Hey Leo is it okay if i re-upload your media file with the videos in a different format? My PowerPoint on the school computer I use doesn't like the .mov files the videos are in.

Hey Leo is it okay if i re-upload your media file with the videos in a different format? My PowerPoint on the school computer I use doesn't like the .mov files the videos are in.

Of course! I'll also add your files into the first post so that others can benefit from it.

Alternatively you could try using VLC media player. It is considered the best media player on the market in terms of compatibility. It's also very fast and simple to use.

Hi Leo,

Your lesson has been a success. The low level students struggle somewhat without translation and when it comes to the activity. However, it still provides a lot of laughs.

Cheers.

another way, is 2 convert all the videos 2 wmv's and re-insert them in2 the ppt

thnx 4 the great idea.

OK,

After teaching a week of this lesson to various ages and levels here's my roundup.

Overall, it was good to see the boys laugh and have fun.

In terms of conversation, this lesson had little value.

Most of the time it was I and the co teacher who was talking (in Korean).

The design a prank was a good aspect of the lesson. However, because Korean students have such a poor English ability they had trouble writing sentences along with the pictures.

Overall, this was an Art lesson with Korean subtitles.

Still fun though, a nice change.

Hey Annyeong,

I want you to know that I this is probably the best feedback I've ever received on Waygook. I don't get a lot of negative reviews, and I don't particularly find most positive comments to be useful (most comments are about first impressions and most don't bother to come back and give feedback after they've used the lesson) - though they are nice to hear and encouraging, so hearing blunt criticism like this is refreshing.

In actuality, I am fully aware that my teaching style is very classical, in the sense that I prompt and they answer vs. the more modern "ideal" approach of facilitating interaction between students. My strength lies in creating highly interesting content and delivering it in an aesthetically pleasing presentation (I am a marketing major...if that helps to explain anything). I have far more weaknesses than strengths when it comes to teaching. That includes an inability to find ways to get my kids to speak in English to each other in anything but my most advanced classes. In my lower level and larger classes (which compose the majority), nearly all attempts to get students to interact with each other in English led to little/no participation or Korean conversation.

However, my teaching style has led to a drastic increase in class participation, a noticeable improvement in listening/comprehension ability across the board and a significant improvement in positive attitudes towards English and English class. These are areas where I can directly attribute my contributions relative to my predecessor as per feedback from my co-teachers and students. I cannot confidently say that my student's overall speaking ability or writing ability have improved, though I would like to assume so. Though it is difficult to compare between teachers, the feedback I received during my open classes was also quite positive. The other schools seemed genuinely surprised by the amount of vocal participation that occurred during my classes even though my co-teachers and I had agreed that the students had  been strangely less participative during those classes (perhaps due to the tense nature of the class affecting our and their performance). I also had a few people pretty high up in the GEPIK program drop in my class and they also seemed to genuinely enjoy my class.

It is clear that our teaching philosophies are quite different, and I entirely respect that because I've purposely taken the easy route of trying to mentor my students with salient content as opposed to partaking in the real challenge of trying to teach them things they don't necessarily have an interest in to begin with.

TL;DR - Awesome feedback. I've decided to skip teaching my students "hard" knowledge (grammar, idioms, etc.) and focus on my strength of teaching them "soft" knowledge - culture, experience, perspective, etc. Hence the first page of all of my lessons.

I agree with the philosophy that getting the students' interests and having them WANT to participate in class is more important than teaching "English.' Also they can learn vocab and grammar from the Korean teachers. The foreign teachers are there to have conversations with them. I appreciate the lessons that Leo makes!

Thanks for a great lesson!!!

Friday is my phone day so I'll be using some of your awesome powerpoints! :D
Thankyou!!!

I think you are born an English teacher!
Thanks for your great contribution to this country's English teaching!