Corporal Punishment
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What aspect of today's topic challenges your existing assumptions the most?
- If you could change one thing about how society approaches this issue, what would it be?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
We should speak out against corporal punishment in our schools. Paddling kids with a board is itself child abuse, and it also promotes child abuse in our community by sending the message that it is OK for adults to hit children.
Paddling creates fear in children and lowers their self-esteem. This adds to the dropout rate and lowers test scores, since students naturally lose interest in being educated in a Nazi-like atmosphere. It also humiliates and angers children, thus increasing the vandalism and violence among youth.
Schools that forbid paddling are more peaceful, and the students appreciate being treated with respect. They respond in kind, by respecting their teachers and the school.
Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your teacher.
선생님과 대화를 연습해 보세요.
1.How does the writer think corporal punishment affects society?
2.How does paddling affect a child’s psyche?
3.How does paddling affect children’s school life?
4.What is the relationship between paddling and vandalism?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
일반적인 학문 분야(history, science, mathematics)에는 the를 쓰지 않습니다. 특정 역사를 말할 때만 'the history of Korea'처럼 씁니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- speak out: publicly speaking in protest about (something)
- paddling: beating or spanking
- vandalism: intentional damage to or destruction of property
- psyche: soul or spirit; the human mind
- resort to: turn to for help, often as a final option
Extra Practice
1.Are you for or against paddling in school? Why?
2.What would you do if your child were paddled in school?
3.We often hear teachers say that they paddle their students entirely for the sake of the children’s education. Do you really believe that? Or does paddling simply reflect the teacher’s uncontrolled anger?
4.Do you spank your child at home? If so, when? If not, why not? (Conversely, have your parents ever paddled you?)
5.What are the side effects of corporal punishment?
6.Why do some teachers resort to paddling?
7.We hear teachers say that they have to paddle students in certain situations. Do you agree? Why or why not?
8.Who do you think is more responsible for a child’s education, parents or teachers?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
Level: High Advanced (H.A)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!