I am planning on blogging on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, for those of you that would like to stay updated.
Everything is going awesome!!! I can't put into words how amazing my school is, and my cooperating teacher is the coolest guy ever. I was nervous at first having a male cooperating teacher, because I wasn't sure how we would connect. I am so excited to go to school everyday now because we are already great friends, and he is the most fun loving person I have ever met. I also love how many times a day he says "Good Eye Mate"!!
It is only the second day and I already have picked up writing with the children, and morning roll. I felt so comfortable the first day, that I told Matt I could start teaching if that was okay with him.
The reason I titled this blog "Language Gap" is because of the difference in speech between me and my class. While I was doing roll we have a student in our class named "Chance". I pronounced I usually do emphasizing the "a". The kids started giggling a little, and I asked what was going on.....turns out because they pronounce their "a" differently it was actually "Chaunce". My teacher Matt said, "Say it like you are going to a party with a bunch of very rich, posh people!" According to my students I say their name with an "American Accent".
Since I picked up writing today, I had to help students sound out some of their words. How we say our "I" sounds like an "e" to them. So when I would pronounce the word "in" they would keep saying "en?"
Once we get used to each other in the classroom it will be easier for the students to understand me when I talk.
Lastly at the end of the day today Matt told me to go grab the felts for each student. I looked at him funny because I wasn't sure what he meant by felts. Turns out in New Zealand they call Markers, felts.
On a totally different note, after school today we got to go to a Maori performance at a school in Aukland. They did a welcome for us, with some of their traditional songs. It was a very neat experience, and the students were very open to us visiting, and were also very curious about the U.S.
Everything is going awesome!!! I can't put into words how amazing my school is, and my cooperating teacher is the coolest guy ever. I was nervous at first having a male cooperating teacher, because I wasn't sure how we would connect. I am so excited to go to school everyday now because we are already great friends, and he is the most fun loving person I have ever met. I also love how many times a day he says "Good Eye Mate"!!
It is only the second day and I already have picked up writing with the children, and morning roll. I felt so comfortable the first day, that I told Matt I could start teaching if that was okay with him.
The reason I titled this blog "Language Gap" is because of the difference in speech between me and my class. While I was doing roll we have a student in our class named "Chance". I pronounced I usually do emphasizing the "a". The kids started giggling a little, and I asked what was going on.....turns out because they pronounce their "a" differently it was actually "Chaunce". My teacher Matt said, "Say it like you are going to a party with a bunch of very rich, posh people!" According to my students I say their name with an "American Accent".
Since I picked up writing today, I had to help students sound out some of their words. How we say our "I" sounds like an "e" to them. So when I would pronounce the word "in" they would keep saying "en?"
Once we get used to each other in the classroom it will be easier for the students to understand me when I talk.
Lastly at the end of the day today Matt told me to go grab the felts for each student. I looked at him funny because I wasn't sure what he meant by felts. Turns out in New Zealand they call Markers, felts.
On a totally different note, after school today we got to go to a Maori performance at a school in Aukland. They did a welcome for us, with some of their traditional songs. It was a very neat experience, and the students were very open to us visiting, and were also very curious about the U.S.
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