More up for units 9 and 10 on the YBM Monty text and a bit of reshuffling to tidy up the download posts. Chapter 10's page was rather tricky to format in a (hopefully) clear, tidy manner given the sheer number of variables in the target expressions, so my apologies go out to any feminists amongst you for defaulting to male pronouns (chosen over female to match the chapter title). If you have any suggestions for improvement there, please give me a shout.
Further apologies for being behind on the Buzz/Bibis. Thing is, the co-teacher at that school doesn't want the students having notes or worksheets, sigh. I'll try and go back and fill in the gaps at least for completeness sake. Have a nice day (off) everyone!
Ylim:
You probably want to go ask that in the Daehan text's thread. There'll be links in the sticky threads on the elementary board. My personal suggestion would be to discuss with your colleagues what they intend to teach.
In my personal opinion, having the afterschool classes roughly follow the textbook topic list is great as it gives the attendees extra revision. But, if it means the afterschool class students are then bored and thus disruptive in your regular classes, that ain't cool. Try and work with the after school teacher to ensure they use different activities to you (textbook or otherwise, and if Daehan is anything like YBM or Mirae-EN, the textbook activities will largely be rubbish anyway so no great loss). If they're at a loss for production activity ideas, give your colleague some blank templates for worksheets or PPT games or links to websites that'll generate them. If the classes are for struggling students, chances are they are just revising stuff to give the students a second chance. If the classes are for advanced students, discuss ways in which the target language could be expanded upon.
If the way I'm reading between the lines in your comment is correct though, and you basically have some students (who only attend your classes) that never follow the national curriculum, then that'd be of serious concern and something to kick up a (polite) fuss about if you feel that's the only solution. At the very least, if you still don't have a book, go to the elementary board, find the textbook list, find the list of Waygook.org members using the Daehan text, message them all in bulk and beg for a scan of the 12-16 syllabus pages in the Teacher's Guide so you know what your students are expected to learn. The pages look kind of like a grid with a lot of simple (Google translatable) Korean dot pointed general teaching goals and a few squares with specific target expressions and vocabulary goals noted in English.
The tests/exams are set by the city, not the school and are based on that curriculum. Every public school student deserves a chance to pass them. And to learn of course, but this is Korea so that is secondary. :p
If you wish to discuss this further, then you or I can PM a mod so these posts can be split off into a new topic. That may garner a few more responses from other members.
