Tag: efl
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August 30, 2007 04:29 AM EDT --
On Monday I get to start all over again. After two months of vacation (part of which involved traveling with family and getting married), I get to go back to work at a new job that I've been anticipating . . . more
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September 24, 2007 03:52 AM EDT --
I've been asking a lot of questions in my classes for the first few weeks of the semester. I want to get to know my students because I only see them once every other week (except for my PhD class, . . . more
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May 29, 2007 08:33 PM EDT --
I have been using a lot of news articles to teach English lately. My students are generally more interested in reading something that can generate conversation. It also helps improve their reading fluency. . . . more
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July 20, 2007 01:22 AM EDT --
Sarah had a hard time adjusting to school. She's one of the smallest kids in the class, but she's extremely bright. Not too long ago she told her mother that she didn't want to go to PSA any . . . more
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June 02, 2007 08:21 AM EDT --
Thursday, we went to Seoul Grand Park. The park is actually split into three sections, near as I can tell. There’s the amusement park with rides and a mini Epcot ball, which costs around $21 a head . . . more
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July 17, 2007 01:28 AM EDT --
Two of my students have said thing recently that might just stick with me for the rest of my life. These kids are 4 going on 5 and Korean. These two started in my class just five months ago speaking no . . . more
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September 09, 2007 08:01 AM EDT --
Friday was not an abnormally stressful day, nor did it end and abnormally stressful week, but it ended specatcularly.
Jasmin, Sonia and Nicky have an afterschool class on the third floor across and . . . more
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September 15, 2007 07:06 AM EDT --
On Sports Day, after the games, we took the kids (4 and 5 year olds) for a walk. They'd had a tough day because they lost every game but the last one. My class is a little smaller than Cherry or Dolphin, . . . more
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March 10, 2007 12:57 AM EST --
In Korea, TV is very important. Even for the locals, TV and Internet are requirements, not luxuries. Last time we didn’t pack anywhere near enough DVDs so this time we went wild. We left about 70 . . . more
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September 11, 2007 04:04 AM EDT --
I finished my first week of teaching classes at the graduate level. Everything went fairly smoothly--we hit a few bumps along the way, but all was well. The only thing I could hope for is that my students' . . . more
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September 10, 2006 04:33 AM EDT --
Where's my classroom?
I think I should have that printed on a sign and hang it around my neck. Last Monday was the first day of classes for me. I got to share the other teachers' classrooms. It . . . more
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May 24, 2007 05:18 AM EDT --
I had promised to teach “Geographic Terms” in the weekly update I send to the parents. Big words for teaching 4 year olds mountain, river, lake, field, cave, and woods. I wasn’t especially . . . more
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May 27, 2007 01:35 AM EDT --
I say things to the kids that I know they have slender hope of understanding and they frequently surprise me by not only picking it up, but using it correctly.
When I get absent-minded, I often . . . more
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June 01, 2007 08:07 AM EDT --
Here's my problem. Jerry is a bright, outging, affectionate kid who is saddled with an annoying mother who works all the time and a father who apparently also works constantly. From what I'm told, . . . more
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November 19, 2007 08:13 AM EST --
Ok, this actually happened Frida, but it's taken a while to get to where I could write about it without gagging.
Most days, I love being a preschool teacher. The kids are fun and Helen and . . . more
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December 06, 2007 08:38 AM EST --
This is a little complicated and reads rather like a soap opera, but thus is life at the Preschool Academy of Seocho.
Sara and her Korean co-teacher June have been at one another's throats . . . more
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February 28, 2008 03:21 AM EST --
I stopped in at school today to wrap up some loose ends and drop off more freebies for the teachers staying behind. Naturally, I stopped in to talk to Helen. She said she talked to Sonia's mother . . . more
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February 07, 2007 02:40 PM EST --
Hello, how are you all? Comfy? Good. I have a tiny problem and I'm hoping you good folks can help me out. I am an EFL teacher headed back to Seoul, South Korea in a couple of weeks. I trained as a . . . more
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May 25, 2007 10:50 PM EDT --
Things have been going quite well since getting pushed out of the dancing monkey factory in China. When I arrived here more than a year an a half ago, I intended to actually teach English as a foreign . . . more
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September 26, 2007 07:06 AM EDT --
I've been battling a cold for about 3 weeks now. I was actually getting better until Sports Day two weeks ago when I overdid it a little. Ok, more than a little. Sophie, my assistant teacher, kept . . . more
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