Major Roadblocks to Language Learning
Words and photo provided by Dr. David Shaffer There are very few of us – as language teachers or as language learners – who would suggest that learning a foreign … Read More
Category: Teaching & Learning
Praise for KIIP at GIC
Words by Peter Gallo Photo by Lorryn Smit “All in all, I think it is a wonderful program. It teaches you everything you need to know to be able to … Read More
Four Weeks in Seoul: Short-Term Intensive Korean Language Courses
Photo by Lorryn Smit Learning Korean can be hard. Even for those international residents who have been living in Korea for years, developing fluency in the language can seem like … Read More
How to Bore Your Class to Death
Students reading comic books in class. Texting on their phones. Chatting. Doodling. Dozing off. Students being bored. Actually, I do not think I really need to write too much on … Read More
Back to School: Perspectives on Korean Education
Photos courtesy of Kat Sten and Kelsey Rivers March sees not only warm spring breezes sweeping into the country and flowers blossoming on trees, but hordes of students returning to … Read More
Activating Your Language Learning Activities
Do your students seem disinterested in the language learning activities that you provide them? Do the language learning activities in your coursebook seem to have little effect in improving your … Read More
Quality Teacher Talk for Quality Language Learning
It was more than 30 years ago that Stephen Krashen told us that students need a lot of “comprehensible input” to learn a second language. That is especially true in … Read More
Collaborating to Build Chinese Community and Culture
Learn of Some of the Invaluable Benefits Provided by the The Confucius Institute at Honam University