| Sunday, October 19, 2008 |
| FIVE MONTHS!! |
Well, I'm appreciating South Korea more and more. And Daejeon twice as much!;-) Daejeon has the best parks, best coke, and best fiancee in the world!:-) What with the economic dry tumble going on financially, I feel positively rich now when I get my paycheck. And South Korea has GREAT American TV...got CSI galore and Korean exorcism!:-)
Now I just gotta make it through winter and I'll be on top of the food chain!!;-p
As far as my teaching experience goes...
I'm beginning to get food offerings from students and they are starting to say things like:
"You are my favorite teacher because you don't give out homework."
You are a great teacher because you give us candy"
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"You look pretty teacher " even though they just drew wrinkles on my face with a picture they drew of me on the board...that is forgivable I suppose...
I'm a little behind with schedule on getting a camera but I SWEAR I'm getting one this upcoming month!! |
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| Saturday, October 11, 2008 |
| My House (In the middle of the street) |
A bit of a rearrangement... hard to tell since I can't find my first photo. ;-) |
| posted by belltaco @ 11:24 PM |
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| Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| 4 months in...:-) |
This is what has been up with me in the notated version again!;-)
-found great lemon tea at this gelato/coffe joint called Tiamo in my neighborhood
-finally got a bus card
-found out about an orphanage that I might volunteer at
-read The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-started Korean lessons
-found the Hanbat Library
-rearranged my room
-bought some more books(no surprise!)
-visted Deajeon Cemetary with Charlie
-had trouble seeing my "kamcha" woman...she sells delicious potatos
-found the printer at my favorite PC Bong
-discovered my freezer does not work
-got some Chusak bonus money
-discovered how delicous sweet mustard is on Lotteria burgers
-got a list of Korean movies to watch
-discovered the new bookstore in South Padre Island thanks to Nancy M.
-found out how bizarre and nutritional Ginseng is for my body
-I now know I can handle Seoul living as long as I am by its rivers
-rediscovered a bookstore in Daejeon
-saw awe inspiring artwork by some women sewers/painters
-love Insundong for its great tea and gift selection
-love Itaewan for its bookstore
Things I need to do
-get a laptop
-get a cellphone
-find a good sushi place
-keep working on getting a social circle
-find the tourist center in Seoul
-need to get a camera |
| posted by belltaco @ 6:40 AM |
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| Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
| THREE MONTHS!! |
| Well, I passed my three month mark. I've made it through the hottest part of Korean weather and am a little nervous about winter coming. I've gotten used to my late work schedule of 2-9 every day pretty much. Thursdays are my only early day off on which I rush over to Charlie's and join him in an orgy of drinking. I'm finally seeming to save money but that could be all blown if I decide to get close and personal with the Korean sidewalk again...;-) I've been researching all the EFL/ESL links I can find to improve my teaching techniques. Keeping the kids entertained is definitely the key. Charlie is much better at it because he is a supergenius, he is white, and he is willing to make a fool of himself!;-p I'm getting into the swing of entertaining the rugrats and making sure I relax before classes start at the local park. The cicadas are a little annoying but every now and then I hear a bird in between drones of cicadas. Finally discovered a favorite Kimchi and am having fun torturing Charlie into doing outdoor activities with me. K...off to bed and another Friday...:-) |
| posted by belltaco @ 6:59 AM |
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| Wednesday, August 6, 2008 |
| Techniques in Teaching... |
I've had to learn how to be an EFL teacher. Thanks to Charlie and my own creative genius, I have come up with a few techniques which seem to be working.
-making students create questions from reading and having them switch papers(actually not a popular one but it kept them busy during class)
-creating teams and giving them options to challenge each other with such as word and/or sentence scrambles, missing words/sentences, define the word, or read the article out loud
-write everything out on the board so they know what I am doing
-write explanations out on board in English so they can practice
reading/interpreting English
-write anything they do not understand on board in any way I can to get them to understand which actually implies not writing but drawing(so far no laughs about my bad drawing-gonna have to work on that)
-bring in extra incentives to do work in class like candy but use this frugally since kids LOVE candy and will eat one out of one's checking and savings account!;-)
-model my instructions on board(this has worked beautifully)
-bring in games on paper such as crosswords and word searches(big success with this)
-bring in props such as engagement rings..;-p or anything that will give them a visual
-have them come up to the board and do activities such as spelling, drawing or explaining themselves to me
-take them to the computer room and have them listen to audios on the computer(I find this not a very fruitful activity since most of the kids know I can't be everywhere at once and start playing around with other websites-they know the two screen trick)
-learned some commands in Korean such as ANJA seo...I usually forget to be polite and just use the command form...they were very impressed by my Korean skills and obeyed!;-)
-walk around the room instead of just standing in front of it
-relax a little and give them play around time which to Korean kids means either pop songs or hangman games
-do a lesson plan( I know-like DUH!)
-treat Korean kids like Dennis the Menace and just go with the flow-maybe I'll get out of my classes alive in a day or not...;-) But there is always tomorrow...actually my kids are getting used to me finally and really getting into learning stuff now...but no matter how much I want no more bumps...I do still have my bad days with students...sigh...something I learn is true with ALL EFL teachers... |
| posted by belltaco @ 4:45 AM |
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