036 : Meet Teacher Michael – An ESL Teacher in South Korea

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SHOW NOTES

  • 3 Best Qualities
    1. Practices English outside of class
    2. Very diligent
    3. Open minded
  • Favorite student
    1. Junior student
      • Had a positive attitude
      • Their positive energy recharged me
  • Hardest thing about teaching English
    1. Remembering all of the grammar rules
    2. When students ask you a question out of the blue that you don’t know how to answer
    3. Not being able to show that you don’t know some things
  • Enjoyed the most
    1. The students
    2. The culture exchange
    3. Learning about other cultures expands my mind
  • Do you speak another language?
    • No, but he would like to learn Korean and French
  • Do you know any good English resources?
    1. Watch English movies – “Avengers movies” / “Avengers Civil War”
      • Play it with the subtitles
      • Then pause and go back to the scene and say it out loud
      • Then turn off the subtitles and try to say it out loud
  • Advice
    1. Give yourself time fro your brain to adjust and understand a language
    2. Don’t be in a hurry
    3. Don’t be too hard on yourself
    4. Understand that everyone is different and develops differently
    5. Be consistent. Never give up.
    6. Don’t stop.

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