July 18 - 25

So I just completed my first week of teaching English and it was a blast. I taught twenty 9-12 year old children who were considered intermediate-high level which meant they were considered the top level from their elementary school. I had about 20 of them and after spending eight hours a day with them I got to know them pretty well.

My class and my team teacher Andy "ND"

So our class consists of 4 different lessons. "Let's listen" usually has us listening to songs or movies and filling in the missing English words, this can be easy for some but very difficult for others, especially if there are different accents involved. Another lesson is "Let's talk" which has us just working on the pronunciation of words, sentences and speaking more clearly. The third is is an hour where I work on sentences, grammar, and we also apply the lessons learned from "Let's listen" to paper. Finally I teach a lesson on reading where I pick out a short story for us to read in class. To check for understanding I have questions during and after the story and we also go over the words that are new to them from the text. In addition to my teaching I have a Korean teacher come in for about 20-25 minutes per hour to drill them and to play games which they love.

Let's listen!

Campus

I also have been eating some really good for while here. There isn't much sugar or processed food where I am living so I feel like I'm eating much better then in the states and I think I have already lost 10 pounds! Here is some pictures of some of the food I had with friends Kee and Carol down in our local town. It was chicken, potatoes, and other veggies cooked in the middle of our table.

Before the food was cooked

Our cook and proprietor of the restaurant
The Final product.... delicious!

Friday night after a long week we decided to unwind and kinda let loose. During the week here things are pretty intense here so you kinda have to. I started with a soju and orange juice. For those of you who don't know what soju is just look it up on google, its pretty good. We then made our way into town for some chicken for dinner which was delicious. Our second stop was the Noraebang which has private Karaoke lounges which is AMAZING! As someone who appreciates good karaoke it is a blast.

Our Screen

Me in action

Sandy, who works at the school. He's really cool.


Meeting Koreans!