... learning how to more effectively cheat at Poker each and every class.
The LEARNING of new games entirely through the target language (allow zero Korean explanations) sharpens attention and stimulates excitement.I teach new games once. I don't keep playing them in class because the learning component is gone."Game Day" is really ideally not about playing but learning.I think elementary school P.E. teachers are negligent in playing dodgeball for the friggin' hundredth time rather than introduce new challenges to master.Same goes for the ESLer who puts in a popular video and just tells the students to enjoy (no viewing task, no post-video exercise).
Quote from: VanIslander on September 24, 2019, 10:10:11 pmThe LEARNING of new games entirely through the target language (allow zero Korean explanations) sharpens attention and stimulates excitement.I teach new games once. I don't keep playing them in class because the learning component is gone."Game Day" is really ideally not about playing but learning.I think elementary school P.E. teachers are negligent in playing dodgeball for the friggin' hundredth time rather than introduce new challenges to master.Same goes for the ESLer who puts in a popular video and just tells the students to enjoy (no viewing task, no post-video exercise).This is actually pretty brilliant.Almost everybody enjoys playing new games, and even kids with very little interest in English may pay attention so that they can do well at the game.I've played go fish once or twice, and things like Memory, and Stress, and half the challenge for the kids is so get the rules right, so there is definitely some English learning going on aside from the English vocabulary that they're supposed to be repeating when they play. I sometimes do outdoor lessons, and I've been trying to figure out how I can effectively implement a good game of Calvin Ball. The wiki says that it's a game without rules, but it's actually the opposite: there are a million rules, but they're all made up on the spot. That might be very educational and... interesting, if properly done!
Quote from: kyndo on September 25, 2019, 08:54:48 amQuote from: VanIslander on September 24, 2019, 10:10:11 pmThe LEARNING of new games entirely through the target language (allow zero Korean explanations) sharpens attention and stimulates excitement.I teach new games once. I don't keep playing them in class because the learning component is gone."Game Day" is really ideally not about playing but learning.I think elementary school P.E. teachers are negligent in playing dodgeball for the friggin' hundredth time rather than introduce new challenges to master.Same goes for the ESLer who puts in a popular video and just tells the students to enjoy (no viewing task, no post-video exercise).This is actually pretty brilliant.Almost everybody enjoys playing new games, and even kids with very little interest in English may pay attention so that they can do well at the game.I've played go fish once or twice, and things like Memory, and Stress, and half the challenge for the kids is so get the rules right, so there is definitely some English learning going on aside from the English vocabulary that they're supposed to be repeating when they play. I sometimes do outdoor lessons, and I've been trying to figure out how I can effectively implement a good game of Calvin Ball. The wiki says that it's a game without rules, but it's actually the opposite: there are a million rules, but they're all made up on the spot. That might be very educational and... interesting, if properly done! I've actually played "Mao" (I called it "Rules") with my camp students, letting the winner make a new rule every round (with fewer starting rules - I think I cut some out, and replaced them with ones that were easier to remember). It's great practice for "must", imperatives, or "if/then". The students loved calling each other out if they forgot/broke a rule, and the chaos that happens when someone plays a king.Example rules:If you play a diamond, you must do jazz hands and say "sparkle sparkle." (failure = take a card)If someone plays a king, everyone stands up. The last one to stand must take a card.If you play a heart, you must tell the person on your left "I love you." (failure = take a card)
This "free semester" is making my job feel like an absolute waste of time. The students will be going on a field trip instead of taking exams so they just stopped caring. The book I teach has a section where they must give a presentation. I gave them 10 minutes to finish the sheet and when it came time to present, only 3 students managed to finish. I was just shocked how they can look at a teacher in the face and said "I didn't do it" without a care in the world. Co-teachers also didn't do anything about it. I remember getting in trouble for that type of behavior back when I was a student lol.
Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on September 19, 2019, 07:55:19 amBut in high school, it is still prevalent. I say this mainly among the older 40s and 50s male teachers. There is a group of 4 or 5 bloke teachers at my school who do this. One being my 2nd grade co-teacher. He is perfectly good at teaching. But yesterday, he came in saying he blacked out the night before, and he stank while talking to me. Fine, I had no classes with him yesterday. Then, when I come to school today his car is parked with the other notorious drinker's car who is in charge of the 3rd grade students (lest we forget, they have the uni entrance test in a couple of months). They weren't in school early, so it's obvious to me that they were out getting wasted leaving their cars at school. They rock up at 8:20 today, grinning, and no doubt stinking of booze. Two days in a row. He came in first period yesterday when I had no class, looking sorry for himself. 'I can't teach today with you as I'm hungover'. Thing is, he volunteered us to do an open class next Thursday together. So yesterday, I said, 'maybe on Wednesday next week I'll go out and get wasted so I can't teach in the open class meaning you have to lead the class'. Cue some laughing. Maybe I was only half joking. I came in today, and his car is parked in the car park again. Three days in a row on the lash. Not really a venting thing. Been here too long to be pissed off by these things and generally my classes are planned so that I don't need anyone ot help me. Just the unprofessionalism of it all. Am always amazed by the lack of dignity that goes with it too.
