 Re: Mistakes that new teachers make
My biggest mistake is that I used to think I couldn't take the local language (for me, here, Korean) out of the classroom. I taught kids and I expected so little from them, I wanted them to speak only English, but I didn't know how to enforce that rule. I thought it would be impossible to create an English-only environment. It took me over a year to figure out that a simple reward system works wonders.
ANYWAY, in the meantime, I resorted to using some Korean in class myself. This was an idiotic idea. Once, while playing cards with a group of 6 year olds, I wanted to say "good job/ well done" (jal-hae-sseo) to the kid who had won. Instead I said "you show off" (jal-lla-sseo). Thank God they laughed.
I think I'll sift through my 13,000 other mistakes and try to find a good one now.
Karen |