Hello everyone!
My
name is Carolina, and I'm currently undergoing my last year of ESL
teacher training practice. This blog is intended to gather all the work
I've been doing to develop my practicum, so expect things that maybe do
not quite fit... but are all made with love and effort! This is the
reflection of my very first teaching experiences...
A little background
- 1991, mother forces child to go English classes, child performs a tantrum, mother gets angry, child intends to sweeten the conversation saying she would study French instead -promises no more tantrums-, mother gets angrier... child studies English seven years in a row in different institutes, still refuses to speak "that thing"
- 1998, first truly English experience: Chile World Scouts Jamboree. After years of studying the language and being practically unable to speak, it was the first time I ever had (and wanted) to use it.
- 1999, Cambridge FCE, grace C (one year preparation)
- 2001, graduated from high school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, chose a high school diploma over the educational psychology one.
- 2002, entered University of Buenos Aires, Image and Sound Design career. Dropped in 2005 due to relocation.
- 2006 to 2009, scholarship student of the Government of Japan. One year of Japanese Language Studies and two years of Technical Animation School. Graduated with honors with a stop-motion short-film animation. Worked one year as a student's counselor for an international student's dorm.
- 2007 to 2009, worked as a waitress in one of the most crowded places in Japan. In addition to Japanese, Spanish and English were used almost everyday. Also worked as a radio actress for Japanese learning Spanish, and participated in TV and newspaper columns in English and Japanese.
- 2009, after returning to Argentina, resume studies at University of Buenos Aires. Dropped a year later due to relocation.
- 2012, entered IFDC Lenguas Vivas ESL Teacher Training Course. Currently in development.
- 2010 to present, seasonal worker. All my jobs depend on English, as I work with a multinational public. Accent-comprehension challenges have been happily welcomed.
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