I would like to share a recent experience I had with my partner Annie. We signed up for voluntary work at Christine's English school. We read the book Black Holes. We read it to three Korean kids ranging from the ages 11-12 named Minkyu, Johnny, and Mathew. We basically followed the directions given by Katrina who was their main instructor. We were told to follow her insturctions and Ms. Christines school curriculum. They were a bit naughty at times but were good kids and showed a lot of willingness to learn. We had them reread chapters 1-3 and reviewed them on what they understood from reading the chapters. They each took turns reading a paragraph each. I believe i It was a very interesting experience. I never realized that reading was a real struggle for a lot of people, well, of course, English, that is! Overall, I enjoyed the experience and meeting these cute rosy cheek kids.
All of you did such a wonderful job of working with these kids! I am grateful to Christine Jin for being agreeable to let my cohort come and work with some of the students there.
ReplyDeleteGeri took some pictures of me with my students, but I am not sure how to attach or post them here, nor how to add to my professional development paper. At least you added a picture of me with you girls (looks like I am instructing YOU!)
I'm so jealous I missed it. It looks like you guys had a lot of fun and so much positive response from the students. High five to you all!
ReplyDeleteThis is great practice for teaching in school. The ESL exposure here will give you a sample of what to expect from your ESL kids.
ReplyDeleteAh yes. No matter the language, kids are the same. They have a proclivity towards being naughty, but like you said, it all turned out well.
Wish I was there!