This was my third class for high school and along with the
introduction and
rule lessons it made a nice axis o' evil introductions. The English in this lesson is stolen from the JLP resource book and other places
online. And the Korean translations have been verified as correct.
Classroom English:
- Native Speaker introduces the concept of Questions and Statements. 5 minutes.
- Native Speaker brainstorms classroom questions that the students may ask. 5 minutes.
- Native Speaker brainstorms classroom statements that the teacher may say. 5 minutes.
- Native Speaker brainstorms classroom questions that the teacher may ask. 5 minutes.
- Native Speaker brainstorms classroom statements that the teacher may say. 5 minutes.
- Native Speaker conducts Classroom English Worksheet activity. 10 minutes.
- Native Speaker goes over Basic English activity with class. 15 minutes.
Notes:
- Be prepared to prompt the students while brainstorming. Even though they have been conversing with teachers most of their lives they will forget all questions and statements, especially when all they need to do is look up at what has already been brainstormed. Good topics are homework, uniform, books, pens, tests, etc.
- Don’t underestimate the time on the activity; having the Korean right next to the English gives the students an incredible crutch.
- Some students may not understand the difference between “I don’t know” and “I don’t understand.” I usually illustrated the difference with a question with real (Do you know the way to post office?) and unreal (Do you crabty the flob to the garblaflab?) words. The students understand the former but do not know the answer where as with the latter the students do not understand what I am trying to say.
- Introduce all four brain storm areas on the board at once and work through them with the class.
- If you really care about the students, prepare answer key to be handed out at the end of class.
- It’s real easy to turn the resolving of the activity sheet into a competition.
More information about my lessons can be found
here.
