English Camp

As I mentioned before I was working an English camp this month. The camps vary from forest retreats to an extra Saturday studying. This one was at a countryside school but it was kitted out well with 2 large LCD HD TVs directly connected to a PC hub and internet. I decided to incorporate this into my lessons and add some fun to the day. I had to start early at 9am, leaving at 7.30am, and work till almost 4pm. In reality though I only taught four 40min classes and they were just a lot of fun.

As you can see I taught the the intricacies of the Act of Union and then gave them a project to do.

My teaching assistant Mr. Bean!
After teaching present continuous, I am Verb+ing, I used the videos and asked the students 'What is he doing?'

Musical chairs
After this we played musical chairs having to perform the verbs they learned. Running, hopping, dancing and eventually the Moon-walk ;)
(to the tune of 'There's a Moose Loose Aboot this Hoose'

Add a tweed jacket, a pot-belly and less hair and that could be me lecturing on Marxism in 10 years time!

My weapon of choice for unruly students!

Ceilidh Dancing
I only really know the Gay Gordans so I decided to give it a bash as the finale, and they seemed to like it. Prizes if you can guess what song it is, the clue is in the picture!!

<------------I think we done some thing right
they went from petrified to smiles!------------>

Children's Day

Tuesday the 5th in Korea is 'Children's Day'.

It is like a mix between a bank holiday and Christmas. No tinsel or puddings, but a day off for all the kids and guess what! me too.

Take this opportunity to add an extra night out to the week.

Next week, on the 15th, is 'Teacher's day'. Where traditional kids would give presents to their teachers to say thanks. Unfortunately the whole thing got so out of hand a few years ago with parents using teachers day as a chance to bribe teachers tat the government actually made it illegal to give gifts to them. :(

Maybe something will pop up unexpectedly.