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Well I’m almost through the first week of my CELTA course. I’m almost a quarter of the way through it!

Each day is broken up into lessons in the morning, and teaching practice in the afternoon. We sit, listen carefully and take notes in the mornings, and teach the kiddies in the afternoon.

Well they’re not kiddies actually, but adults. Wouldn’t you know it, of a class of fifteen, we have one Thai, one Argentinian, and thirteen Koreans. Those guys are everywhere!

This gives me an advantage when correcting pronunciation; I know beforehand that students will probably Konglify words that have a Konglish equivalent, and know how hard it is for them to differentiate between ‘b’ and ‘v’ and ‘z’ and ‘ju’. I also knew today that the Koreans would have trouble understanding “brother” and “sister”; I explained that one’s “brother” is someone that has the same mother and/or father. If you didn’t already know, in Korea one often calls a good male friend of a similar age “brother”.

I haven’t had much of a chance to bust out my Korean language skills yet; naturally during class we’re expected to use only English. I’m trying to catch people in the corridoor after class to say 안녕 and ask how they thought everything went, but haven’t had many opportunities.

If you’re in Australia and want to come, feel free! Lessons are free. 11 York street, Sydney. Come Monday – Friday, at 3pm!
어서어새요!