English Classes

This is a two part entry. 1)attending classes 2)teaching classes

1) Last week I attended four different English classes with three different teachers. It was interesting to see how the classes *interacted with me *what material was covered *how much english was spoken to them by the teacher *different teaching styles *organization and planning for each class.
Classes and the school system here are very different than in America. Classes can easily run late the entire day, students (all)come an average of 2-5min late, 1 class can be cancelled for an event (USA would shorten all classes evenly to make time), field trips get on a bus and go (USA attendance would be taken, groups formed all with an adult chaperone), still don’t have books for classes so using photo copies for handouts

2) When I first arrived I was asked by the English department to make a power point about myself to teach the classes in case a teacher could not be available to teach. I would be a substitute if/when needed. Last Thursday I was suppose to teach three different classes about myself. It ended up only being two classes because the third was cancelled for student government elections. I tried my best to cover information about Colorado, Boulder, my family, IFYE program, different states (use of maps) that were important to me and my life, some photos of me, the four schools I attended and the school grades in America, and some other info. Over all I think it went well. I am not sure how much they actually learned but I could tell they were interested and looking at the map of the states was helpful. At the end I would ask if there were any big cities or states they had heard of and I would point them out. Before each class started I took the class photo with GodzillaDino (will be posted).