Practice School With 6th Form

So my first half of practice school is complete. What a fun time! I taught 14 lessons (2 lessons a day for 7 days) to the 6th form (grade) over the last week. Overall, it went really well. The girls liked the way I dressed and wanted me to stay in Cojusna to teach. And on several days, at the end of the lessons, the students wanted another lesson. It was really nice to get such compliments from the students. 

My 6th form students and their certificates.

Ms. Magge is Teacher gud, and beautiful.

Overall, I would say the students I taught in practice school weren’t very different than American students. There were many levels of English knowledge among the students. Those who struggled were quieter and less willing to participate. Those who excelled would get impatient with the pace being a little too slow for them, and I would need to provide them with extra work. Sometimes a student would be apathetic towards learning, and I had to work very hard to motivate them to participate.

These students signed up voluntarily to take this class during their summer vacation, so I would guess that most of them want to learn English. I’m interested to see how the dynamics change once I’m working in the school.

Thursday I will begin the second half of practice school. I will be working with the 11th form, and I will be team teaching with my partner teacher from my school in Criuleni. This last week was long and hard, but I’m excited about starting team teaching. Bring it on, Moldova.