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Four day weekend, hurrah! I've had a tough week these past four days (too many activities, not enough sleep) and I am very happy I now get to do absolutely nothing for four days. Well, there's a concert tomorrow night and an Easter brunch at the in-laws on Sunday, but nothing else planned. Which is a big change from previous weekends!
Last night I taught my first Dutch class, which was a lot of fun. A few weeks ago I saw an advert from a student association at the University here in Rotterdam; they were looking for a Dutch teacher for two hours a week. I've always thought that would be something fun to do so I send them an e-mail and before I knew it I was hired. So now I teach Dutch on Thursday evenings to a group of about ten international students. Yesterday was the first class and it was simply awesome. The students sign up voluntarily, so they're really interested in learning things, which makes things easy for me. I started with teaching them about Dutch pronunciation, which I think is the most difficult thing about Dutch for people who already speak English. Anything else I throw at them will be relatively easy compared to pronunciation, if you ask me. And it was so much fun! I just cannot get over how much I enjoyed being a teacher. I'm already looking forward to next week!
Last night I taught my first Dutch class, which was a lot of fun. A few weeks ago I saw an advert from a student association at the University here in Rotterdam; they were looking for a Dutch teacher for two hours a week. I've always thought that would be something fun to do so I send them an e-mail and before I knew it I was hired. So now I teach Dutch on Thursday evenings to a group of about ten international students. Yesterday was the first class and it was simply awesome. The students sign up voluntarily, so they're really interested in learning things, which makes things easy for me. I started with teaching them about Dutch pronunciation, which I think is the most difficult thing about Dutch for people who already speak English. Anything else I throw at them will be relatively easy compared to pronunciation, if you ask me. And it was so much fun! I just cannot get over how much I enjoyed being a teacher. I'm already looking forward to next week!