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Hal And Steve English Podcast

Welcome to the best Teaching ESL Abroad podcast... EVER! At least, that"s what we"re going to tell everyone in hopes that they"ll give us a listen.We"re two dudes, Hal and Steve, who chat about the practical parts of teaching esl in a foreign country. What do you do with super spoiled kids? How do you avoid the super boring after school outings? How do you avoid drinking 1 on 1 with Principal Kim because you"ll wake up with the worst hangover if you do?These are the questions! We try to answer

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29:20

What to do in the first 5 minutes of class!

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2020/01/30

What should you do during the first 5 minutes of class? It may be more crucial than you realize! Those first five minutes can really set your ESL class culture and set the expectations of the students. Steve gives some great tips from his years of experience!And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher Memberships:https://halandsteveenglish.com/pages/...Yummy Recipe Game:https://halandsteveenglish.com/blogs/...ESL UNO Master

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55:56

New Years Resolutions: Our Personal Failures and...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2020/01/22

In this episode, we get a little personal and candid and take a look at our new years resolutions and our subsequent successesand failures. Happy Lunar New Year!!!! Will Steve tackle his mountains? It remains to be seen.And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher Memberships:https://halandsteveenglish.com/pages/...Yummy Recipe Game:https://halandsteveenglish.com/blogs/...ESL UNO Master Packs:https://halandsteveenglish.com/blogs/...ESL Human

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30:42

The Hardest Part of TEACHING ESL Abroad

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2020/01/01

In this episode, Hal & Steve take a look at the hardest parts of teaching ESL - in this case South Korea. For instance, how is the concept of teaching different from the U.S. in South Korea? You'd be suprised how incredibly different it is! We also try to follow up identifying the problem by offering up some different solutions. Happy New Year!!!!And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher Memberships:https://halandsteveenglish.com/pages/...Yummy Recipe

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52:17

Top 5 Ways to have an Excellent Christmas ESL Class

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/12/23

In this episode, Hal & Steve draw from there experience to talk about the best ways to have an excellent ESL Christmas classes or events. They also take a closer look at the cultural aspects you may encounter, and the importance of bieng aware to those. Here are some of the links mentioned in the podcast as excellent resources :)Learn to draw with ABCs...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYc4qbBIDBo&list=PLakKIIiLniCCJalOrYg5wE02ncux7ml4ULearn to draw with

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1:02:33

Exploring Gamification in the Classroom with Dustin...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/12/15

SummaryIn this episode, Hal & Steve explore games in the classroom and gamifcation with Dustin Staats. Why or how should we use games in the classroom? Let's talk with an expert and follow his journey of developing his craft of gamification in the classroom.And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher Memberships:https://halandsteveenglish.com/pages/...Yummy Recipe Game:https://halandsteveenglish.com/blogs/...ESL UNO Master

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40:46

Why Kindy ESL Classes are Horrible for a Hakwon

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/12/03

In this episode Hal & Steve take a look at kindy market and how it gets mixed up into the elementary hakwon market.Where did it all go wrong and why? What should we do about it? Steve and I take a closer look at these questions and more.And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher Memberships:https://halandsteveenglish.com/pages/...Yummy Recipe Game:https://halandsteveenglish.com/blogs/...ESL UNO Master Packs:https://halandsteveenglish.com/blogs/...ESL

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1:08:55

The Hardest Part(s) of Running an Academy in Korea

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/11/28

In this episode Hal & Steve take a look at the hardest part of running an English Academy (a hagwon as it's known in South Korea) with a promise to return on the following episode to offer solutions on the problems they've dissected.And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher Memberships:https://halandsteveenglish.com/pages/...Yummy Recipe Game:https://halandsteveenglish.com/blogs/...ESL UNO Master Packs:https://halandsteveenglish.com/blogs/...ESL Human

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52:11

The Crazy, Stresses of a Hagwon Owner and the Sheisty...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/11/18

Running an English Academy (a hagwon as it's known in South Korea) is super stressful.You're a foreigner, in a foreign land, with a government that probably doesn't have the most scrupulous legal track record, and you've gotta somehow convince the locals that you teach English really well.Not only that, you've got to convince them that you can teach English better than the locals, even though they've been trained to be distrustful of everyone from outside their community.Yeah.... it's pretty

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1:00:52

Jennifer Helfand: 15 Years of Teaching Abroad...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/11/10

How did you know you wanted to teach abroad?We talked about that and more with an awesome and experienced ESL teacher and writer, Jennifer Helfand. She has had a myriad of teaching experiences around the world, and now travels freely around the world teaching online classes and focusing on her work as a writer. She also had some absolutely incredible experiences to share on her volunteer work in refugee camps.Check it out, as well as some of her work:https://www.englishtoinspireyou.com/Online

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1:35:39

What's better, teaching ESL in Korea or in America? ...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/11/03

What's better? Teaching ESL in South Korea or in America? We talked to an awesome ESL teacher with experience in both. Megan Kelly spent a few years teaching in a competitive English Kinergarten Academy in South Korea and also at an International School in the heart of Seoul. She left all of that behind to get her wings as an ESL teacher in the United States.She tells us the pros and cons of both! Check it out.And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher

