Chris, Thanks for the website and forum!

I'm teaching elementary kids in South Korea and power teaching has such a great ideas that I couldn't help trying it out in my class! Anyone in South Korea or Asia interested in power teaching? Sharing new ideas might be so much fun to me!

I am not in South Korea, but I will be glad to help anytime you have questions.

Jeff

Hi, My name is Michael and I am teaching at Sungshin Women's University in Seoul. I have been using some of the power teaching techniques and they have been great. I have used the 'class-yes' which is great for getting the attention of the class. I use the teach-OK and sometimes modifly it for the task at hand i. e. I will say 'Class-yes' to get their attention and then say 'fill in the blanks' (clap) and they will respond 'OK' (clap) or Listen, or Listen and repeat or Work in Pairs or whatever the task is. One of the best techniques is that when you ask a student a question and they don't know the answer or are too embaressed to answer you can you lead the class in 'It's OK' and move on without the class grinding to a halt. I gave the class 5 rules - Follow directions quickly, Raise your hand for permission to leave your seat, Raise your hand for permission to talk, Speak English please, and Keep your dear teacher happy, but for next semester I will take out the 'Raise your hand' rules as they are never needed for the University students. I love to use the 'woo' to encourage them. They seem to think it's silly, but fun. I also give them lots of 'one-second parties' especially after quizzes and at the end of class. I am working on integrating all these more smoothlyinto the lessons, but so far I am pretty happy with the results.

Nice to meet you here in Power Teaching cyberspace. My name is Jun-hum, Yeon. I'm in Chungbuk, South Korea. I'm really really interested in Power Teaching. Nowadays I became a BIG Lover of Power Teaching. I can share Power Teaching ideas with people, especially Korean Teachers who want change in their classroom. You can visit my blog "Power Teaching" My address is
blog.naver.com/yeonjhw

Leave your message or comment on my blog. It may help you. Thanks.

yeonjhw,

I checked your blog and it looks interesting but I only read English so could not get much out of all the posts.

Now that you have been working with WBT for almost 2 years how have you found the acceptance with other Korean teachers?

I am an American working in Vietnam as a school principal. I am at the beginning stages of introducing WBT to the Vietnamese teachers. While there are many differences between Korean and Vietnamese cultures, it is the same situation of introducing a teaching methodology from outside. I would greatly appreciate any insights you can give me about problems, solutions or ideas to smooth the acceptance.

Jason