of 10 year olds. Will do my best to try to make it a fun class. Again,
very nervous …
lenge which I like as I feel I'm also learning more and more each
day.
Day 5 - 10 January 2014 What an experience! Teaching a class of
10 year olds was more fun than I anticipated. Although noisy and
chaotic, it was probably something I'll never forget. The kids were
just adorable and very eager to learn.
Day 9 - 16 January 2014 Today we went back to base at Panyadee
for the day which was nice after being at the school all week. I now
know I need to focus more attention on Grammar over the weekend eek. Plenty of beach reading coming up for me.
Day 6 - 13 January 2014 Week 2 started today with another lesson
at the school. Today I taught a class of 12 year olds and found them
harder to control than the younger kids, but saying that, it was still
fun. Can be really hard to keep them all focused during the class.
One thing the kids do love and that's playing games, especially in
the playground at lunch time. They love the simple things like kicking and throwing the ball. Another night of preparation for two
classes tomorrow. I wish me good luck - hehe! Think I'll need it.
Day 10 - 17 January 2014 Again, just one class back at Wat Sawang
this morning. Taught Year 1 and they were really energetic and
funny. So hard trying to get their attention and getting them to focus
for more than 3 seconds, but I think they were really good on the
whole. I must admit I enjoy the youngest kids best. Now, time to get
cracking on next week's lesson plans for the Muang Hotel. Looking
forward to teaching in another new environment. Can't believe how
much we've covered in just 2 weeks. This is great stuff!
Day 7 - 14 January 2014 Oh my gosh. I was quite worried about having two classes today, but the kids were so much fun. Most of them
are eager to learn and I only wish I could spend more time with each
of them, but it's hard having such large numbers in each class. I
think I'm starting to quite like this. I'm now starting to think about
packing up when I go home and coming back to teach for a few
months. As chaotic as it can be, it's nice to feel like you're actually
helping the kids and some of them just seem to need some attention
and affection.
Day 11 - 20 January 2014 Now into Week 3 and Darren hit us with
some more grammar. Today we covered different types of nouns
and also teaching methodologies. A lot of information to take in, so
really need to study these tonight.
Day 8 - 15 January 2014 Just one class of 11 year olds today. Overall didn't go too bad, although some kids didn't want to participate
and preferred doing cross stitch, while others tried really hard. I'm
starting to realise that this teaching thing can be quite exhausting.
Really hard trying to keep them all focused but I must say it's a chal-
Day 12 - 21 January 2014 We covered tenses in class today and I
really struggled. Will be studying big t