Past Experience as a best teacher

Past Experience as a second Language

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KWANG HO CHOI(Donald)

Due date May 13th 2015

let me introduce my best teacher who had taught me korean when I

was middle school student. He’d always been concern about stude

nt side and mind totally different from the other teacher who strict

and stubbornness. Now that I think about his teaching mind that I

have to follow and reteaching my student of future. I have a unfo

rgetable story when he was my homeroom teacher. He had been

covered one of my co-student’s tuition fee instead of their family

member. Almost other student didn’t know how support for some

one and he didn’t want to know other people recognize.

Now I really sorry for didn’t contact frequently.

Finally I hopefully someday to become a teacher like him.

Let me introduce what i’ve been studying second language since

2012. me and my wife decide to immigrate to Australia. Aa a first

step, register english academy at YBM in jong-ro. now that I think

about, at that time my english skill was at best “say hello or thank

you“ but YBM manager put me sort of class in charge of native tea

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cher who wasn’t spoken korean. After 30 minutes later in the class

day first I had to hoist my hand and talk to teacher let me go anoth

er class can afford to study easier. cause I couldn’t be able to unde

rstand what teacher said less then a hour. sometime I used to thin

k about that time make laugh with also bit ridiculous and the other

two third of student on the same page.

How come english academy authorities put student into hard cours

without proper preparation. there are many problem that how to

evaluate student’s level and put them into suitable class so need

more ideal system for student like me.

Eventually, I had required to manager to move the other class wh

ere was easier then first one. It doesn’t mean that all english aca

demy usually pursuit their profit without student’s development an

d progression. Normally, english institution in south korea get huge

profit from student who try to get a score at official test such as

TOEIC or TOEFL.

I’v been study english not only academy but also take a online class

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used to called “SPEAKING MAX” was very crucial effect for me.

Specifically,I could able to listen to what I spoken by voice recorder

I thought this class brought me significant development since study

with this program. I was able to talking with not only native teacher

as well as unknown people who come from other country.

After two month later, I had boring threshold that wasn’t able to go

next stage which mean was english can not complete over night but

I didn’t know that. And also I missed something that co-student’s le

vel and their motivation that capable encourage me to go next level

when I demotivated from english study without supporter who would

be able to make me start over or show me different way of study

method like make a foreign friends, reading funny book.

I would say that very hard to make a foreign friend because they

must bring some culture differences at that time also yet to read

y to accept their personality that quit individual.

Secondly, I moved to other institution “Wall street Institution” where

was prohibit spoken korean all area. I thought it would be as good

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effect as study abroad turned out to be on same page one because

just few time to talk with native teacher only two hours a day with

korean student who commit many mistake in the middle of free talk

and no fix missed sentence from teacher or tutor.

they also wanted me to study by multimedia sort of computer lesson

much more then encounter class with native teacher. whenever my

blame against their teaching style. I’v got answer from manager that

even if you have a lot of time with native teacher you would forgot

many thing what your study.

Now I think about this story, was caught up with sweet talk capable

make me trust them. Actually I’v missed crucial thing that was bal

ance of english study which mean is four section reading, writing

speaking, listenig. I’d been focused on too much speaking and listen

ing without two the others therefore I have commited frequent mis-

communication or suffering from limitation of vocabulary.

I should have considered that writing and reading as well as talking

with equal level student. Also I had been talking at debate team with

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co-student used to discuss about academic topic like abortion, euth

anasia, religion etc.

Something makes me surprised those student who used to debate

with me can not speak to lifestyle english how to order food what th

ey wanted to or answer from negative question for example “never

been to US? “ actually nobody been in US but their answer was”yes“

Absolutely was wrong. I realized that someone like teacher or tutor

should be with student when they talking each other fix their mistak

e what used to said“ feedback”.

I don’t want to condemn english institution in south korea anymore

now i have to find out what is the best way to teach our student.

If you ask me then my answer is proper feedback and sharing

study method and encourage student also to avoid demotivation

finally don’t make them give up.

Thank you for reading.

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