Building a rapport in an ESL classroom is vital to having a successful semester. It takes a lot of courage to speak in another language and if your students speak freely and often it shows they feel comfortable enough to participate in your class. As an ESL teacher if you have accomplished this magic element it will help turn an average class into a great class!
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How To Build A Rapport With Your Students While Teaching in Korea
Posted on Tue, Apr 04, 2017 @ 12:36 PM
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Tips to Get Good Remarks on Student Surveys While Teaching at ChungDahm
Posted on Tue, Feb 28, 2017 @ 12:14 PM
One of the best times and hardest times as working as a teacher/faculty manager is when I have to do teacher evaluations. As a faculty manager, I am responsible for making sure that my teachers are doing their best whenever they are in front of their classes. This is rewarding and challenging at the same time. It is completely easy to give praise when someone is doing well, however for some it can be difficult when you have to give a poor review. In my experience, most teachers would like to know different techniques so that they can improve. I know I do. In this blog I will offer tips to help you excel in the classroom while teaching in Korea for ChungDahm and in return earn a positive evaluation.
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4 Ways to Keep Youself Motivated While Teaching For ChungDahm
Posted on Tue, Jan 12, 2016 @ 04:22 PM
Teaching in Korea has been some of the best years of my adult life. Coming into the New Year, I took time to reflect on why I have decided to stay so long. As I was talking to my friends about our resolutions, I thought about the good times that I’ve had while living in Seoul. I would think that after working for ChungDahm and at the same location for four years that I would be tired of teaching. Truthfully, at times like any other job, it can be stressful but I truly feel the positives have outweighed the negatives. Here are some thoughts I would like to share with everyone so that we, as teachers, and our students can stay motivated in 2016.
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When I first arrived to teach English in Korea, I was worried about how much Korean would be spoken in the classroom. To my relief, here at Chungdahm, there should be no Korean spoken in the classroom. While this is a constant battle, here are a few tips to help keep an English only classroom.
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