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This is a class of Agricultural Officials I taught at Agricultural
Officials Training Institute (AOTI) in Suwon. We are celebrating our end
of class party at Korean Folk Village, just outside of Suwon. In this class
we worked on pronounciation and intermediate communications skills. It
was at AOTI that I started developing "Roger's Tongue Twisters"
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This is a class at Central Officials Training Institute (COTI) in Kwachon.
This particular class consisted mostly of government legal officials. They
spoke English well to start with, so we worked on advanced topics such
as presenting, debating. The final was putting on a play, a mystery by
Agatha Christie.
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This is a class I taught a Kyonggi Province Training Institute (KOTI).
The students in this class were soon to take a tour of America, so we emphasized
"tourist English" -- ordering food, making reservations, asking
directions. It was here that I learned many Koreans had difficulty distinguishing
between the J and Z sounds, and as a result many were having a hard time
getting to the San Diego Zoo -- native San Dieagans would scratch their
head and give them directions to the nearest synagogue instead. So I developed
the J-Z tongue twister: The breezy zoo jew had a xylophone and a zither.
letter of recommendation
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This is a class I taught at Legal Research Training Institute (LRTI).
These students too were headed for America on a tour. We also analyzed
how to read American publications such as the Wall Street Journal. |
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These are students at Police College near Youngin. These students are
all here on scholarships they gain after competing in national exams. They
will go on to become administators of Korea's law enforcement system. They
were very bright, very sharp and very dedicated. We worked on intermediate
conversation, analyzing publications and role playing. |
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This is a summer class at Police College. I did a lot of teaching there
and taught all grades. |
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Here I am with a couple other teachers at a Samul nori circle at Police
College. Samul nori means playing music with the traditional instruments
of a Korean folk band, but instead of marching around while you play, you
get to sit down. I turned out to have a knack for playing the gong I'm
holding. |