It was the first day of a new term so I had a new English class to teach. They were an Intermediate level class.
I started by introducing the course and giving them some information about the teaching centre, but most of them knew it already, since they had done courses with the centre in the past.
I'm more of an Arab than you!
I introduced myself and showed a photo of my family. 'Wow, 4 kids!', they said, 'you are like an Arab.' Arab families are traditionally very large but the reality of life in Amman with low wages and high cost of living means that families in Amman tend to be much smaller than in the villages. I discovered that none of the class had more than 3 children. 'I'm more of an Arab than any of you!', I joked.
In order to get to know them better and to assess their writing level, I set the the task of writing about their scariest or funniest experience. Here are a few excerpts.
'Once I was walking to home at night and suddenly I saw a big dog. I scared too much and run too fast so I couldn't remember how I get home. I tremble for 2 hours after that.'
'One of my scariest experience I forget to close the gas heater at the winter and I go to sleep then I wake with screaming of my family because my brother getting blue face then they take us to the hospital.'
'Some day I have walking in the street in the middle of a night. Suddenly a big black dog comes over then I scared like a baby and run as much as I can to home, but the dog still running for me and try to bite me but I have been in home in two second.'
'Before about 3 years I was driving my car near the university, and I was looking for place to park my car, also I was cleaning my ear. After that, the police saw me and he thought that I was using my cell phone. He has stopped me then, I have removed my hand from my ear and he started laughing and telling me that he's sorry.'
We also had a speaking activity before we finished the lesson and then I went home at 8.30pm.
I started by introducing the course and giving them some information about the teaching centre, but most of them knew it already, since they had done courses with the centre in the past.
I'm more of an Arab than you!
I introduced myself and showed a photo of my family. 'Wow, 4 kids!', they said, 'you are like an Arab.' Arab families are traditionally very large but the reality of life in Amman with low wages and high cost of living means that families in Amman tend to be much smaller than in the villages. I discovered that none of the class had more than 3 children. 'I'm more of an Arab than any of you!', I joked.
In order to get to know them better and to assess their writing level, I set the the task of writing about their scariest or funniest experience. Here are a few excerpts.
'Once I was walking to home at night and suddenly I saw a big dog. I scared too much and run too fast so I couldn't remember how I get home. I tremble for 2 hours after that.'
'One of my scariest experience I forget to close the gas heater at the winter and I go to sleep then I wake with screaming of my family because my brother getting blue face then they take us to the hospital.'
'Some day I have walking in the street in the middle of a night. Suddenly a big black dog comes over then I scared like a baby and run as much as I can to home, but the dog still running for me and try to bite me but I have been in home in two second.'
'Before about 3 years I was driving my car near the university, and I was looking for place to park my car, also I was cleaning my ear. After that, the police saw me and he thought that I was using my cell phone. He has stopped me then, I have removed my hand from my ear and he started laughing and telling me that he's sorry.'
We also had a speaking activity before we finished the lesson and then I went home at 8.30pm.
