It All Begins

I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this internship. I knew it would be a great opportunity and I would learn a lot, yadda yadda, but the real ins and outs were a mystery. What I know now is that I really do want to do this long term. Obviously I assumed I wanted to before, or I wouldn't have chose to go through two years of having no money, no time, and let's face it, no life. Now, I know it's all going to be worth it. For teaching, I've learned that I need to work on allowing more time for processing and also to step back. Sometimes it's difficult for me to remember to ask the other students to explain things instead of explaining them myself when a student asks a question. For my first observation, I'm going to be to be teaching future conditionals using "if" clauses. My goal is to keep the students engaged and allow them many opportunities to practice their new grammar point. My concern for this lesson, as well as all others, is that the students will not be interested in the topic. If this happens, the energy will be low and little conversation will transpire.