TIPS & TRICKS: Jinny Kim – “College Talk”
PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT
Jinny Kim (Interview):
A tip that I use in my classroom is what I refer to as College Talk.
“College Talk”
Kim (Interview):
I just thought of the most common phrases that we use in the classroom, such as
“Stop talking,” “Take out your book,” you know, “I need you to focus and pay
attention,” “This is important,”… and I just developed more, higher level—or
college talk for saying those very same phrases.
For example, “Stop talking”… I used “Stop socializing,” or “We’re being very
garrulous.”
When I’m saying, “I need to tell you something very important,” I’ll say, “I have an
imperative announcement,” “This is very critical for you.”
So in the beginning, of course, the kids are very confused, they look at each
other, and they’re, like, “What did she say? What is she saying?” And I explain it
once or twice, but I think the constant repetition os using the same phrase over
and over… they get it.
So now, when I go up to my kids, and I say, “What do you think is the situation?
What am I upset about,” and instead of saying, “We’re talking too much,” they’ll
really say, “We’re socializing,” or “We’re being garrulous, and it’s interrupting the
learning.” So, it’s very exciting to me.