Day 3

My apologies for all who have been following my blogs - I have been feeling ill.

Day 3 at Charlotte Woods Elementary was again, nothing short of fantastic. Everytime I go there, I have a blast. A lot of students in our class say how their kids misbehave but in this ESL class, they're amazing and obidient.

This time, I worked with three specific students whom I will be working with for a half hour each time I visit. They are struggling with the English language (which, to their credit, is the hardest language to learn). However, they are quite bright. Our excersizes include flash cards with words in which they tell me how to pronounce them and what they mean and also, Bingo! If a student matches one of the vocab words with one of the w0rds on their card, they obviously get a point. This lasts for about a half an hour.


There was also a new student - a little girl. Mrs. Cliri tests each student to see what level of Engligh they're at (advanced, intermediate, beginner). I believe the new student was intermediate. The remainder of the time I am there I float around to each table of students to see if they need help. The students are eager to ask me what the answer is but I am careful to have them try to figure things out for themselves.

Again, my only issue is the language barrier. If anyone has any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it.

Again I apologize for my short post - I really need to kick this cold! I'll be visiting again tomorrow morning for 2 hours so I will blog more!