Korean Job Discussion Forums

[gigijones]

need some advice from seasoned teachers. i'm teaching in a public middle school and curious about your policy on korean in the classroom. the co-teacher is always present and is there to answer the student's questions in korean and wraps up the class for me in korean. i have only taught twice with 2 different co-teachers (both speak english very well), but i am not sure how i feel about this.

should i
a. appreciate the assistance and be happy that my 45 min class will go by more smoothly
b. expect the conversation portion of the english class be truly immersion

thanks!

[kat2]

I think its alright if the teacher says a few words at the begining like "today ,we will study x. Please be quiet and listen." Not some long string. ALso, a little "your hoemework is x. Pleas revew at home" is fine.
Other than taht , I would try to limit it. The Kteachers don't have much faith in what the kids can understand. I fall back on my KT for explaining complex games or vocab and discipline. Thats about all the Korean that should be going on. Of course, ti took about 6 months to work out that balance at my school.