Schools and stuff
Jill and I visited the two schools we will be working in this morning. I have 3 classes each morning of possibly about 80 students each, which should be a challenge, and we're not sure about Jill's classes yet as the parents in the school were visiting to elect a management committee when we were there so we didn't actually get all that much chance to talk about what she would be doing.
Anyway, we will hopefully be meeting the teachers again on Saturday, so things may become a little clearer then. In the meantime, we need to get ourselves organised with work permits and sort out some ideas about teaching. I have a copy of the students book for the year 9s from the school, which compose two of the classes I'll be teaching, with the other class being the year 11s. I think I'll mainly be doing listening and speaking with them as they will definitely find my accent a challenge, and the challenge for me will be ensuring that everyone in a class of 80 gets a chance to speak.
There are so many schools just in Nagarkot which would appreciate having someone to go and teach English to their students. But they're not on the list of schools that most of the voluntary teaching organisations use (which are mainly in Kathmandu) and they can't afford to pay. So if there are any teachers out there who fancy a sabbatical and don't mind paying all your own expenses you can be assured of a very warm welcome - we have certainly been warmly welcomed everywhere we have been.
More anon - Jill is going to say something about her school rsn. We are both fine and it's sunny and relatively warm though there were thunderstorms (some of them happening at the same time in different places) and torrential rain last night - quite unnerving when you're not used to it. But then this is the tail end of the monsoon season.
Also photos to follow rsn.
Vivienne
Anyway, we will hopefully be meeting the teachers again on Saturday, so things may become a little clearer then. In the meantime, we need to get ourselves organised with work permits and sort out some ideas about teaching. I have a copy of the students book for the year 9s from the school, which compose two of the classes I'll be teaching, with the other class being the year 11s. I think I'll mainly be doing listening and speaking with them as they will definitely find my accent a challenge, and the challenge for me will be ensuring that everyone in a class of 80 gets a chance to speak.
There are so many schools just in Nagarkot which would appreciate having someone to go and teach English to their students. But they're not on the list of schools that most of the voluntary teaching organisations use (which are mainly in Kathmandu) and they can't afford to pay. So if there are any teachers out there who fancy a sabbatical and don't mind paying all your own expenses you can be assured of a very warm welcome - we have certainly been warmly welcomed everywhere we have been.
More anon - Jill is going to say something about her school rsn. We are both fine and it's sunny and relatively warm though there were thunderstorms (some of them happening at the same time in different places) and torrential rain last night - quite unnerving when you're not used to it. But then this is the tail end of the monsoon season.
Also photos to follow rsn.
Vivienne
posted by Jill and Viv | 4:01 AM
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Paper and pens and desks and chairs - yes - and a whiteboard too. The desks and chairs are set out in serried ranks - boys on one side and girls on the other - and there are about 80 students in each class which will be a bit of a challenge, particularly as the aim is to improve their pronunciation and conversational abilities. But I'm really looking forward to it. We had a meeting with some of the teachers from the schools today, which was good, and I think we will get along fine.
Vivienne
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