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TABLE OF CONTENTS PURPOSE OF BOOK, USING IT & THANKS 6 THE PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING & TRUE EDUCATION 7 ADAPTING TO KOREA (or Asia) 15
INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING IN KOREA 15
CULTURE & RELIGION CONTRASTS IN KOREA & ASIA 16
ATTITUDE 22
HEALTH & GETTING VEGETARIAN FOOD 23
ENJOYING YOUR EXPERIENCE 25 MISSION 27 CHURCH GROWTH PRINCIPLES (BRIEF) 27 MAJOR PROBLEM-The Back Door of the Church 28 SOLUTION-Closing the Back Door and Building Effective and Healthy Churches
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WORSHIP 30
MINISTRY 30
EVANGELISM 30
FELLOWSHIP 31
DISCIPLESHIP 34 PREPARING EFL SPIRITUAL PROGRAMS 35 BIBLE/CHARACTER ACTIVITIES & SUGGESTIONS 37 PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION/RESEARCH 44
1) MOTIVATION 44
2) LISTENING/COMPREHENSION-GIVE STUDENTS THE TOOLS 46
3) REPETITION: Modeling, Class, Group, Partners & Coaching 48
4) SPONTANEOUS ACCURACY/NOVEL EXPRESSIONS/PROJECTS 49
5) ASSESSMENT 50 MASTERY SYSTEM & VISION CURRICULUM & MAD MINUTES 51
MASTERY SYSTEM OVERVIEW 51
GRADING SCALE 52
TEXTBOOK LEVELS AND RESOURCES AT VISION ENGLISH 52
II RESEARCH EVIDENCE 54
III HOW TO TEACH THE MASTERY SYSTEM 54
GRAMMAR & CONVERSATION 54
READING & PRONUNCIATION 57
LISTENING & COMPREHENSION 57
VOCABULARY/SPELLING/WRITING/MAD MINUTE 59
WRITING 60
WORKBOOK 60
UNIT & SECTION TESTS 60
ATTENDANCE 60
ENGLISH CLUBS 60
CITIZENSHIP 60
READINGS, MOVIES, REPORTS, PROJECTS 61
LEVEL TEST & PRESENTATION 61
MASTERY CARD 61
MAD MINUTES 61
HOW TO USE MAD MINUTE IN THE CLASSROOM 61 CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL 62
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT & DISCIPLINE 62
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT IDEAS 63
4 PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE WITH EXAMPLES 66
POSSIBLE GAME PENALTIES (some crazy ones() 67
BASIC CLASS OUTLINES 68
OUTLINE FOR YOUNG LEARNERS 70
EFL TEXTBOOK REVIEWS 72
SPECIFIC LEVEL OUTLINES 83 TEACHING EFL TIPS BY AREA (principles, class ideas, internet links, books,
games, etc.) 102
GETTING STUDENTS TO MAKE COMPLEX SENTENCES 102
EXTREMELY USEFUL EFL LINKS!! 103
TPR ACTIVITIES 104
SPEAKING 108
PHONICS/SPELLING 118
READING 122
GRAMMAR 124
VIDEOS 136
VOCABULARY & IDIOMS 139
LISTENING ACTIVITIES 146
MUSIC & CHANTING 147
WRITING ACTIVITIES 149
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES 152
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS 154
COMPUTER ASSISTED EFL 155 APPENDIX 156
QUICK TEACHING IDEAS REFEFERENCE PAGE 156
BEST BIBLE INTERNET SITES 158
DEVOTIONALS BY E-MAIL 158
ONLINE CHRISTIAN STORES 158
PROGRAM HELPS FOR YOUTH-ADULT 158
PROGRAM HELPS FOR KIDS 158
BIBLE STUDY AND RESEARCH SITES 159
MULTI-LINGUAL OR EFL BIBLE SITES 159
APOLOGETICS 159
CREATION SITES: 160
CREATION INFO IN KOREAN 160
SDA SITES (many from Korea) 160
MISCELLANEOUS 161
BEST EFL INTERNET SITES 161
TEACHING TIPS, PHILOSOPHY & LINKS (mostly high school-adult) 161
GRAMMAR: 161
YOUNG KIDS 161
PHONICS & READING 162
CRAFTS & GAMES 162
SCIENCE 162
MUSIC 162
KOREAN 162
GAMES 162
MISCELLANEOUS(puzzlemaker!) 162
TIPS & RULES FOR THE CLASSROOM 164
KOREAN ALPHABET SOUNDS 165
USEFUL KOREAN CLASSROOM LANGUAGE 166
ICEBREAKERS FOR 1st CLASS 172
RIDDLES 182
KONGLISH HUMOR 184
AVAILABLE VIDEOS TO SUPPLEMENT CLASSES 188
EFL TRAINING 188
COMEDY 188
SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY 188
ISSUES 188
MOMENTS OF DISCOVERY VIDEOS 188 THINGS TO ADD/UPDATE 190
PURPOSE OF BOOK, USING IT & THANKS My name is Bryan Bissell and I've been a mission teacher in Korea for
many years. Teaching English in Korea changed my life and gave me a
vision. I realized that this is one of the most unlimited fields you can
imagine! If you can think it, if you can say it, you can use it in
teaching English! Through teaching English, we can meet so many
interesting people and make many foreign friends and understand our world
and different cultures in it so much better. There are also many practical
things that we can share that can greatly improve the lives of our
students. And to add to all these great things, we can share the gospel
with our students and friends. Teaching English is one of the best ways to
get in contact with people who are not Christians since many people need it
for business, travel, promotions, school, etc. As we teach and get to know
them, there are opportunities to influence lives and share our experience
with God and what he means to us. For all these reasons, there are very few
fields that have so few limits and so many opportunities. This is why I
love teaching English
Through my years of teaching I have seen many effective ways of teaching
and I have met many teachers who are able to make a big difference in their
classes. They see lots of progress in their students' English ability and
they also are able to share a vision of what God wants us to become. But,
I've also seen many teachers who didn't know what they were doing or didn't
have good resources to work with and so became disillusioned and didn't
understand the great opportunity to influence lives that they had. They
wanted to be effective, but they didn't have enough experience or training.
