English Teaching Assistant (ETA)
Teaching Manual
2003-2004

EDITOR'S NOTE................................................................................................................................................. 5 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL.......................................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 KOREAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM............................................................................................................... 6 YOUR ROLE AS AN ETA.................................................................................................................................. 6 KNOWING WHO\u2019S WHO IN YOUR SCHOOL............................................................................................... 8 SETTING UP SHOP.......................................................................................................................................... 10 TEACHING ENGLISH CONVERSATION..................................................................................................... 12 LESSON PLANNING....................................................................................................................................... 13 STRUCTURING YOUR LESSON FOR SUCCESS........................................................................................ 14 ELICITING STUDENT RESPONSE................................................................................................................ 16 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT...................................................................................................................... 17 VISUALS AND MATERIALS......................................................................................................................... . 21 KEEPING UP WITH POP CULTURE............................................................................................................. . 22 SELF-EVALUATION....................................................................................................................................... 23 HOME STAY TUTORING............................................................................................................................... 24 CLUB CLASSES............................................................................................................................................... 25 CONNECTING WITH TEACHERS................................................................................................................. 26 LESSON RESOURCES..................................................................................................................................... 27 SAMPLE LESSON PLAN............................................................................................................................... 30 SAMPLE ACTIVITES....................................................................................................................................... 30 TOPICS.............................................................................................................................................................. 31 POP SONG VARIATIONS.......................................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 JEOPARDY VARIATIONS............................................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 FILLER ACTIVITIES............................................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 SITUATION SKITS........................................................................................................................................... 33 GAMES.............................................................................................................................................................. 33

DICTIONARY OF SCHOOL TERMS.............................................................................................................. 34 ENGLISH CLASS PHRASES........................................................................................................................... 35 CLASSROOM RULES...................................................................................................................................... 36

TEACHER INTRODUCTION LESSON.......................................................................................................... 37 SELF-INTRODUCTION COLLAGES............................................................................................................. 39 THE GREETING LESSON............................................................................................................................... 40 INTRODUCTION AND GREETINGS............................................................................................................. 41 GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTIONS....................................................................................................... . . . . 42 GET TO KNOW THE STUDENTS................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

ADJECTIVES.................................................................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 INTRODUCTION OF ADJECTIVES............................................................................................................... 46 CONDITIONALS............................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 PREPOSITIONS: WHERE IS IT?..................................................................................................................... 48 MINIMAL PAIR TREES................................................................................................................................... 50 MAKE-A-SENTENCE AUCTION................................................................................................................... 51

PRONUNCIATION........................................................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 EXAMPLE PRONUNCIATION LESSON....................................................................................................... 53 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE....................................................................................................................... 54 CLASSIC TONGUE TWISTERS...................................................................................................................... 55 GIVING ADVICE.......................................................................................................................................... . . . . 56 GIVING ADVICE.......................................................................................................................................... . . . . 59 EMOTION IN LANGUAGE.............................................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 EMOTIONS.................................................................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 EMOTIONS and BASEBALL........................................................................................................................... 64 INFLECTION and INTONATION............................................................................................................. . . . . . . . 65 GESTURES................................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . 66 COMMON MISTAKES IN ENGLISH............................................................................................................. 67 SLANG AND IDIOMS............................................................................................................................... . . . . . . . 68

KONGLISH TO ENGLISH............................................................................................................................... 69 KONGLISH TO ENGLISH DICTIONARY..................................................................................................... 70 ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS....................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 M&M LESSON.................................................................................................................................................. 75 THAT\u2019S FUNNY!.............................................................................................................................................. 76

POETRY............................................................................................................................................................ 77 EXAMPLE POETRY LESSON........................................................................................................................ 78 WRITING A POEM ABOUT MUSIC.............................................................................................................. 79 PROVERBS....................................................................................................................................................... 80 SCRAMBLED STORY..................................................................................................................................... 82 BUILD A STORY.............................................................................................................................................. 83 STORYTELLING CONTEST........................................................................................................................... 84 LOVE STORY................................................................................................................................................... 85 ILLUSTRATING A BOOK............................................................................................................................... 86 COMIC STRIPS................................................................................................................................................. 87 PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY..................................................................................................................... 88 AN AMERICAN CLASS: PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY (PB&J).................................................................. 90

CHRISTMAS CARDS....................................................................................................................................... 92 HALLOWEEN................................................................................................................................................... 93 HALLOWEEN................................................................................................................................................... 95 SECRET VALENTINE..................................................................................................................................... 98 EARTH DAY..................................................................................................................................................... 99

WORLD LESSON........................................................................................................................................... 106
TOURISM........................................................................................................................................................ 107
GEOGRAPHY MADE EASIER...................................................................................................................... 108
GEOGRAPHY and the WEB........................................................................................................................... 109
CONTINENT................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
COUNTRY................................................................................................................................................... 109
VACATION TRAVEL.................................................................................................................................... 110

MOVIES/VIDEOS................................................................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . 111 MOVIES....................................................................................................................................................... . . . . 112 MUSIC............................................................................................................................................................. 113 SO, YOU LIKE MUSIC?................................................................................................................................. 114

HIGH SCHOOL IN AMERICA................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 MIDDLE SCHOOL IN AMERICA................................................................................................................. 122 AMERICAN vs. KOREAN SCHOOL LIFE................................................................................................... 124 BLACK HISTORY MONTH.......................................................................................................................... 126 SOCIAL PROBLEMS..................................................................................................................................... 127 SOCIAL PROBLEMS II.................................................................................................................................. 129 WAR OPINIONS................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 BLINDNESS AND TRUST........................................................................................................................ . . . . 131 PERSONALITY........................................................................................................................................... . . . . 133 COMMERCIALS......................................................................................................................................... . . . . 135 DICTIONARIES................................................................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 FAMILY LIFE................................................................................................................................................. 138 FAMILY........................................................................................................................................................... 140 SHOW ME THE MONEY!............................................................................................................................. 141 A Review of Large Numbers............................................................................................................................ 142 100= one hundred............................................................................................................................................. 142 Korea/ US Exchange..................................................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142