My First Month as an English
Teaching Assistant At Salvador Allende-By Ariana Godman
My experience thus far at the
school has been great. All the staff is very welcoming and willing to help with
any questions. I am assisting in the Social Science classes for each grade and
a few Natural Science and English classes. ! I am very inspired by these young
people. It is really amazing to me that they are learning complex topics such
as reproduction and about how the universe works in a second language.
My first week of
school was very memorable. Everyday for a week I visited different classes for
the first time. It was very fun to get to know everyone. First, the students
introduced themselves to me, and then they had the opportunities to ask me
questions about myself in English. I would then write the answer to their
questions on the board. At the end of class I erased the answers and
tested their comprehension. They then each drew a picture of me andthings I
told them I like. Many of the students gave me their drawing after they had
finished. It was very fun to show my husband 50+ drawing of myself. I
loved seeing how each child expressed something different and to visually see
that they had understood what I had told them about myself in English.
Mostly what I have
been asked to do in class is read text aloud and help with pronunciation. I also
sometime get to explain a little about a topic in my own words or ask the
students questions over the topic they are studying to help test their
listening stills. I also go around and try to help students one on one with a
topic or work with them in small groups of about 4. I also did a PowerPoint
presentation for the classes about my family and my country.
The cherry on top for me
this month was getting to going on a field trip with the 6th graders.
We went to a film festival at the University of Malaga and watched Hotel
Transylvania 2. It was very fun to celebrate Halloween outside of the school
with the kids. I look forward to the opportunity to go other field trips
together and for what is yet to come this year! J
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