I know it's been too long since I last wrote! Everyday life is kicking in and as it turns out that means (surprise, surprise!) I have less time to blog. Add that to the fact that we don't have internet at our house you've got quite a bit of excuses! The truth is that I've missed blogging, so I'll try to get started again!
I had my first week of teaching English last week. It was incredibly challenging, but it was also really nice to just get started. I was so nervous the week upto so it felt good to just take the plunge! My students are fairly good at English so we will focus a lot on reading and writing whereas some of my colleagues have groups where the students hardly understand as simple words as man, woman, chair or dog. The students are all incredibly appreaciative so that makes it much more enjoyable. It's really nice to know that they aren't just annoyed that they have to learn English, but that they really want to! It's really interesting (and a but frustrating) to observe how much the way they're used to being taught influences them. They have an incredibly hard time using their imagination and responding to my "do you understand?" questions. They are however, incredibly at memorizing and very fast at copying things from the board. I did expect this a bit, but I'm still surprised at how severe it is! Most of all I love that we're teaching English at a Bible School so we're using a lot of Bible texts and using a lot of the new words in a biblical context. The first time I met my students, we prayed together. Even though the only word from the prayer that I understand was "Amen" it was beautiful and so touching.
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