But in high school, it is still prevalent. I say this mainly among the older 40s and 50s male teachers. There is a group of 4 or 5 bloke teachers at my school who do this. One being my 2nd grade co-teacher. He is perfectly good at teaching. But yesterday, he came in saying he blacked out the night before, and he stank while talking to me. Fine, I had no classes with him yesterday. Then, when I come to school today his car is parked with the other notorious drinker's car who is in charge of the 3rd grade students (lest we forget, they have the uni entrance test in a couple of months). They weren't in school early, so it's obvious to me that they were out getting wasted leaving their cars at school. They rock up at 8:20 today, grinning, and no doubt stinking of booze. Two days in a row.
QuoteQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on September 19, 2019, 07:55:19 amBut in high school, it is still prevalent. I say this mainly among the older 40s and 50s male teachers. There is a group of 4 or 5 bloke teachers at my school who do this. One being my 2nd grade co-teacher. He is perfectly good at teaching. But yesterday, he came in saying he blacked out the night before, and he stank while talking to me. Fine, I had no classes with him yesterday. Then, when I come to school today his car is parked with the other notorious drinker's car who is in charge of the 3rd grade students (lest we forget, they have the uni entrance test in a couple of months). They weren't in school early, so it's obvious to me that they were out getting wasted leaving their cars at school. They rock up at 8:20 today, grinning, and no doubt stinking of booze. Two days in a row. He came in first period yesterday when I had no class, looking sorry for himself. 'I can't teach today with you as I'm hungover'. Thing is, he volunteered us to do an open class next Thursday together. So yesterday, I said, 'maybe on Wednesday next week I'll go out and get wasted so I can't teach in the open class meaning you have to lead the class'. Cue some laughing. Maybe I was only half joking. I came in today, and his car is parked in the car park again. Three days in a row on the lash. Not really a venting thing. Been here too long to be pissed off by these things and generally my classes are planned so that I don't need anyone ot help me. Just the unprofessionalism of it all. Am always amazed by the lack of dignity that goes with it too. So today is Thursday. I came to school this morning and his car is parked in the car park, so obviously he was out on the lash last night. The open class will be fine, done loads, not a problem. But don't 'volunteer us' to do an open class. All the teachers know that I'm very organised and professional about my job and take it seriously. I think there'll be a whole lot of scolding from me to him today on that particular issue. Korea: Where 'professionalism' is only a word students memorise in the hope it'll come up in the university entrance test, then it's forgotten.
i never understand the people that make a song and dance for open classes. to me this seems like your normal classes are not good enough, so you need to do something "better" than usual. treat every class like an open class. as my old director said in australia, "if you get nervous when i walk in your class, maybe you haven't prepared your class properly"
I initially assumed that was some kind of collectivist mindset that everything bright is "good". Turns out, it's the parents and their belief in BS.My CTs make sure that every light is searing through my corneas to prevent any wrath from parents. Apparently, anything dimmer than an upscale department store makeup isle, will certainly lead to permanent eye damage, according to the parents. I'm not sure from which quack they got this information, but it's right up there with fan-death
Took a chance on a convenience store burger and got burned. Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 26, 2019, 07:45:34 amQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on September 25, 2019, 03:58:12 pmQuote from: mikeycknowsrnb on September 25, 2019, 03:32:41 pmThis "free semester" is making my job feel like an absolute waste of time. Tremendously dumb thing and so badly implemented. Yeah. Out of all the goofy things in the education system right now, this might be the dumbest and most poorly implemented.OMFGYESThey "borrowed" something from a different country with a completely different school system, did absolutely nothing to adjust it to their own school system, and now students feel free to **** around for the entire semester. They don't even provide teachers with any guidance. They just tell them to figure it out, lol. I think what really irritates me most about the free semester, though, are the methods students employ in trying to get out of doing any work. They think they can use the same nonsensical excuses that they've used in primary school, and they expect the teachers to just roll over and give in to them. It's like the one good thing that comes out of the free semester for me -- students eventually learn that their workload doubles when they attempt to pull a fast one on the teachers, so they're better about projects and group work the following year.
Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on September 25, 2019, 03:58:12 pmQuote from: mikeycknowsrnb on September 25, 2019, 03:32:41 pmThis "free semester" is making my job feel like an absolute waste of time. Tremendously dumb thing and so badly implemented. Yeah. Out of all the goofy things in the education system right now, this might be the dumbest and most poorly implemented.
Quote from: mikeycknowsrnb on September 25, 2019, 03:32:41 pmThis "free semester" is making my job feel like an absolute waste of time. Tremendously dumb thing and so badly implemented.
This "free semester" is making my job feel like an absolute waste of time.
Quote from: oglop on September 26, 2019, 07:50:53 ami never understand the people that make a song and dance for open classes. to me this seems like your normal classes are not good enough, so you need to do something "better" than usual. treat every class like an open class. as my old director said in australia, "if you get nervous when i walk in your class, maybe you haven't prepared your class properly"Lol have you ever seen an open class here? It's like a Beauty Pageant at my school. Korean teacher gets dressed up like she's going to get professional head shots taken, the students have practiced the material a million times, no talking, no messing around, NO KOREAN is spoken (hahahaha). It's like another planet.I think Koreans would be disappointed if your open class didn't look any different to your regular ones
Nice story Aristocrat. A few spelling mistakes in there has me wondering does she teach you English privates on Skype? 무라요 up there with Jamsimayo in the waygook.org Korean spelling mistakes chart.
My friend texted me today and said he was gonna get bimbop. I made fun of him so he fixed it to bimpbop.