Summer Break All Day Class (1st and 2nd graders)

Overall, this class is fun and very challenging. I have to keep the attention of 20 students, at a young age, with their first introduction to a foreign language. The children can be quite difficult as my patience is never-ending (so far). The units we have covered were the alphabet and animals. Last week, I covered basic foods; it wasn’t an easy concept to grasp with an introduction to ‘like’ and ‘dislike’. But it kept the conversation and speaking portion of class going.

My goal last week was to teach them a song about food and I saw a ‘simple’ youtube video and I thought it was cute. Let me tell you, it wasn’t easy to teach… About half of them were interested in the class participation and the other half didn’t want to learn anything from me that day. All in all, it was good enough, though the Korean teacher thought it was above their level. So, I played the song, went through the lyrics with a listen and repeat method and played the song again. The next day I started the class with the same youtube video as I was writing vocabulary on the board. After I finished the vocab, I sang along with them to encourage them and did the actions. Yes, I felt like a class-act fool. But here’s my proof and pride…