First week teaching in A Coruna
Hey!
It's nearly the end of a long and action-packed week teaching at A Coruna.
I'll be honest, this week has had its ups and downs and certainly has been eventful. What with a lack of sleep and tea, otherwise referred to by myself as 'Tea-gate', I can truly say it has never been dull!
I am teaching in Colegio Salesiano San Juan Bosco School in A Coruna which is located within a beautiful historic building with simply stunning views, due to it's beachside location.
The week has been really full-on and after been thrown into teaching very quickly, I can say it's been really tiring! No, make that extremely tiring! Any way, ALL the staff are fantastic and bend over backwards to help you. Sometimes, too much so! A tip for you - don't ever comment that you might go and buy something as they will suddenly dash off and return with it! I made that mistake with blue tack and paper clips.
I have 3 general observations I'm going to share about my teaching in the first week:
1. You don't need to spend hours planning for a lesson (even for a person like me who is quite analytical).
2. Even if you end up turning up to lessons with half your materials, its fine because its great to have a really communicative student-led lesson and as long as they're engaged and conversing in English using the target language, it's all good.
3. Spanish students (and teachers) work really hard and long hours. Young children really have a lot of energy at 6:30 even after a whole day at school and after-school clubs!
I'll post more soon!
Simone x
It's nearly the end of a long and action-packed week teaching at A Coruna.
I'll be honest, this week has had its ups and downs and certainly has been eventful. What with a lack of sleep and tea, otherwise referred to by myself as 'Tea-gate', I can truly say it has never been dull!
I am teaching in Colegio Salesiano San Juan Bosco School in A Coruna which is located within a beautiful historic building with simply stunning views, due to it's beachside location.
The week has been really full-on and after been thrown into teaching very quickly, I can say it's been really tiring! No, make that extremely tiring! Any way, ALL the staff are fantastic and bend over backwards to help you. Sometimes, too much so! A tip for you - don't ever comment that you might go and buy something as they will suddenly dash off and return with it! I made that mistake with blue tack and paper clips.
I have 3 general observations I'm going to share about my teaching in the first week:
1. You don't need to spend hours planning for a lesson (even for a person like me who is quite analytical).
2. Even if you end up turning up to lessons with half your materials, its fine because its great to have a really communicative student-led lesson and as long as they're engaged and conversing in English using the target language, it's all good.
3. Spanish students (and teachers) work really hard and long hours. Young children really have a lot of energy at 6:30 even after a whole day at school and after-school clubs!
I'll post more soon!
Simone x
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