Just for grins :)
I am pleasantly surprised at the English skills of my students, in comparison to my last school, they are quite good.. That said, we have been encouraged to not let the students speak Korean in our English classrooms.
I asked my students for a show of hands as to who practices their English outside of the classroom, out in the hallways, and around school. There was a few hands in the higher levels, but mostly they agreed, that if they were going to speak English, it would be done in the English classrooms.
I explained to them that as they enter my classroom, and go through the door. It's like a Magical Vacuum that sucks all of the Korean words out of their mouths and magically replaces them with English words. I stepped outside the classroom and walked backed in saying "Annyong Ha ---llo" or "Kawi, Bawi , paper". (Rock scissor paper). The kids got a real kick out of this and have been "hamming it up" and getting quite creative with this all week :) It really makes me laugh, to see my students being "punny" in English.
That's a really cute idea. I just tell them that this classroom is America, and they should speak English or Spanish. I've only ever had one student who knew Spanish (in my PS, and she was from South America,) so that usually works. We play "No Korean Baseball." 3 strikes and I either draw a mustache on their face, make them do a writing assignment, or make them say Larry Parallelogram a few times quickly.
ReplyDeleteHey Michelle,
ReplyDeleteI've also used the 3 Strikes method. I made up laminated cards and handed them out to the kids who were out of line with their behavior. it helped for them to have a visual of the fact that they needed to behave. I like your Larry Parallelogram - that's funny :)