language exam today
I've got the language exam in about an hour and I'm getting unnecessarily stressed over it, I think, though I didn't exactly study much for it except for during my commute this morning while listening to Mary-Chapin Carpenter. I have really come to rely on music during this course - it's always on while I'm in my room at the hostel and I've been bringing my iPod with me to school to listen to while working on the various projects and making lesson plans. I have built up a callus on my finger from all of the writing we've had to do.
Today is the last day of class, and we have moderation on Saturday morning. I teach this afternoon, but I haven't given much thought to what I am teaching. Last week, Laura was teaching about the future perfect, I think, and one of the students asked me if I was doing anything interesting over the weekend. I told him I was going to go on a ghost tour. He didn't know what a ghost was, and I actually saw a lesson yesterday in one of the books about ghosts and then it went on to teach some grammar point. I got some brochures of Prague ghost tours, so I hope I can work a little magic and figure out how to entertain/teach these people for an hour when I'm running on caffeine only right now.
I'm getting really excited about the trip in a few days - Adam is a southern CA surfer type who is completely nutty and hilarious. He taught a one-hour lesson last week on "no," "really" and "seriously" and how to stress the words according to the situation. The class was laughing for the entire hour - I wish I'd seen it. I have to go buy a cheap sleeping bag and tent at the Tesco in the next couple of days.
Last night I had dinner with Tom, Toby and Toby's friend Daniel who is in town for a few days. I had one beer and I felt I was about to pass out from exhaustion. I got to work on my German, though, and I am always amazed when I can remember words. I should have a much better vocabulary than I do with as much German as I have taken. I still would love to get a job in Germany, but I'm still not sure about this TESOL thing. I just feel stressed when I think about it.
Today is the last day of class, and we have moderation on Saturday morning. I teach this afternoon, but I haven't given much thought to what I am teaching. Last week, Laura was teaching about the future perfect, I think, and one of the students asked me if I was doing anything interesting over the weekend. I told him I was going to go on a ghost tour. He didn't know what a ghost was, and I actually saw a lesson yesterday in one of the books about ghosts and then it went on to teach some grammar point. I got some brochures of Prague ghost tours, so I hope I can work a little magic and figure out how to entertain/teach these people for an hour when I'm running on caffeine only right now.
I'm getting really excited about the trip in a few days - Adam is a southern CA surfer type who is completely nutty and hilarious. He taught a one-hour lesson last week on "no," "really" and "seriously" and how to stress the words according to the situation. The class was laughing for the entire hour - I wish I'd seen it. I have to go buy a cheap sleeping bag and tent at the Tesco in the next couple of days.
Last night I had dinner with Tom, Toby and Toby's friend Daniel who is in town for a few days. I had one beer and I felt I was about to pass out from exhaustion. I got to work on my German, though, and I am always amazed when I can remember words. I should have a much better vocabulary than I do with as much German as I have taken. I still would love to get a job in Germany, but I'm still not sure about this TESOL thing. I just feel stressed when I think about it.