I wonder if this means I'll be so busy from now on, that I can only publish a diary entry every-other day . . .
~June 2nd~
Standard day. The only difference was that we needed to interview our students for our Focus on the Learner assignment. True to her word, my student arrived on time, and we had held the interview. It lasted about 18 minutes, which was fine.
Then, since we had an unobserved class to run. The one who was supposed to do it that day didn't know about it, so I was volunteered to help her. Ok, we had to teach a lesson that was going to start in about 10 - 15 min. No pressure.
But seriously, there was no pressure: it was unobserved! So we just played "Hot Seat" and had a random conversation. I think the students enjoyed it--at least they seemed to have enjoyed it.
Ah, and for the 2nd class, which we needed to observe, we needed to observe the other group. Why? Because we are going to start teaching them this coming Monday!
Oh, I had a lot almost/kinda prepared for my class on Friday morning, just needed to tweak a few things here and there. Working on all of that, I was able to finish right before midnight! That's a record!
~June 3rd~
I taught my last lesson with the pre-intermediates. I tried to make it lively, radiating my excitement on them (they're a fun class, I really like them). It seemed to work. A few things didn't go well from my part. For example, abstract questions to generate interest in the topic--too abstract for this level, although they pulled through pretty well; teacher-centered meaning clarification & check, and form clarification (sorry for the big words). The pronunciation drill, restricted practice, and freer practice seemed to work pretty well, though. Anywho, what's done is done. All I can do now is learn from my mistakes and try to not repeat them.
The students from my group invited all us CELTA trainees to the bar just downstairs from the British Council ("Buddha Bar?") tonight. That was really sweet of them. Too bad I can't go. I live kinda far, and I don't want to pay for a taxi--much less have them pay for a cab for me.
Well, I guess I could've taken a tram? But when do they stop running? I don't know. I've never ridden on any type of public transport since I arrived in Kraków.
But no, I don't think that would be the best place to welcome the Sabbath.
~June 2nd~
Standard day. The only difference was that we needed to interview our students for our Focus on the Learner assignment. True to her word, my student arrived on time, and we had held the interview. It lasted about 18 minutes, which was fine.
Then, since we had an unobserved class to run. The one who was supposed to do it that day didn't know about it, so I was volunteered to help her. Ok, we had to teach a lesson that was going to start in about 10 - 15 min. No pressure.
But seriously, there was no pressure: it was unobserved! So we just played "Hot Seat" and had a random conversation. I think the students enjoyed it--at least they seemed to have enjoyed it.
Ah, and for the 2nd class, which we needed to observe, we needed to observe the other group. Why? Because we are going to start teaching them this coming Monday!
Oh, I had a lot almost/kinda prepared for my class on Friday morning, just needed to tweak a few things here and there. Working on all of that, I was able to finish right before midnight! That's a record!
~June 3rd~
I taught my last lesson with the pre-intermediates. I tried to make it lively, radiating my excitement on them (they're a fun class, I really like them). It seemed to work. A few things didn't go well from my part. For example, abstract questions to generate interest in the topic--too abstract for this level, although they pulled through pretty well; teacher-centered meaning clarification & check, and form clarification (sorry for the big words). The pronunciation drill, restricted practice, and freer practice seemed to work pretty well, though. Anywho, what's done is done. All I can do now is learn from my mistakes and try to not repeat them.
The students from my group invited all us CELTA trainees to the bar just downstairs from the British Council ("Buddha Bar?") tonight. That was really sweet of them. Too bad I can't go. I live kinda far, and I don't want to pay for a taxi--much less have them pay for a cab for me.
Well, I guess I could've taken a tram? But when do they stop running? I don't know. I've never ridden on any type of public transport since I arrived in Kraków.
But no, I don't think that would be the best place to welcome the Sabbath.
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