Showing posts with label Stories about teaching English in South Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stories about teaching English in South Korea. Show all posts
Monday, July 12, 2010

EFL/ESL Native English Teacher Speaking Tests in a Korean Public High School — Planning and giving speaking tests Part 1

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At the beginning of the spring/summer semester at my high school I found out that I was going to be allowed to give speaking tests for my ...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

What do Korean English co-teachers do when the native English teacher is sick and absent from the classroom?

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For the past 10 days or so I've been battling the cough/fever/fatigue/body ache virus that's been making the rounds at my school (...
Thursday, February 4, 2010

Bugs and Apartment Life in South Korea - A giant cockroach visited my girlfriend today . . . no, really.

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A giant cockroach visited Julianne in her apartment this afternoon . . . no, really. I've had several different apartments in Korea over...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Winter English Camp Konglish: "shampoo and rinse" and "wash towel"

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I'm way behind on writing up the seven of nine days of winter camp I've taught so far . . . I have pictures of the guys doing stuff,...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Moving Sale – A friend of mine is leaving Korea and she has lots of stuff to sell…

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A friend and former co-worker of mine is leaving Korea and she has a lot of stuff to sell. " Everything in like new condition unless o...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

English Camps in South Korea - A Guideline for Foreign English Teachers

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I decided to do some new writing about topics foreign English teachers in Korea need info about during their first year teaching in Korea, a...
Saturday, November 7, 2009

EFL Teaching and Curriculum Design in Korea – Tried to make a 2 month syllabus and in the first week it’s already been destroyed…

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About a week ago I sat down to plan out the lessons I would do over the course of November and December at the boys high school where I teac...
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It’s class time . . . and yep, no students (again).

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This past Wednesday morning I go to my classroom to set up for my introduction lesson a few minutes early. This is the first week for me te...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

EFL Classroom Halloween Culture Lesson Craft Activity and Display Part II

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Earlier I wrote 3 posts about my Halloween culture lesson and my experiences decorating classrooms in Korea. Here are the links . . . Hall...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Carving jack-o-lanterns with my co-teacher -- Co-teaching . . . it ain't just in the classroom.

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My primary co-teacher and I finally got around to carving our pumpkins. It was her first time carving so she was very excited, and I have t...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Halloween Classroom Decorations — Looking back at 2005 and my first Halloween lesson in Korea

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My first Halloween in Korea was back in 2005. I was living and teaching on Ganghwa Island, and was one of just 6 foreign English teachers o...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Being sick and actually having a sympathetic and understanding co-teacher . . . somebody pinch me!!!

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I decided to stay home yesterday and today cause my cough was still pretty bad, and my voice was at maybe 40% of its natural power--when you...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

Funny moments while teaching in the 6 Month Intensive English Training Program in South Korea #2 -

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

A student sent me their assignment with the self-evaluation "lubric"---oh god, I can't stop laughing!

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Just tried to go to Woori Bank to do a money transfer--and they're closed--uhm, why? Update: Oh . . . it's " May Day " Any...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

2009 6 Month Intensive English Training Program -- Halfway through Session 1 of the program

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Well, it's week 6 of session 1 (each session is 10 weeks) in the 6 Month Intensive English Training Program I'm teaching in and a lo...
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