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The camp I have been teaching at will have a "Closing Ceremony" where each class (about 12 people) will come up and will have to present some kind of song, play or dance..... or anything else along those lines. The kinds are in junior high and their english is pretty limited. I will only have three ...

Interesting... I just started teaching a group of about 12 adult ESL students here in Pusan myself.. :-) I have the same problems teaching mainly conversational english. I have about an hour 5 times a week also. I chose a topic everyday such as greetings, family and hobbies, etc... and teach them ne...

I'm finding it very hard to fill the tutoring time. I have things I want to teach in mind, but I get done so quickly. I don't have a classroom full of kids. I just have two kids that listen well so time passes very quickly. I need activities to get the kids involved. As hard as I try it is very hard...

Hi thanks for your comments, sorry I always have to add detials, I should have explained my situation well the first time. I'm just tutoring two kids, 6th grade and 5th grade, but their english is pretty bad. I'm really impressed with their pronounciation, but their understanding of what I'm saying ...

So I've come here to actually start teaching now and have discovered that the kids are actually in 6th grade and not in 3rd. So any of you that gave me comments.... any revisions or additions due to this new twist? I prepared some lesson plans and had ideas in my head such as singing songs, and othe...

Hey thank you all for your suggestions and support... By all means keep the suggestions coming if you guys have any more. Oh and about getting kicked out of the country..... I'm Korean, i.e. carry a Korean passport.. I think my visa problems got solved there... As for being a legal teacher, I'm just...

Hi, I'm Korean, but I've grown up speaking English all my life. I'm currently in college and don't have any training in teaching, but am looking to make some money during the summer. I'm not qualified to teach at a hogwon or anything like that. A person I know has asked me to babysit/teach English t...