Cara and I have been making progress on our final project for class. We have contacted Sarah Jomae, who is in charge if the International House to make sure it was alright we held these workshops. Ms Jomae seems to be on board with us coming in a few times through out the semester to talk with the international students. We have also come up with a list of dates that would be the most convenient for us, we just need to make sure the dates are alright with I-House. The dates we are thinking are Sun. 10/24, Tues. 10/26, and Sun. 11/7. The times for these days would be 6pm, 7:30pm, and 6pm respectively. In addition we have developed some thoughts and ideas for possible topics for the sessions. These topics include:
- Learning English
- When did you start learning English?
- Why did you learn?
- What methods were used? (Did you find these methods helpful?)
- What was the hardest thing for you to learn?
2. English in your home country vs. English in the US
- Are there any similarities? What?
- What was most shocking when you came to the US?
- Do you feel your previous knowledge prepared you well?
- What do you still find yourself struggling with?
3. You Americans are so strange! Why do you...?
- Allow students to ask us questions, such as "why do you say/do _______?"
Now, we plan on coming up with different activities to incorporate at each session. We want to include things that would engage everyone and that the experience would be beneficial for everyone. We also plan on making fliers/advertisements, so the students are aware of these workshops. :)
Wow! This project sounds awesome. I would love to go to those workshops myself and just observe. I feel like the responses and feedback you will get from the attendees will be very informative and useful for you as you step into the field of TESOL. It sounds like it will be pretty fun as well. Your third question "You Americans are so strange! Why do you...?" will invoke some interesting points that I am excited to hear about. Good luck!
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