Trainee Teachers Came to Surak High School
a trainee teacher, Choi Bitnara Students in Choi, Bitnara’s demo class
n April 4th, 2010, six trainee teachers came to Surak High School for student teaching. Their majors are consultation (Um, Sujin), Music (Shin, Mingyeong), Korean (Bok, Nayeon), Japanese (Kim, Dahye), and English (Choi, Bitnara). Some of them previously graduated from Surak High School, so it attracted the students’ attention.
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ok, Nayeon, a trainee teacher and a member of the graduating class of 2007 of Surak High School herself said “I feel good because I returned to my alma mater as a teacher and met juniors.” She also said that her dream has progressed one step further, so she showed much enthusiasm.
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he teacher trainees learned how teachers performed their job by observing the classes for grade 10 and 11s for almost one month.
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t the end of the teaching practicum, Choi, Bitnara, did a demo class and showed her teaching ability. All of the teachers from the English department came to her class and observed it. Even though she was a novice teacher, she did a great job, using the interesting learning materials such as the cartoon, the Simpsons. Students in Choi, Bitnara’s demo class filled in the blanks, listening to the conversation of the characters and did some role play in front of other classmates. Ms. Choi said that she learned a lot of lessons while preparing for the demo class. by staff reporter Kang, So Yeon (kai_res@naver.com)
trainee teacher 교생 선생님 / alma mater 모교 / progress 진전을 보이다 / enthusiasm 열정 / perform (일, 과제 등을) 행하다 / observe ①…을 보다. ②관찰하다 ③(발언· 논평·의견 을)말하다
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