On Sunday I had another Korean language lesson. Unfortunately for me, the teacher this week could not speak a lick of English. We all had a headache a a look similar to this one throughout the entire class. However this was a great experience to have, as I could really feel the depth of what my students are going through. Like, she talks too fast, I only caught one word, why is she using her arms like that. I am glad that we had this teacher, but I hope the other teacher is back next week.
I picked up a book of words and a Korean-English dictionary on the way home to try and get a handle on this. It is very difficult, no wonder everyone stresses teaching children language. Adult brains question to much, do not repeat enough and are to self conscious and not confident enough. I sometimes ask my kids to teach me words as they will say it many many times until I get it right. Plus they get a kick out of how silly I sound!
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