Message for Mom

UPDATED with this image, as per the excellent and hilarious (and, dare I say, tongue in cheek [that's an inside joke]) suggestion by Wyatt in the comments. I'm leaving this post up--it's too funny!

Original post below:

Hi Mom,

Since your email can't read Korean, here's Chae Young's name:
김 채영 . I'll take this post down when you let me know you've read it.

UPDATE: Mom's on vacation at the moment. San Nakji, thank you for your helpful comment. We'll solve this little problem one way or another.

A Little Epiphany

In the course of my teaching I often use the popular English Time series at my hogwan. Unlike most of the other books we use, often there is no particular grammatical focus to a lesson. For example, I've seen the subjunctive, as well as indicatives in the present and past tenses all used on one page!

While reading Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, recommended to me by Blinger (now EFL Geek), I discovered that many people don't like grammar-based syllabi. There was this movement towards "notional" content, and a later move towards "processes." Essentially, content mattered more than grammar. Actually, the English Time series looks at content and grammar, as well as phonology, which seems about right.

By the way, I definitely recommend the book, which serves as a gateway to the field of TESL/TEFL.