Week 1: Tuesday Feb 20th
Crawley Community Action
I spent the morning giving the first of four voluntary ESOL workshops to asylum seekers & refugees. After the workshop, I had a meeting with staff.
14 students had registered and 37 turned up! I managed the group by splitting them into 4 groups and assigned an intermediate student to manage and translate to the smaller groups.
I think word of mouth had been much more potent than I'd anticipated...!
Classroom Management
I put together a series of 2 workshops. Back to back.
10:00 - 11:00am: Elementary
11:00 - 12noon: Intermediate
I thought this would be the most effective way of separating the levels. Of course, keen students were welcome to attend both sessions.
A few weeks ago I started job hunting for a local position as an ESOL teacher. I had been teaching down in Hove most of the Summer, but as usual, it's a seasonal position.
Local Voluntary Work
I decided to start looking locally and in the meantime made myself available for any kind of ESOL voluntary work. It would be a good challenge and keep me connected with local needs.
I was invited to observe a class at St Paul's Church organised by Refugees Welcome Crawley.
Poster
Multicultural Class
"The interactive approach, which you used during these sessions, made the learning experience engaging and memorable. I feel more confident in applying what I've learned to real-world situations. Overall, it was a valuable and enriching experience that I'm grateful for."
Then last week, Cathy invited me to The Charis Centre to assist in two classes, a beginners class and an intermediate class. I then got invited to collaborate on an ESOL Pilot with Crawley Community Action..
It's an exciting challenge to work in such a multicultural environment! I think my next language will have to be Arabic.
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