Class Control

Filed as: Teaching in Korea // Responses: 9

I had to take a movie of this, even though itâ€™s not that exciting. I have a class of students who are rowdy as all hell. Sorry, I meant to say I have 22 classes of students who are rowdy as all hell. And so this is a video of my crowning achievement as a teacher in Korea: getting everyone to sit down and shut up. Here’sÂ how I did it. It’s much easier than you probably expected.

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Bob

where's the video!?
Christina

Hello! I'd love to see this video, but I don't think it's actually there. :-( I love your videos~ thanks!
http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

Sorry! Video's up now. Not sure what went wrong there….
Isaac

yesss, nice I'm going to go out and by a boat load of Candy now.. these korea kids are sooo rowdy!!! and also pretty competitive (maybe just mine), I tried out the Guess Who game and sometimes they yell at each other hahahaha -.-, but I think they like the game. Did you walk around your class and correct them every time they said a phrase wrong? ie "Is your person have earrings?" or did you just let it flow… anyways cool vid and awesome site!

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

Thanks! We usually act as moderators. It's kind of like refereeing: just let them play the game, and make sure they stick by the rules. That's all :D

therah

What sort of system do you use to decide who to award the prizes to? I'm in desperate need of help in this area.

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

Most of the time it's for the winner of the game, or – in situations like this – to anyone who can finish within the allotted time.

Emily

Oh my goodness hahahahah! That seems to always work! I teach a couple of ESL classes to students who may range from 18-35, even, and they'll still get rowdy as hell. And, as always, the prospect of candy or coupons to the local ice cream store immediately shuts them up hahaha.
Sarah Ong

Hi simonandmartina! Greetings from NJ. :)

I would like to ask— how did your students (or Korean people in general) treat you guys at first? Did you two ever suspect that they may have been talking about you guys (rudely) behind your backs but were non the wiser because of the language barrier?

I am graduating very soon, and one of my completed minors happens to be Korean! (I happen to be quite decent at speaking and understanding Korean now—is that cheating? :D)

Needless to say, I am very excited to be going there soon, maybe to teach english for a year, after graduation to conduct a little personal research.

Let’s say I pretend not to know any Korean while teaching English in Korea. What things would you two expect me to hear from my students about me? (A foreigner.)

I think conducting the experiment will be interesting and fun. I can’t wait. :)

Always,
Sarah