Learn, Speak, Teach English
I think I may have stumbled upon a new thing about which to be passionate -- Teaching English as a second language.
Or to be more accurate, learning how to teach and whether I have the talent and temperament for it.
Tech week is coming up at our school, so several hours on a beautiful fall afternoon were spent trying to think of how to combine tech with a review of vocabulary words used for describing appearance and personality.
One idea - have students create word clouds as a jump-off point for discussion. It's a "beginner conversation" class for adult. Will creating a word cloud get them talking?
It's a volunteer gig, a dry run, to see whether it would be worth shelling out money for school to get certified to be a real teacher.
Certification could lead to a job, which means a new source of income. Or it could lead to job and travel, which would be even better -- or not.
In the meantime, I'm having fun. I haven't quite gotten a handle on lesson planning, but I do love the very appreciative students.
Or to be more accurate, learning how to teach and whether I have the talent and temperament for it.
Tech week is coming up at our school, so several hours on a beautiful fall afternoon were spent trying to think of how to combine tech with a review of vocabulary words used for describing appearance and personality.
One idea - have students create word clouds as a jump-off point for discussion. It's a "beginner conversation" class for adult. Will creating a word cloud get them talking?
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| Word cloud made with WordItOut |
It's a volunteer gig, a dry run, to see whether it would be worth shelling out money for school to get certified to be a real teacher.
Certification could lead to a job, which means a new source of income. Or it could lead to job and travel, which would be even better -- or not.
In the meantime, I'm having fun. I haven't quite gotten a handle on lesson planning, but I do love the very appreciative students.
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