God can work through anyone who is sincere, but it's very hard when you
don't know what you are doing and don't have good resources.
This book is an attempt to help solve some of those problems and give
some ideas of the resources available and empowr missionary teachers to be
the best teachers in the world. It gives a little of the philosophy of EFL
education, quick tips for Beginning teachers to help them use the best
ideas as fast as possible, many practical ideas for teaching, internet
sites to get more ideas from, class outlines, culture differences, helps on
teaching in a foreign country, class discipline, teacher motivation and
many things like that. It's meant to be a book so that when teachers have
difficulties, they can come and find some ideas and solutions or at least
get an ideas on where to look for solutions to their challenges and become
more effective as teachers and missionaries. There is some theory but,
most of it is practical and usable ideas since most mission EFL teachers
teach for a short time and need to learn things that work fast.
We all know the internet is an amazing resource. For missionaries and
EFL teachers too, it is something that you can not neglect. It will
increase your effectiveness more than most EFL college courses since it has
so many practical ideas. If you don't know you to use it, learn NOW! Many
internet links are included since teachers may not have access to the
resource books listed. (If the internet link becomes outdated, search for
the new site with the site name in quotes or try removing the ending
sections of the URL. Sometimes site managers reorganize their sites and
the downlinks change but the homepage is the same and you can find the
materials from there). Many of the books are available at EFL bookstores
or online (many publishers are listed at:
http://www.tefl.net/links/pub.htm. 1 quite good one is:
http://www.deltasystems.com/ USING THIS BOOK
This book has a ton of ideas and probably more than you will ever be able
to use. There are certain sections you should read first (such as
philosophy of education, culture differences, quick teaching ideas and
start on the Teaching Ideas section). But, this book is an idea resource.
When you have difficulties or need a good idea, look under the section you
want and you'll find an idea, good resource book to check out or an
internet link to go to (also check the Bible & EFL links in the appendix)
Many ideas can also be adapted to different levels and ages. Let me know
what you come up with to aid future teachers! In 1999, I started an EFL missionary school of my own with the idea of
researching and integrating the best ideas from EFL with many useful and
practical life skills and truths from the Bible and Jesus' life as well as
some fun and mystery and surprises thrown in. We've done many good things
already and have much more to complete, but it's a challenge and an area in
which very little has been done so far. In 2004, I started another one
named Vision English. We now have a webpage for any EFL mission schools
at: www.eslmission.org/resources with many resources online that you can
download and use. Keep checking back since more and more things will be
posted there as they are completed. I hope that this will make your experience in teaching EFL as a missionary
an experience that will change your life and the lives of many of your
students. I hope most of all that you will experience the reward of seeing
some of your students come to God and began to share with others the truths
that you have given to them. There is nothing like the feeling of knowing
that God has used you to bring hope and purpose to the life of someone
else. God can use anyone who is sincere. I have seen teachers of all
personalities and abilities flourish and have very good experiences. You
also can be very effective and change people's lives no matter what your
personality or talents if you let God lead you and teach you how to be
effective and if you are a wise person who is always looking for ways to
learn as Proverbs advises. Your life will be changed too as you serve God
as an EFL missionary. THANKS:
There are so many people who have helped make this book a reality. There
are many teachers on internet who share ideas, especially at Dave's EFL
café at: www.eslcafe.com Then, many teachers and staff at SDA Language
Institutes and TLC Language Institutes and Vision English other schools
around the world have contributed much. The idea sections of the book were
written mostly by just listening to a lot of excellent and creative
teachers and writing their ideas down. I also brainstormed a lot of
adaptations and new ideas myself and wrote them down so others wouldn't
have to go