Teaching Teachers and Principals
“Trainees are in a unique position as teachers to re-assume the role of student – an excellent opportunity to use experiential learning to help them reconsider alternative perspectives.”
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Curriculum-Building for Student Workshops
“I decided to focus on just three important elements: choosing a topic, planning, and audience experience.”
The Story on Using Stories for Language Learning
Everyone likes stories! We listened to stories from our mother as soon as we were old enough to hear. We followed attentively as we were read storybook stories (over and over) at bedtime. The main form of teaching for millennia has been via stories told by village elders to the children. If people like stories so much and if learning, including first-language learning, takes place through stories, how effective would they be in teaching a second language such as English? To answer this question, we look to Jessica Magnusson.
Understanding the EFL Teacher
This month, we discuss some of Ian Moodie’s recent research on English teachers in Korea, about teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) here, and a bit on the fishing connection. Ian is a tenure-track associate professor in the Department of English Education at Mokpo National University, where he teaches linguistics and English education courses to local preservice teachers.
Playfulness: In Teaching and Learning
Learning a second language is time-consuming hard work. We do not usually think of it as something enjoyable. But maybe that is where our thinking has gone wrong. Bryan Hale is an advocate for “playfulness” in EFL teaching and learning whom we were recently able to interview on the topic. Bryan teaches at Yeongam High School. He is presently the president of Korea TESOL and a past president of the Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL Chapter.
The Raemi School: Looking at the Future from a Different Perspective – The Other Way Around!
The Raemi School’s name was coined by the first cohort of students themselves when the school was established in 2012. Raemi (래미) is the reversal of the syllables of the Korean word mirae (미래), which means “future.”
On Being a Master Teacher
Interview by Dr. David E.Shaffer. We all know what a postmaster is and what a headmaster is, and we’re all familiar with “master of ceremonies” and “master craftsman.” But what … Read More
Why Do L1 English Speakers Teach in Korea?
Written by Dr. David E. Shaffer There are an estimated 24,000 native English-speaking English teachers in South Korea. Regardless of how accurate that figure may be, there are a lot! … Read More