I’ve been teaching an English class once a week. The first couple times were very impromptu but they went okay. It really just made me realize how much more I have to learn.
After that I started doing more formal classes and had about 15 students coming regularly. At this time I also had an hour dedicated to doing art with the kids, an evening dedicated to games and hanging out and a couple evenings dedicated to a journalism club. The moudir however started enforcing the enrollment fee of 25Dirhams. I now have about 7 students that come regularly.
Right now I am at my Post-Pre service training and hoping that when I go back to RoseValley I can just start over. It is time to get a class going for the BAC students in the area. (the BAC is the end of the year exam for high school students that dictates whether they graduate or not. They have two tries to pass the exam at which point they either graduate or are kicked out of school. ) Women in the area have been asking for both an English class and an aerobics class. Inchallah.
I am getting excited about teaching English though because I am starting to understand the concept of content-based training. Through teaching English you teach about different topics that can also create awareness about important things.
For example something as simple as teaching the conditional: would, should, could and asking students to create a sentence using “If I was a boy, I would _______________________” and “If I was a girl, I would___________________,” you can create a discussion about men’s and women’s roles in society.
This works with introducing lessons about gender, environment, health and any number of other issues. Again, Inchallah.
