Teach English in South Korea, World English Service Ltd. - Classroom Conversation Topics

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Classroom Conversation Topics

• Topics to Avoid • Example of a Classroom Discussion

Your students usually don't tell you the truth but wishful thinking because during the process of translating Korean into English in their minds, they can do selective translation and end up telling you half truths or ideals.

Koreans do know that drugs are becoming a social and economical problem in Korea just as they are aware of the drinking problems and wife abuse etc.

Next time, if your student says something outrageous and it touches on issues like drugs, Aids, alcohol or mental illness, wife bashing etc. and you find the whole class agrees... just go with the flow and laugh with them. DON?T GET INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION as you may later find out you were quoted as saying something you did not and a parent puts in a complaint against you. Even if you wish to puff and huff and rant on who's right or wrong. Stay out of the discussion for your own sake.

Topics to Avoid for Conversational English

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Some Topics you are advised to avoid during conversational English:

Politics (especially Korean)
North Korea
Drinking, drugs and medications
American Military in Korea
Women?s rights and issues
Religion
Terrorism

Example of a Class Discussion

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I had my free talking class read an article about alcoholism (which, for some reason, they couldn't relate to), but there were a couple of paragraphs which mentioned drug addictions, and my class informed me that there aren't any drugs in Korea. I know that's not true, but then they said that drugs like ecstasy and less commonly known drugs weren't illegal here because the lawmakers don't realize they exist.

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