Here is a picture of me in a rarer proud moment. I thought I’d share it. I have just completed teaching my first private adult English course to a group of English teachers. It really was a challenge but also great experience!
I was approached in an internet café by an English teacher. She wanted a course in pronunciation and idiomatic English. “Oh hell”, I thought! Just the two things I feel least confident about teaching! And pray, tell me why I left my teaching resource folder in the UK!
So thereon in followed a frantic week researching and preparing materials only to arrive at the night before and find myself in a power cut. I watched in despair as my computer battery became lower and lower. I switched off with 9% battery left on my laptop crossing all my fingers and toes that I may wake up the next day with electricity in order to print my materials.
Worse was the morning when I awoke to an eerie silence. I realised the electric was still off and I couldn’t even start up my computer. I don’t know how but I managed to get through the first day! We were only jinxed once more. On the final day I invited an American English teacher friend of mine to my class so my students could experience both accents. No sooner as we started then the children outside our open air classroom started band practice with the loudest drums imaginable. After moving classrooms and a good deal of time deliberating about what to do we managed to sustain some kind of class. I couldn’t quite believe this was classed as music! These things are sent to try us but I say bring on the next course…only leave the drums at home!
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