ESL Lessons for Public School Teachers

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ESL Lessons for Public School Teachers

After many hours of difficult work, the ESL Resources section is finally up and ready to go. We have compiled our lesson plans and materials, so that you could use them yourselves. We painfully discovered that finding resources online can be very difficult, as we have to sort through a lot of material before we find something useful for our specific classes. What we have here as a result is much of the materials we have used in teaching our classes, from the Powerpoints to the Handouts to the YouTube clips. The public board is supposed to be teaching a uniform curriculum, as all of the textbooks should be teaching the same content in the same week. And so – all of you current or potential GEPIK teachers – the week that you’re teaching Comparative Adjectives to your second graders or Emotions and Gestures to your first graders, you should surely find something here of use to you.

The materials are free to download, in both Mac and PC versions. Only the Public Middle School section is up right now, but Martina’s High School section should be up soon as well. Some materials from our Extra Classes are up as well, which are not as strictly textbook-based as the other materials. These lessons can be used in classes of 2-20, and can be used for any level. Let us know if these materials are of any use to you, or Contact Us if there’s anything you need us to clarify.

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Aaron
Still in school, but I plan on incorporating these once I graduate and (hopefully) get a job teaching English there. Thanks for such hard work!

eatyourkimchi
No prob! Hope you find them useful!

http://www.laort.edu/ esl classes LA
I am an ESL teacher, just moved here to LA, I found this page really useful!
Great links!
I shall be bookmarking for future reference.
Thanks,
Laura

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi
Thanks! Glad you find it useful!

http://www.facebook.com/dan.arbelo Dan Arbelo
so I have been hearing about teaching English abroad for quite some time now. I was wondering how does one get into such an amazing experience?

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi
Well, you can check out our Teaching in Korea FAQ for starters: http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/korea-faq/teaching-i…
Long story short, contact a recruiter. Give them your info, and they'll find you a job.
Yeah!

http://www.facebook.com/dan.arbelo Dan Arbelo
can do! i will most certainly do that!

Amit Shah
Yeah. You guys ROCK!

Danny Matson
You guys rock
Katieeeee
Hey1
I'm still in high school but I'm seriously considering teaching English to Korean kids. The college I'm currently looking at has a separate minor for ESL teaching and also I would be able to take introduction to Korean-Advance Korean.
Would this be a good idea/beneficial?
Thanks!!!
Chaeji
Hello! So I'm also in high school (a big fan of all the videos you guys have made by the way) and I have considered teaching ESL in Korea..I'm a little introverted, I hope that won't really be a problem.. but I also had a few questions to ask you guys: do you speak in JUST english to the whole class?..what was your first day working like? (isnt it a little awkward?) also. do they prefer foreign people? because I'm Korean, but I grew up in America.

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi
Thanks Chaeji! Glad you like our videos. As for your question, I know a few people who started off in Korea being shy and introverted, but soon got very comfortable in the classroom, and became much more outspoken. I think teaching is a great way to get over your shyness As for JUST English, it's like 99.9% English. We also use a lot of visual aids to help our in the classroom, so our PowerPoints are loaded with graphics and animations and whatnot. As for our first day of working, we were prepared: we had a short presentation about ourselves and our lives back in Canada, and then we played an Icebreaking game: Two Truths and a Lie, and had students introduce themselves the same way. As for preferring foreign people, I'm not all too sure about that. I know a few people who are teaching here and are Korean, and they seem to be doing fine.
Yeah!

Chaeji
oh sweet! Thanks for reply back so quickly!

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi
No problem That's what we do!

Aqua Fina
Just to add to that, I have a Korean-American friend who taught English in Korea. =) I think it’s a plus that you can speak both languages fluently (saves them cost of a co-teacher, haha). ^^

Katya
Hi! Great website you guys put together! I'm also considering taking up an ESL job, but have a few questions. First of all, while I have worked with children extensively, I have never taught. So I wanted to ask you – how did you guys get started? Was there a lesson plan that you had to follow or did you just come and improvise? When you first met your students, did they already know some English or how did you communicate? I'm considering teaching kindergartners, so I imagine it will be somewhat different… Are there any meeting/ support groups for ESL teachers in Seoul? I imagine there must be tons of teachers there, so do they have a way to meet, discuss what works and what doesn't, and get help? Also, how are the children in general? And final question – I notice in your videos that you use a lot of power point presentations and other visuals – I know they are a great learning tool, but I'm weak on design – are there already pre-set up programs that can be used in the classroom? Sorry for the abudance of questions, but I'm really looking forward to your reply!
http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi
Whoa that's a lot of questions. Let me try to answer them all:
1. We're both teachers in Canada, so that's how we got started. We knew about teaching before we got here.
2. There is no clear curriculum when you teach here. Every school has a different approach. You'll have to come and play it by ear.
3. Yes, our students knew some English. For those that didn't understand what we're saying, co-teachers were there to help
4. I think there are support groups, but we haven't been to any of them.
5. The children in general are a lot more studious, it seems, because of the looming University Entrance Exams that are a big deal.
6. There are no pre set up programs. You gotta make most of it yourself.
Yeah!
Sam
Hey! I really wish I found your site earlier!! I was in Korea (Jeonju) teaching English as part of my internship (hurrah for being a student teacher) for only 3 short weeks and yeah I was amazed at how I had to re-teach the same lesson like 10 times to different levels. The stuff you and Martina have here are really great! Thanks for being such a blessing and being so inspiring. Definitely want to come back again to teach like you guys when I wrap up teaching in Australia hahah.. God bless!

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi
Awesome! Glad it was useful to you! Thanks Sam
Cranberryopah
HI Sam,
I too would like to do a Professional Year internship in Korea. Education is my second degree. I’m 3 years in. My uni said I’d have to go back to Canada to complete my professional year with them. How did you swing a Korean middle school internship with your University?