Monday was our first
day of class. Five of us went to FTU and
arrived early, before our hosts were available to greet us. We connected after about 15 minutes and were
lead to our assignments. I was scheduled
to have the day off, but wanted to get the lay of the land, so joined Margaret
for the first session with about 30 freshmen.
Our teacher indicated the subject was advertising and, after our
introductions, we went through an assignment of different advertising methods
which was interactive and allowed almost all students to participate. The teacher was helpful in focusing us and
the students and we were able to engage the class for the entire period. The students were quite attentive.
We rejoined our colleagues, Ingrid, Ali & Roger for a
nice Vietnamese lunch in the teacher’s
lounge and got tips from Ali & Roger on teaching techniques. Margaret started the second period with one
of those techniques encouraging student questions on our personal photos. Margaret, Ingrid & I reviewed with the
students their short opinion essay assignment, allowing direct feedback to each
student. The exercise revealed smart
kids able to express themselves well in written English, with minor grammatical
issues. Their verbal skills were not as
strong, but we had a decent conversation on opinion issues which related to
their next assignment. The day was
viewed as a successful start by all five of us and we look forward to the next
two weeks. The group convened at 6:15pm
feedback session and we went out to dinner after that.
- Bud
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