I'm not sure if this is common for everyone but it happens to me all the time and it's starting to get really annoying.So if I'm sitting with a group of Korean English teachers, they will always talk to each other in Korean even though they know I don't know what I'm talking about. We are all able to speak English. I think it's really rude considering there is a common language between all of us, but they purposefully exclude me. How would they feel if the situation was reversed????Hypothetically, if I spoke Korean and was talking to another native English speaker who also spoke Korean, and we were sitting with a Korean who didn't speak English, I would make an effort to include them and speak Korean to the other native teacher. To me it's just common courtesy! I wouldn't speak English to the other native teacher if we could both speak Korean just to be considerate of the other person with us!
Quote from: sianm on July 27, 2016, 02:22:41 pmI'm not sure if this is common for everyone but it happens to me all the time and it's starting to get really annoying.So if I'm sitting with a group of Korean English teachers, they will always talk to each other in Korean even though they know I don't know what I'm talking about. We are all able to speak English. I think it's really rude considering there is a common language between all of us, but they purposefully exclude me. How would they feel if the situation was reversed????Hypothetically, if I spoke Korean and was talking to another native English speaker who also spoke Korean, and we were sitting with a Korean who didn't speak English, I would make an effort to include them and speak Korean to the other native teacher. To me it's just common courtesy! I wouldn't speak English to the other native teacher if we could both speak Korean just to be considerate of the other person with us!Happens all the time. I never take it personally but I kind of prefer for them to exclude me. I also figure that it's more taxing for them to speak English since it's not their native language and they're probably concerned about making mistakes (the horror!) so they just play it safe. No biggie.
Yeah, it's best not to take it personally. If you think about it, it would be kind of strange for any foreigner in another country to demand people speak their native language when in their presence. Not to be mean, but the onus is on you (or us) in this case to adjust to them and not the other way around. Also, wrt to your example. As someone who is quite decent at Korean. I typically go out of my way to avoid speaking Korean when in a mixed company of foreigners and Koreans. My one buddy has a bad habit of bringing along one random Korean friend who then hinders the natural flow of an English conversation. It's an absolute PITA to feel responsible to keep some random included.
DAMN! My one student that signed up for summer school class just showed up. Now I have to entertain him for three hours. WHYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!??!
I had one kid turn up for camp. We just played minecraft all day, and ate frozen Canadian chips from costco. Second day the kids father brought us all sorts of snacks and stuff. It was great.
Minecraft is great!How else can you teach kids word combinations like "Oak Wood Planks" and "Cooked Mutton".
So I survived week 1 of summer camp...but then there's next week. T____T
Quote from: antmar on July 29, 2016, 11:17:51 amSo I survived week 1 of summer camp...but then there's next week. T____T That's how I feel right now... except my first week isn't over yet... I still have the afternoon class for two hours.