I just was told today the courses that I will be teaching next year. I have two of the same courses as I have this year (Spanish 2Honors and 2College Prep), but instead of having 1CP, I will be teaching 3CP. This makes me happy in some ways and worried in others. We'll start with the good.
Happy: I can use more of my language in the class, and personally I learn more when I teach more complicated concepts. I will be able to create more exciting projects because the kids will have been a little more exposed to using the language. I will be more likely to get a job at another school if I have experience teaching language beyond the elementary levels. I won't have to beat myself over the head saying, "Why can't these kids understand and ace Spanish 1??!"
Worried: I'll have to start from scratch. New course = new preparations that I haven't had to think about, such as the new projects mentioned above. A lot of the 3CP kids will be 2H kids that I have/had this year that I sort've 'demoted' from Honors to College Prep. I'll be responsible for teaching them the difference between the preterite and imperfect past tenses! Woof! But at least they'll be able to write a decent story by the end of the year!
I guess by the sound of it I actually plan on returning next year. For now, at least.
1 comment:
CONGRATS!
Anyway, you are very lucky to live in the US. Imagine teaching English in Spain: outside of school, you will only hear English if you listen to Britney Spears at home (Now, since we have the boom of the "Pop Star"-alike TV shows, the English music in teenagers must have decreased for sure).
At least in the US you can easily reach some Spanish TV channels (I heard about this new baby channel -in a few months will also be in Spanish. I am talking about the US), meet Spanish speakers, whatch some Spanish movies (most of them not recomended for children, though) that won't be dubbed, or meet people who speaks Spanish.
Here, this does not happen. Foreigners are only in cities (well, in my town there are a few, but they've been here for the past 30 years). ALL films are dubbed (only one OVSE theatre in the whole province of Barcelona). Telly dubbed (now we have digital TV so we can listen to the OV, but no-one will do -a part of me, of course :P ).
So, really, even thought English is the most used language on the world (including bussiness between a German and a Chinese) and certainly the most useful, there is no way we will learn it in this country.
In the rest of Europe (except Fr. It. Pt. and more or less Ge.), they don't dub (though, if they are going to do it like in Poland I prefer dubbing), they learn English propperly, they speak it.
So, you should really be happy.
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