- English Teaching in a Foreign Country
English is my best language and I enjoy teaching it simply because it flows. Moreover I personally enjoy teaching people how to speak English particularly if it is not their first language. Over the summer break, I was obliged to teach at Presto School in Sudan, whose first language is Arab. First and foremost, I started by teaching them the alphabetical order, and to my surprise they did not know how to write the letters of the alphabet. The lessons were very interesting, mainly because, my students were used to writing starting from the left going right, since they were Arabs. I was therefore forced to change their way of writing that is, from left to right, to writing from, write to left.
The weather was not favourable due to the high temperatures of about 38°c, which was not conducive for teaching. I however managed to plan my work and teach without any hitches at all. What really impressed me with my students, was their ability to understand whatever they were being taught within the shortest time possible. Within the first two weeks of teaching, the lesson had become very enjoyable simple because all students were able to speak fluent English even though they had an Arab accent. They started telling stories in English which really amazed me because most of them were able to tell their stories in a well-constructed English. Finally, I completed the syllabus and I received an award from the school principal who was very grateful because no teacher had been able to teach English in that school.
In order to organize my first draft, I planned my work. Planning my work was very helpful as it helped to be able to write the draft in an orderly manner without having a lot of mistakes. Moreover, I was also able to arrange my points, thus making the flow of events to be in a systematic manner. Organizing my first draft has therefore enabled me to be able to focus on the key points of my paragraph hence avoiding unnecessary mistakes. The introduction I used was giving an overview, this is mainly because it allows the reader to be able to understand whatever he is about to read (Chapter 3). Moreover, it provides the reader with the general information in the story thus making it easy for one to enjoy reading such a story. I therefore compared different aspects in my paragraph hence giving the reader the inward look of my story hence making it very interesting.
When writing a quality paper, one should first and foremost, choose a topic, secondly, prepare an outline, thirdly, write the thesis statement and the body, and finally, write the introduction. Using this approach will really help in making sure that the paper is written in a quality way thus making it to stand out (Chapter 3). On the other hand, through planning in advance, it will make it easier for the writer to be able to reflect on what he or she is supposed to write, thus avoiding making a lot of mistakes. One should therefore be equipped with the above approaches hence making sure that his or her paper is written in a very orderly manner.
What do you believe is going well in your paper? With what in your paper do you feel confident and do good?
I think the flow of events, and the choice of words is good in my paper. The use of transitional words, adjectives and adverbs makes me feel confident with my paper (Chapter 3).
What are you more uncertain and concerned about? What would you like your readers to look at and give feedback on especially?
I am uncertain about my description of events. I would like readers to give me a feedback about my description of events (Chapter 3).
How do you feel overall about your work on this assignment? Why do you feel this way?
I feel at ease with my assignment because I know I have done my best using the approaches that I had learnt in this unit (Chapter 3).
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What writing skills in this unit do you believe you have mastered and do well? Why do you think so?
I have mastered vocabulary building skills, organizational skills and punctuation skills. This is mainly because I am able to work with these writing skills without any problems at all (Chapter 3).
What new skills and practices have you learned in this unit? How will they help you in the future as a writer?
I have learnt organizational skills in this unit, and they will really help me in writing high quality papers (Chapter 3).
What challenged you or proved difficult in this assignment? With what writing skills do you believe you need further practice?
Choosing the topic was very difficult for me, I will therefore use the main event to get the topic of the paper (Chapter 3).
What have you learned about yourself as a writer from this assignment?
I have learnt that whatever one does not pay attention to, may lead to future problems (Chapter 3).
Reference
Chapter 3. Pastimes and Entertainment.
