Korean Job Discussion Forums

[jajdude]

I'm pretty lucky there's only one class I dislike, and then it's only a few students who annoy me, a few grade 6 boys who aren't mean-spirited or anything, but who babble in Korean too much. Other than send one out once in a while I haven't had much success. Like most kids, they are only into it when it's fun for them. I guess that's the thing, how to make it more fun, but some of the book work is not so easy to make fun.

[Missile Command Kid]

Somebody else mentioned this basic idea on Dave's before, and I've refined it a bit. I call it the "bad chair." If there are serious disciplinary issues in the classroom, I take a chair, open the door, and straddle the chair over the threshold, facing outward. The next kid who causes a problem gets to sit in the bad chair. This is a fantastic disciplinary tool: these kids absolutely do not want others walking by to ask them what they're doing, or even see them at all. Major face-lossage, in other words. At the same time, it shuts everybody else in class up, and the kid is still partially in the room so they can participate in the class as well. I've only actually needed to follow through three or four times, but the threat is usually just as effective as putting a kid in it.

I'm thinking about using a timer and setting it for a couple of minutes per infraction. It works wonders with my three year old, and I swear that some of my lower-level kids have the same disciplinary problems as my son.

[ED209]

I used a point system on the white board.
Two teams, they name their team and they get points for correct answers.
If they speak Korean they lose points.

Be careful not to make it too competitive or you'll get fights and cry babies.

You could also try only one team with a target. So if they reach 40 points they get less homework.

[ddeubel]

Yeah, I think a time out area is a must for all classes up to univ. A necessary bridge which defuses lots of off task behaviour. It does seem also to work very well with Korean students.

I also use a yellow card / red card and green card system. Yellow card warns, red card is the time out area.
Green card, students get stickers for their group. They put them on their chart themselves when I flash it -- saves me much time and this is what teachers should think about....

Money as a bonus feature (play of course) also works wonders.....

DD