Recently, I was teaching a lesson on clothing to beginner students. We worked through the standard vocabulary and associated verb structures fairly quickly, so I pushed them to begin describing the clothes. We reviewed the use of adjectives and I taught them more descriptive vocabulary words (ie. plaid, striped, checkered); the results, in class, were quite pleasing.
For homework, [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Word for Word pt. 4
Posted in South Korea, Word for Word, tagged classroom managment, clothing, curriculum, Engrish, ESL, Hagwon, Konglish, lesson plans, South Korea on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Silence (Saturated and Served up Nightly)
Posted in Canada, Photography, South Korea, tagged burn site, ESL, forest fire, generator, Hagwon, Haveman Brothers, noise, Northern Ontario, planting camp, reforestation, silence, sound of silence, South Korea, spruce, teaching, Thunder Bay, tree planting, white pine on January 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Ever have those days when everyone about you screams forth your name and demands your undivided attention? Ever have those days when you feel like no one speaks your language? When the cacophony is so great you can’t hear yourself think?
There are a good many such days here in Korea.
Amidst all the noise (and [...]
