So as the title of this entry implies, we started our teaching today. At about 12:30, Stone found us and handed us the teaching schedule for the semester. Poor Jordan was teaching in just over an hour and didn’t have a whole lot of time. Jordan’s first class was at 1:50 p.m. and it seemed that it went pretty well, which got me excited for my class.
My first and only class for the day was at 3:45 pm. Previously, we found out that there is no way to connect our computers and the only way to show our PowerPoint was to connect a thumb drive. I showed up for the class a little bit early and got everything set up. Class went somewhat smoothly and I was able to get through everything. I mainly focused on introducing myself and the class room rules. I then had everyone write their English name and their favorite number on a piece of paper and hand it in. After the class I looked at all the names and it is funny the names that they choose. Some examples of names they choose were Kobe Bryant, Boil, Salad and Bud. haha, poor kids.
Anyway, the teaching was tougher than I expected. My kids struggled more than I though and I had a hard time getting them to participate. But one thing that they did love was seeing my pictures from home. Shout out to my mom for sending me some last minute.
Overall, and I hate to say this, I feel a bit bummed and discouraged after today’s teaching. It seemed that Jordan had classes that were participating and had good English and mine was the opposite. I am sure that my next classes be better though. I really hope so. I figure that I just need to cater my lessons to each class and teach according. I just how to teach them something they don’t understand when they don’t even know the language. Only time will tell but I am sure that it will be exciting.
Anyways, here is my schedule of teaching. We teach the same classes each week so it seems that our teaching load is low. Good thing because then we can focus a bit more individually on the students. Here it is:
Monday:
3:45-4:30 p.m. (Class 23)
Tuesday:
3:45-4:30 p.m. (Class 14)
Wednesday:
9:10-9:55 a.m. (Class 15)
3:45-4:30 p.m. (Class 21)
Thursday:
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Class 17)
2:45-3:30 p.m. (Class 12)
Friday:
4:40-5:25 p.m. (Class 11)