Wikipedia Article
Wikipedia Article on Korean Marriage – Includes small section on Arranged Marriages
Arranged marriage is popular in South Korea. Koreans usually refer to this type of marriage as Seon (선). Generally, parents arrange a meeting. The reason why this type of marriage is prevalent in Korea is that marriage in Korea is not just a [...]
People should get married earlier in Korea.
Ideas:
Getting married earlier in the culture will put pressure on young people to get married out of pressure rather than out of love?
So what?
Marriages based on love are better.
Why?
1. Love & Marriage
As we know, nowadays love is one thing and marriage is another. Matchmaking programs and paid middlemen help people [...]
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Broad Topic: Sending Children Abroad to Study English
Pros & Cons
P: Children learn languages much better at an early age.
So what?!
If you are going to spend money for language education, you should get the most for your money.
Need Research Proof – Easy to Find
http://www.psy.cmu.edu:16080/~siegler/423jhnsn-n89.pdf
C: Children should not be separated from their parents at an early age.
Why [...]
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http://www.psy.cmu.edu:16080/~siegler/423jhnsn-n89.pdf
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Ideas for Teaching Debate/Discussion in Public School Classes
Debate Topic Database with Links to Resources Per Topic
Database for Middle School (Lower Level Learners)
US National School Debate Resources
5 Debate Topics for US National School Debate Competitions
These topics focus on the US government but could easily be modified to fit the Korean context.
5 More Debate Topics for US [...]
To get it off your chest – to release tension concerning a problem.
My co-worker really bothers me a lot. But until yesterday, I never complained. But he bothered so much yesterday, I just had to get it off my chest.
An arrogant person likes to rub it in when they win a game.
To Rub [...]
Lesson 35
To rub it in
to rub the wrong way
to get a rise out of
to let (it) slide
search me
To get off your chest
to live it up
to liven up
To have a say in
Lesson 34
To trade in – exchange it
To get with it
To fall for
It figures.
To cover for – to make excuses for; do other person’s job
To [...]
The students stole the classroom camera behind the teacher’s back. (behind –your- back = without your knowledge)
To talk back to – My son broke the window. When I got onto him, he started to talk back to me. I was shocked.
To be in – Sonyoshidae is in right now among teenagers.
To draw [...]
She talks about me behind my back.
Oh!! I love your new hairstyle. That look is in these days.
I let my students bring bottled water to my class, but I draw the line at soft drinks or other drinks.
I know we have a big school. So, some students might come to class a [...]
I don’t like her anymore, because she went out with my boyfriend behind my back.
I sent the student out into the hall, because he talked back to me when I got onto him for chewing gum in class.
I love that new jacket of yours. It’s in this season.
My husband likes to go out late [...]
Opening Activity
We’re going to work on vocabulary using pictures.
Look at the pictures.
Picture A: What can you see?
Target Sentence Pattern = He is…
Modification for High Beginner+ = (Yesterday) He was…
What can you see in the picture?
What are she doing?
Very difficult Word
Have you ever seen this before?
What is this?
Can you guess what it is for?
Use visual [...]
Opening Activity
Verb + Object
He/She verb~s
Can you…
Do you (ever)…
Have you ever…
Role-Play – Instructions
Assign Parts
Today, we are going to act out the very first scene given in the textbook – chapter 1.
Does anybody want to be Mulan?
Do any of you want to be Mulan?
We also need a narrator…
Who wants to be that?
How about Mulan’s female friend?
The old [...]
Sick Student
Are you sick? / Are you OK? Are you feeling OK?
OK. Let me call the nurse. Then, go see the nurse.
Runny Nose – Sniffles
Please, step outside (into the hallway) and blow your nose. Do you have any tissue?
Please, wipe your nose (on the tissue).
Please, don’t wipe your nose [...]
Photos – Picture Dictionary –
Ideas
Use what they have on (when they come to class).
Using Student Clothing
Activity – Using students’ clothes
Put them in a circle.
We’re going to get in circles group by group.
Two groups of 5 students will come up front and stand on this line here.
There are some clothes in the circle.
1 [...]
Introduction
Do you know the story of Mulan?
Do you know about Mulan?
Who’s Mulan?
Pre-Reading Activity(ies)
New Words and Phrases
Let’s work on new words and phrases.
Knowledge Check – What do you know already?
Example Sentences
Is this good? Am I happy with this?
What’s wrong with this?
[I use simple sentence patterns – What IS she doING? She IS ridING a [...]
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Why Watch Other Classes?
Each class does the same activity — but it comes out a little different. Some of the useful expressions that come up are the same in each class. Some are different. Also, different useful ideas come up in different classes.
If you watch another class (or your own [...]
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Classroom English Exercise – The trainer demonstrates trying to explain bathroom procedures to low-level ESL elementary students.
To view the video, click the “more” link below…
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Classroom English Exercise – Taking a class of good elementary school younger students to the bathroom – giving instructions in English
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I give myself a C/C+…
I got the classroom set up the way I wanted for the most part. I also got the computers I need to use for classes set up as much as I could with the hardware and software I had. I also got the Internet sites set up after some [...]
The class is Presentation English - I am 2/3rds modeling how I would start one of my new ESOL/ESL classes in high school in Georgia, USA…
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