Yesterday was my first day teaching English at a French school. It is one of two schools I will be working at this year. It is an "ecole maternelle" which means the kids are generally 5-6 years old. I taught a group of 10 students my fist lesson on saying "what is your name?" and "hello my name is.." in English. I was for the most part on my own, with the exception of a very brief check in from my boss and from the head teacher of the school. In general, it went very well! The 3o minute lesson plan given to me by my company took about 15 minutes, so I'm improvised a lot adding games and eventually, extra coloring time at the end. For the most part, the children were well behaved, with 3 who were causing a bit of trouble at the end, and 1 who refused to participate as she was very shy. One girl told me she knows most English words because her mother speaks English, so I don't know it this will help or hurt the class, but we shall see. I felt pretty in control of the kids, even though I found it a bit strange to just be sent of on my own to teach these kids. But I think they had fun and many of them were happy to say hello and goodbye to me as they left school. I know that I need to further develop the lessons, so that will be my goal and challenge for next week. My other school doesn't start for a few more weeks, but I will definitely update with a comparison of the schools.
Au revoir!
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