Teaching Principles
I am a lifelong learner!
I cultivate an anxiety-free and respectful class atmosphere.
How? I welcome mistakes, as I make many mistakes myself. I take questions seriously; they are a stepping stone to improvement. I implement partner and group work to establish a comfortable, supportive, and safe learning environment.
Peer interaction is key. I believe that partner and group work is essential and effective in exploring, discussing, and learning. Authorizing students to correct one another by using recasts or giving hints opens the way for peer-mediated learning.
People are diverse and fun--so is learning! I appreciate the diversity in my classrooms and understand that there are different learning types. Thus, I am intentional about incorporating various learning strategies in my class activities and employing movement and visual, verbal, social, auditory, and haptic approaches—while challenging students to speak German all the time. My goal is to keep the students engaged and help them experience how fun German is!
Language is a window to culture and a tool to broaden our horizon. What can we learn from the term Feierabend (lit. "celebration evening") about German culture? Or what is the socioeconomic and historical background of the multicultural society we find in Germany today, as shown, for example, in the film Almanya--Willkommen in Deutschland or even represented in me, a German Korean?
How? I welcome mistakes, as I make many mistakes myself. I take questions seriously; they are a stepping stone to improvement. I implement partner and group work to establish a comfortable, supportive, and safe learning environment.
Peer interaction is key. I believe that partner and group work is essential and effective in exploring, discussing, and learning. Authorizing students to correct one another by using recasts or giving hints opens the way for peer-mediated learning.
People are diverse and fun--so is learning! I appreciate the diversity in my classrooms and understand that there are different learning types. Thus, I am intentional about incorporating various learning strategies in my class activities and employing movement and visual, verbal, social, auditory, and haptic approaches—while challenging students to speak German all the time. My goal is to keep the students engaged and help them experience how fun German is!
Language is a window to culture and a tool to broaden our horizon. What can we learn from the term Feierabend (lit. "celebration evening") about German culture? Or what is the socioeconomic and historical background of the multicultural society we find in Germany today, as shown, for example, in the film Almanya--Willkommen in Deutschland or even represented in me, a German Korean?