Over the last two week I have been quite busy completing my assignments and preparing for the musical. Since I have not written I thought that tonight would be a good time to reminisce over the incredible time that I have had in Oklahoma and the wonderful experience and training I have received here as well. The last few weeks I have learned many important skills for training people both young and old in the English language. We learned how to incorporate fun and excitement into our lessons while also teaching the serious aspects of the English language such as grammar... blah. ;) During class one day, we even played "Musical Chairs" and "The Cat in the Hat" style fruit basket upset, haha! Those were amazing! We were taught how to make proper lesson plans and how to set up the classroom in the best manners. Most of all... we were able to spend our time with the VOICE students!
VOICE stands for Visualizing Opportunities in Character & English. The students in this program are mainly from Taiwan (there were also two this year from Hong Kong). They had sessions on character and English while we had our English teaching classes and then in the afternoon and evening we would all get together and have an amazing time practicing for the musical and often going out in the evenings. During, our time in Oklahoma we were able to visit the Bombing Memorial. We also went shopping (twice), had a scavenger hunt, park nights, went ice skating and celebrated American holidays with them (Memorial day, Christmas, and Thanksgiving)!
I am so grateful that the Lord allowed me the opportunity to come to TESOL and I pray that He uses me to reach out to those around me. Thank you to everyone who made this opportunity possible!
