I think my best
writing for this first week of class was my storytelling. I did my story over
the nursery rhyme “Mistress Mary”. I really enjoyed the assignment and I really
latched onto the title, which was slightly different from the version I had
grown up with, “Mary, Mary”. My assumption was that the title and rhyme changed
over time, in particular due to the negativity regarding mistresses in today’s
society. Because of that, I decided to really base my story around the word “mistress”,
and the story just grew from there.
My other classes are going well so far. I really like my
schedule this semester! I have this online class and two classes on Mondays and
Thursdays at 11:30 and 1:30. However, on Wednesdays my schedule is pretty busy.
On top of those two classes, I am also taking two evening classes—on the same
day! One is from 3:30-6:10 and another is from 6:30-9:20. But my classes are
interesting. I think I am going to survive my French classes after all—there was
a long, scary moment of doubt on the first day of classes. The class I am
taking called “Techniques of Teaching a Foreign Language” is looking like it
will be a really useful class for me, since I want to teach English as a second
language. I also really like the professor! It is a bit frustrating though,
because I have to do something called a micro-teaching. For that project I am
required to prepare a ten to fifteen minute lesson in which I act like my
classmates are my students. However, I am not allowed to teach in English even
though that is the language I intend to teach, because everyone in the class
already speaks English. I understand my teachers’ though process, but I would
rather focus on teaching English rather than another language. I wonder what
would happen if someone did not have any background in another language…. Now I
have to decide if I am going to teach in French or Arabic… Hmmm… On another
note, I order all of my textbooks via Amazon. So far only one has come in. How
long can I go without them before it starts really messing up my grades? .... I
guess I am going to find out.
(Image from The Economy of Meaning)
Val, I am so happy to know that want to teach English as second language. It is so difficult to learn any language after a certain age. When I moved to the US eight years ago, I had some great ESL teachers who helped me overcome my fear of talking in English and helped me build confidence. Languages are difficult to learn and it is even more difficult to teach them. I am sure you will do great in your French project. Good luck with that class and all your other classes!
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