First week of training is complete! We were given quite a bit of information and
don’t worry I won’t bore you with my notes (but if you are interested I can
send them to you, once I type them up).
We were given models for how to teach English to people without knowing
any of their language. Most of the
process is like Rosetta Stone, show them a picture and then given them the
word. That is the most basic, there is
dialogue practice, while introducing new vocab.
My theatre background is going to come in handy! (I actually hope I can find a school to
eventually hire me to teach some theatre classes.)
We were also reminded of all the grammar we were suppose to
have learned in high school. Thankfully
I had a refresher 5 years ago when I needed to teach 9th grade
English.
Headed to Angkor Wat this weekend!
We were advised to eat a tarantula on one of the pit stops. I stayed away from the body but tried a leg. It was fried. Nasty... I bet raw is better.
I feel good here. The
experience thus far has got me thinking that I could do a lot more traveling
like this.
I will end with a cathartic poem about a bouncy bus ride.
Bang, boom, boom, ouch!
Hurt, butt, ting, tang
Bing, bang, wrong, rung,
Love, joy, junk, gin,
Hope, read, run, shun
Ton, cun…ing…ring, sing
Free, Lee, Me, He, Tea
400 Mile Trek Through Nepal.
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