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1:05:37

Jennifer Waddell: Handling Taboos and Cultural...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/10/27

We had a great time chatting with Jennifer Waddell. She's currently an online ESL teacher with Palfish, but spent years abroad in Thailand and China teaching English. Check out her unique story and pay attention to her great advice on handling cultural differences.You can get in touch with Jennifer at her new blog: https://innerseagull.wordpress.com/And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher Memberships:https://halandsteveenglish.com/pages/...Yummy Recipe

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1:00:18

Keith Tacey: 200+ Students in Vietnam & Jolly Phonics...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/10/19

Keith Tacey is an American living in Vietnam as the owner and operator of a 200+ student English academy. He runs the facility with his wife and a team of great teachers. In this episode of our podcast, he tells us about his time in Vietnam, his journey into ex-pat ESL entrepreneurship, and the start of his new career as a Jolly Phonics Certified Teacher Trainer.Take a listen!And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher

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45:38

Madeleine Grace: Master's in Curriculum Design for...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/10/06

Welcome back to the Hal and Steve English podcast.We got a chance to talk to Madeleine Grace, an ESL teacher from Washington D.C. She was a teacher in the United States who decided to take the trip abroad, and instruct in South Korea. She has an awesome story, and like our friend Kat Sten who we interviewed last time, she tells us about her adventures in Mokpo, South Korea!Take a listen!And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher

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1:02:09

Kat Sten: After 10 Years at Target, She Now Runs an...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/09/29

Welcome back to the Hal and Steve English podcast.Kat Sten. She's a really awesome Hagwon/Academy owner in Mokpo, South Korea. Before her journey into the expat ESL teacher life, she was a member of Target's corporate staff. Why she quit that job, how she ended up living in East Asia, and where did this idea of opening an English academy come from? Well... she answers those questions while sharing a ton of golden wisdom nuggets.Take a listen!And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some

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58:46

Aaron R: I Came To Korea As a Debate Teacher and My...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/09/22

Welcome back to the Hal and Steve English podcast.This week we talked to Aaron R. He's been an eSL teacher in South Korea since 2008 and he's taken a really unique journey. He was first brought here as a debate teacher, but after his hagwon suddenly closed, he sought out work as an English teacher. He worked in Seoul and the Southern cities of Korea until opening up his own academy.Take a listen!And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher

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44:56

Shawn Smith: Study Room Owner in S. Korea with 40+...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/09/16

Welcome back to another episode of Hal And Steve English.This week we talked to Shawn Smith. He's been an ESL teacher for over 10 years in South Korea and has worked at nearly every type of school you can think of. Last year he started his very own academy at his apartment, and he talks to us about the awesome and not so awesome parts.Take a listen!And for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on some goodies below....Teacher Memberships: https://halandsteveenglish.com/pages/...Yummy Recipe

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1:01:07

How ESL Teachers Make $200,000 a Year

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/09/08

The world can feel a bit limited when you're an ESL teacher. As an employee, your income ranges from 'Barely Able To Payoff Student Debt' to 'Barely Able to Payoff Student Debt and Go Out Once A Week".Since most of us are foreigners in the countries we currently call home, the ladder to success can feel like it's got a few rungs missing.But, that's not exactly true. You've just gotta pay attention to the teachers who came before you, and see how they navigated success.Find out how on this week's

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49:57

How To Help ESL Students With Low Self-Esteem

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/08/25

What do you do when an ESL student is too shy to speak in class? What can you do to break them out of their shell? We dive into that topic, and more, in this episode of the Hal And Steve English podcast. We also come to terms with the different concepts of peer criticism and what that does to students' self-esteem, especially in countries like South Korea where what others' think is the most important part of your life.#ESLTeacher #ESLteacherKorea #ESLAnd for our Hal And Steve content, get your

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57:21

5 Tips To Handle Class Killing Kids, Teaching ESL in...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/08/18

Welcome back to another awesome episode of our podcast.This week, we're talking about Class Killers.You know, the kids who are so bad in class, either through breaking classroom rules or not participating, that they destroy your ESL class.We've got some awesome tips on how to handle these kids, mostly based on our kids in South Korea (Yeoncheon, Dongducheon, Yangju, Uijeongbu, and Seoul), but this applies to all!#ESLTeacher #ESLteacherKorea #ESLAnd for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands on

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38:49

Just Chatting About Summer, Middle School Students,...

Hal And Steve English Podcast ·

2019/08/11

Welcome back to the podcast. We decided to take it easy this week and just chat. It's the tail end of summer and the weather's heating up, the kids are out of school, and the busy 'sool roads', aka the bar part of town, are busy with university kids returning home. It's a pretty great time to get out and about, and a good chance to chat about some of the more casual aspects of teaching as an expat in Korea.#ESLTeacher#ESLteacherKorea#SummerSouthKoreaAnd for our Hal And Steve content, get your hands

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