English Lessons
I taught my first English lesson today to students between the age of 5-7. Children in Bulgaria start school at the age of 7! This is a really strange practice to me because children usually start school at the age of 5 or sometimes 4 in the U.S. Anyhow I realized the difference when I was asking a child something and another child stepped in and said "she doesn’t know because she has not started school yet. She is only 6 1/2". It was at that exact moment that I remembered the conversation I had with a friend a couple weeks ago. Working with the children was strange because I expect them to know certain things and they don’t know yet because they have never been to school. In America they would be in second grade at the age of seven! Wow!
Anyhow the lessons went pretty well but I did not know what to teach them because I did not know what level they were in English. Furthermore, I did not know I would start teaching them today. I thought I would teach them on Friday. The lesson went well and I had fun with them but I will def be more prepared on Friday.
Also I started to meet with this group of teenagers that just want to talk to me in English for practice. I met with them about a month ago. This Friday will be our second meeting. We usually meet in a cafe for coffee and talk about life and whatever comes to mind.
Ok I have to update you on the fun I had in Sofia this ast weekend but I am too tired. I will write it later....
Thinking about this upcoming weekend... thats all I am saying,
Crystal
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