When they asked me to teach private lessons, I got a bit whiney about it. (I know what you´re thinking. Kelli? Whiney? NEVER!) However, I really enjoy teaching Marisol. We´re the same age, and she´s pretty interesting. It´s by far my easiest class of the day. If only I could drop that pesky Basico 2 class and have some time to myself...
Marisol is pretty advanced, even though she´s never taken an English class before, so I´m supposed to be teaching her out of the intermediate reading book. Problem is, the readings in the reading book are pretty darned dull. I looked through the additional readings in the academic office and came up with the perfect solution: a reading called "What did you say? English Swear Words." Bingo. When I presented it to Marisol, she was very excited. She had already heard a lot of what we went over but had no idea what it meant. We had a great time reading up on the history of cursing. We even got in a mini-grammar lesson by learning how to use certain words as nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjuctions, and much more. I´m sure this may come as a bit of a surprise, since you´ve probably never heard me swear before. (Maybe one or two of you, but that´s about it.) Don´t worry, this won´t start a new trend. I´m just trying to educate my student.
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@gmailWhen I was teaching a middle school ESL class, the kids were all different levels, so I had to find something simple yet fun to read with them that would hold their attention. Would you believe that they really liked Encyclopedia Brown books? The stories are short mysteries, and they were simple enough for the beginners, yet fun enough for the more advanced students.
You'll find something that will work.
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