Every Tuesday, groups of students go out and to various work sites around Cairo and today was the first day at my service site. I am teaching English with my fellow classmate Kyra. Originally I had signed up to different service projects. I had actually put teaching English as a second langauge as my third choice and not really wanting it. Something this semester that I have been forced into and thus learning a lot from is having to let go of expectancy for something to look a certain way. Our worksite was very easy to get to and when we arrived the director and staff were super friendly. We went over orientation with the head of the English teaching department along with two other women (mid 20’s) who were teaching classes. Kyra and I are teaching a “conversational” class aimed at students who once a week want to work on the conversational skills and just want to talk in English. After a few excercises on how to teach and what the class will look like, I got very excited about this. Having two teachers as parents, I probably have some teaching in my blood.
If any teachers are reading this and have any great ideas on simple conversation exercises for adults with a medium vocabulary, let me know :] potticus@gmail.com
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