Impactful English

Welcome to "Impactful English"

GAFL Korea

Meeting with GAFL students

By Jieun Choi

I had a meeting with Gyeonggi Academy of Foreign Languages (GAFL) students today. There were three students who were willing to be ambassadors of this initiative and spread the skills. I initially contacted one of my mutual friends at GAFL and she introduced me to other two students. There was

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Romania Teo

Met with a Romanian student, Teo

By Jieun Choi

I met with Teodora, a Grade 10 student attending a local school in a small city in Romania called Bacau. She is a member of an international debate club run by an Indonesian friend of mine. Teo has a distinct European accent when speaking English, but the two of us

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KISJ Korea

KIS students quit - new students will fill in

By Jieun Choi

After a few days of silence, the two students who initially joined the initiative quit. After meeting with the vice principal, I was excited to further supplement and develop the skills based on the feedback, but I guess their situation was different. Nonetheless, I focused on doing what I can

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Cheongshim Korea

Meeting with Cheongshim International Academy

By Jieun Choi

Last year, I created an alliance between 8 British International Schools in Vietnam, Russia, Thailand, UK, and elsewhere to form a community where students are free to share useful information, projects, initiatives, and internship opportunities. The student representative of Cheongshim International Academy reached out to me at that time and

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KISJ Korea

Meeting with KIS vice principal

By Jieun Choi

After a brief meeting with KISJ(Korea International School Jeju) students, they scheduled a meeting with the KIS vice principal. The feedback the vice principal gave us was very detailed and also gave us a chance to reflect on how we approach school staffs when pitching this idea. First, the

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Korea

Flight to Seoul, the heart of Korea

By Jieun Choi

I flew over to Seoul, the capital of Korea to create a new sphere of influence - teach and interact with local students and everyone - as a benefactor. I had preliminary meetings with seven schools in Korea that are willing to adopt the “Paraphrasing Column System” I have developed.

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Indonesia Korea

Signed with up publication agency

By Jieun Choi

Publishing the content was not easy. Most publishing companies turned my offer down before they could even dive into it, saying it wasn’t profitable. The book was going to be distributed for free; exclusion would not be desirable for education. Each rejection letter I received reminded me of J.

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Columnmethod

Creation of Paraphrasing Column System

By Jieun Choi

Many students need better skills to read and write critically. However, they lack a procedure through which they process whatever information they read and they construct their sentences. The worst problem is, most students keep repeating the same grammatical errors and mistakes in writing. The repetition can be very costly

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