooo noo. I finally walk over to her and grab her wrist:

and the hardest thing for a korean student to say is "sorry", because as soon as I touched her wrist, she said it, and then after she said it, I was willing to forgive all. but thats when she broke down and cried and cried and cried....for the whole period....loudly....with wails getting louder as I tried to continue the class. I noticed that as soon as the bell went to end the class she stopped crying rather quickly, and, on lifting her face, it was totally dry. I expected I'd need a mop and bucket to clean up the tear puddle.

So, has anyone else experienced this?

J.B. Clamence · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Kids like to test people. I have a 2-year-old nephew who has been faking crying since before he could walk (really). He starts crying and looking up at you at the same time. If he sees you're not buying it, he'll stop, and sometimes even giggle. They do that to see what they can get out of you.

kermo

Wow, those are some serious attention-getting tactics.
I've never had someone so "anti" in a classroom, but I wonder how long you could ignore her before she would give up. No looking at her, no acknowledgement at all. Just keep the class interested and busy in something else. I would probably try paying special attention to anyone but her, including giving everyone else candy.

The hardest words to teach a Korean to say properly, in my experience, are "all" (arr) and "grin" (green). The easiest word? I was thinking about that yesterday. How about "young"?

peppermint · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:51 pm Post subject:

Try gettting them to say "ruler".

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

peemil · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Location: Koowoompa

I'm a moron teacher. I won't try to climb up the walls anymore.

ThePoet

baldrick · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: Location, Location

I had fun with 'quickly' the other day.

dull artist · Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Location: Osan

bellum99 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know

Have them say " VENUS "

sadsac · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Gwangwang

Try and get them to say Woody, the name of the character from Toy Story. The easiest word for Koreans is hello. They are all happy to say it 20 times to anyone. Smile

nev · Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Location: ch7t

Warfield · Joined: 21 Nov 2003 Location: Asan, S. Korea

I always enjoyed the sentence

"She sits on her front porch every morning."

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

It should be easy but I find my kids get so lazy when saying "fish", "lunch", "orange". Fisheee! Luncheee! Orangeeee! I've taken to bellowing out in pain when they go FOBish on me.