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Posted in ESL, Jeollanamdo, Mokpo, South Korea, Suncheon, me on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Last week was my first week back at school. There have been many changes over the winter break. Changes I thought would never happen at my school. For the past two years, I have been teaching (or trying) to teach classes of 30 teens English without the support of the Korean teachers at school. Some [...]

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Class Sizes for Grade 1 in High School

Posted in ESL, Jeollanamdo, Mokpo, South Korea, tagged on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

At my high school for the past two years, there have been eight of each grade (1,2,3). Korean teachers across Jeollanamdo have been laid off and as a result, high school first graders have been compressed into seven classes at my school. I now teach fifteen classes a week instead of sixteen. Both classes I [...]

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Roboseyo’s Open Letter To New Teachers In Korea

Posted in ESL, South Korea, tagged , on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This should be read by anyone who will be coming to Korea for the first time or is thinking about coming to Korea for the first time. Roboseyo’s open letter can be found here.

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Lesson: Phobias

Posted in ESL, Korean High School ESL Lessons, Mokpo, South Korea, tagged , on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I did this lesson last week with my high schoolers. I began the lesson by asking them what they have a fear of (spiders, insect, mouse). I then gave them a brief definition of a phobia and told them three phobias I have and asked them to try and guess what they are. I then [...]

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Lesson: Protests

Posted in ESL, Korean High School ESL Lessons, Mokpo, tagged , on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Several weeks ago I did a lesson with my students about protests. I started the lesson by asking them what NIMBY (Not In My Backyard Is) and they certainly knew it. I then gave them a definition of what a protest is and asked them why people protested (money, work, freedom, safety, etc). Students were [...]

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The Bucket List Lesson

Posted in ESL, Korean High School ESL Lessons, Mokpo, South Korea, tagged on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This week and part of last I’ve been doing the bucket list with my high schoolers. The bucket list is a list of things you want to do before you die. This lesson is pretty simple and does not take much time to prepare for. I posted my lesson on waygook.org if you want to [...]

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Buzzkill

Posted in ESL, Korean Adventures, Korean Things, South Korea, tagged , , on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Nobody likes a buzzkill. Nobody likes to hear your parents to tell you to turn down the Pink Floyd or to shut off Super Mario Brothers 3 when you’re about to defeat Bowser. Those are buzzkills of my past. My buzzkill in Korea are the people who have nothing better to do than sit and [...]

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School Festival

Posted in ESL, Mokpo, tagged , on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This Tuesday marked the 66th year Mokpo Girls High School has been in existance and is also the day the school festivsl falls on. I was also here for the festival last year and had a really fun time. The festival ran from 9 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon. I was also [...]

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Class

Posted in ESL, Lessons on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Some of you who have taught or are teaching at the high school level in Korea should be able to relate to what I will be talking about in this posts. I find that after being here one year, I find that my classes are canceled for a plethora of reasons. This week and past, [...]

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Talk With Zach

Posted in ESL, Korean Things, Mokpo, tagged , , on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Each classroom in high school makes class posters in the back of the class. Class 2-4 (Second grade class in homeroom 4) made an AMAZING one that featured yours truly. Enjoy!!

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