The kids are always shocked to find out I can speak Vietnamese. None of the other foreign instructors are able to do so. Actually, the Vietnamese teachers I work with are usually pretty surprised as well. It's been a lot of fun. We do vocabulary drills, play games, sing songs and much more. Each class is two hours long, but I only teach for 1.5 hours. The Vietnamese instructor teaches the other half hour.
The school I work for does quite well, they have over 800 students signed up. There are two buildings down the street from one another, one for teaching children and one for the older students. Some of the classes get a little too crowded, but they try to keep it under 18 students for the most part. The rooms aren't particularly large, so that's important. Also, Vietnamese architecture isn't conducive to a quiet environment. The concrete walls and high ceilings tend to create echo chambers that result in a cacophonous roar. That's right, I just used cacophonous in a sentence, what are you going to do about it? Haha!
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I can only guess that the first song you taught them was Sponge Bob's theme song. Since you are playing games with them are you going to teach them how to say Euchre in english? One good thing is if you are going to teach something at least it's something you are good at and not something you are bad at like tennis.
ReplyDeleteI know that statement may be a harsh or disagreeable sound to your ears but sometimes the use of ill-sounding words can not be avoided especially when the axiom is so clearly evident.
Peace
When did you become so erudite, my nescient, erstwhile companion?
ReplyDeleteI didn't know I was your ignorant old companion?
ReplyDeleteI thought that was Jason
Haha! Oh Chris, we used to hang out and order food from a place called Possum Holler Pizza, we is both a little ignorant!
ReplyDeleteDoooode! So you really do have class! And they are adorable too. Too bad about the strident classroom!
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San Diego