The way that they set up the training was very interesting, placing most of the learning on the student out of the class room. Everyday most of training was us trainees teaching mock classes (usually part of the first lesson of the book), were after we would get feedback on the positives and negatives on our mocks from our instructors. We were also all given different modules of classes to learn. I was given A2 (IB TOEFL Test Prep) and V1 (Literary Contextualization with the goal of developing future readers), while the other trainees were placed in C1, V1, and the April program which is for younger students. Because I was the only on in A2, I was in a class where it was just my instructor and myself. Not going to lie, it was a little scary and intimidating to be in a class by myself with just the instructor there watching me all the time. Even though it was really intimidating, I think I benefited the most because I got so much one on one attention from my trainer.
The scariest thing was definitely the final written part of the training process. At the beginning of the training week we were given syllabuses with the break down of all the major parts of our modules. Admittedly, I really focused the most of my energy on the mock lessons than looking at the syllabuses, since I am going to be spending most of my time teaching. So I was stressing out about the written exam the most. But I passed and all is good!
So after our last day of classes, we called our individual branches and asked about what our next steps were. Luckily for me, my branch really did not need me to do all that much. All I had to do was go find my apartment, apply for my ARC, and set up my bank account. So, since I do not start physically teaching until the 24th, I essentially have about a week and a half to get to know the area that is to be my new home for the next 1+ years! Really excited to start learning about Junggye~
The scariest thing was definitely the final written part of the training process. At the beginning of the training week we were given syllabuses with the break down of all the major parts of our modules. Admittedly, I really focused the most of my energy on the mock lessons than looking at the syllabuses, since I am going to be spending most of my time teaching. So I was stressing out about the written exam the most. But I passed and all is good!
So after our last day of classes, we called our individual branches and asked about what our next steps were. Luckily for me, my branch really did not need me to do all that much. All I had to do was go find my apartment, apply for my ARC, and set up my bank account. So, since I do not start physically teaching until the 24th, I essentially have about a week and a half to get to know the area that is to be my new home for the next 1+ years! Really excited to start learning about Junggye~
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