After reading "Critical Peadagogy in Korea"

I liked this paper while I'm reading it.
In this paper, teachers tried to make a change , although little change, and this paper was about "Planing - Adapting in the real classroom " , which was practical, experimental, challenging.

While reading this article, I remembered my high school life. The curriculum in my school was focused in english in 2nd grade, so I took 4 or 5 classes related with english, and 2 of them were with foriegn native teachers.

With Australian teacher, we made our table in a circle, and we discussed about "Plastice surgery issue in Korea ". (I think I was surprised by that class, which I had never had before.)
I think she wanted to use critical issues for class theme.

I remember dimly what I said. " Most of models in magazines are very glamorous, have big eyes,  a small face, a sharp nose. So we think those types are ideal type, we have plastic surgery to be like those ideal type. I think social atmosphere are inciting plastic surgery. "

Although the class was 9 years ago,  why it is still in my mind ? Because I thought about the issue, and I participated in the discuss.

I don't know if that class influenced me or not, but it is still remembered.

Reflecting my lesson today..

Today, there was "Photograph activity" in my class.

The activity was: to say the present progressive (ex)I am reading a book, She is dancing....etc.
Taking pictures in each group by smartphone(they are photograph and model themselves), and show pictures by projection, and students say the present progressive.

some classes were successful, some were not. But all of classes were very noisy.
And I kept yelling to them. So after class, I thought   'Why did I yell at them ? '
Maybe I have a streotype of ideal class - Be calm, Not noisy....
And I'm little nervous when they are very noisy, Why?.... Noisy = Not learning ?
Do I have a prejudice that class should be quiet ? ...

I have an open class next week... maybe supervisor likes quite, nice class ?

After reading "A Historical and Comparative Perspective in the Case of Korea "

Through the reading, the part that come to me was "the present", "Cho"'s saying, "I hope that the students enter the class to make meaning themselves in this era "
She wanted students more active, I think .
That comes up to me with an idea, 
In class, closing time, give student post-it and review about the class,
"What was most memoriable, or What was hard thing to you, Anything to say to teacher... "
I let them think and reflect about the class. Also I can communicate with them.  
I 'll try it.

Trivial talking....

Yesterday, I talked with my boyfriend. I asked questions about 'Critical thinking' .
"Why do you think that people are thinking white man & black man different and even think black people in a low level , although they are same foriegners?
" um.... I don't think in that way.. so I can't say the answer. "

I asked again , "What is your image of America? "
He said " Wannabe, and ideal place "

" why do you think so ? "
" Because they are good in welfare system, democratic system ...."

"What make you think so ? You've never been in there. "
" By media. "

" Don't you think that media is wrong, only give us selected information ? "
" ... What's your point ? "

" I mean ... it can be very dangerous to just accept the informations without critical thinking .... "
" You are thinking so complicated. Concentrate on your graduate school study... "

This was one of my studies !!!

I'll keep asking him and make him get disturbed !!!

After Reading "Proofreading Woes"

The writer is thinking that Konglish is akward, something need to be cleaned, corrected.
Also he(or she) thinks that American English is standard, and Konglish is mistake, error.
He is othering English & Konglish.
I thought in same way no doubt before, but my thought is changing by taking this class, talking, and thinking.

Is it a big problem that Koreans make mistakes in Korea? I think it is not unless people can understand what it means, and know other people's thinking. I can't find why he thinks he should correct many errors in Korea in his article. Maybe he is thinking naturally, Native English teachers are representing standard english, and their important role is cleaning up the konglish.(what's this mean, "cleaning?" )