Simpsons Interim Lesson
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To understand this lesson, I first need to explain a few things about Korea and the Korean school year. The Korean school year starts in March and has a number of shorter breaks. One begins at the very end of December and continues until nearly the end of January. Then there are two weeks of school. After that, students have break until the beginning of March.
It is very strange to have those two weeks. Most teachers simply show movies and such as students do not want to work. I ended up using a game for the first week and a lesson for the second week. This second week is where the Simpsons lesson fit in.
Korean students love the Simpsons, so I knew they would enjoy watching an episode. I decided to make this into a fun learning experience that the students might benefit from.
I found a copy of the Simpsons Itchy and Scratchy land Episode with Korean subtitles and played it along with a fun activity teaching students more about English amusement parks. While I did not have time to explicit explain all vocabulary, my Korean coteachers and the pictures themselves helped with translation. In addition, I feel that the fun the students had will help them remember some of the terms they asked me to define more so than simply studying them.
It is very strange to have those two weeks. Most teachers simply show movies and such as students do not want to work. I ended up using a game for the first week and a lesson for the second week. This second week is where the Simpsons lesson fit in.
Korean students love the Simpsons, so I knew they would enjoy watching an episode. I decided to make this into a fun learning experience that the students might benefit from.
I found a copy of the Simpsons Itchy and Scratchy land Episode with Korean subtitles and played it along with a fun activity teaching students more about English amusement parks. While I did not have time to explicit explain all vocabulary, my Korean coteachers and the pictures themselves helped with translation. In addition, I feel that the fun the students had will help them remember some of the terms they asked me to define more so than simply studying them.
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