I camp inside and I speak Korean in my
English class, ya like that’s normal. It’s
normal for me. Snickers’ attempt to cheer my “crash-and-burn” feeling
from last night's new-house-no-go consisted of setting up our outdoor mosquito tent and giving me
a play camping trip. It worked, mind ya
upon waking up in the middle of the night I got quite tangled up in the tent
trying to get out of it... hahaha.
On Wednesdays – Wonder Woman Wednesdays
that is – I teach at a university but because two of the classes I teach have
such a low understanding of English I often have to rely on using Korean. One of the classes is a class of 42 so to
help eliminate some of the confusion and frustration, I control the masses with
my Korean. Today I had to do TOEIC tests
with all 42 students in this one class and then had to get them sign up for
their final exam one-to-one interview.
It made it so much easier on both them and I to not only explain in
Korean but to jot down some simple instructions in Korean on the board.
I can totally relate with the lower level
students and their frustration with not knowing enough of the language to be
able to understand even the fundamentals of what is being said. My classroom isn’t equipped with any kind of
multimedia so using Power Point is out of the question. My drawings are rather pathetic-looking stick
creatures and I don’t care to pull out the old skool flashcards I have from
back when I taught kindergarten. Korean
is my saving grace.
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