Posts Tagged ‘students’


12
Jun

celery, french fries, pumpkin pie

No, not dinner. A sample of words I had my TOEFL kids practice today. Korean has fewer letters than English, so some sounds have been melded in Korean. My students have trouble clearly distinguishing Rs and Ls, Bs and Vs, and Ps and Fs.  Most can hear the difference and do it when they focus, [...]

10
Jun

i…like my job?

Who knew. Granted, it’s still new, so I might change my mind soon. But I have enjoyed these first three days more than the first three days at any other job, I think. (Except Tselaine — those first three days rocked, and it’s pretty tough to complain about working for a dear friend in her [...]

05
Jun

“playing games is fun only when you win.”

Yesterday, I observed my first classes in preparation for teaching on Monday, and I had my first little dose of culture shock.  It was the last class I was observing for the day, a group of four students about 13yo, in a TOEFL writing class.  Earlier in the day they had written two essays according [...]

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