From the article: English Teaching Experiences
Teaching English abroad is a wonderful opportunity for many English teachers to travel and see the world. Of course, teaching English is a profession and the treatment of English teachers from contractual to cultural can vary greatly from country to country. These shared experiences will help teachers get insight into what might await them in various locations. Please make sure to provide the country and city where you taught. It's probably best not to include the name of the institution, as the purpose of this resource is to provide a general indication of conditions rather than an indictment of specific schools. Share your Experiences
English for Communicative Purposes
- As a Kenyan young graguate teacher, I opted to teach English to refugees mostly from Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo DRC, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. My three years experience has been so rich with alll these nationalities in one class, most of them at begginer level. I learned to use human resourses in class. Since it is not posible for me to learn all their languages. I heavely use charts and Human resourse amongst the students (By human resource I Reffer to students in class who might have some little knowledge on the concept being tanght. They are used to help others understand) I have come to appreciate the role of first language in EFL learning. The most challanging area has been to handle teachers teaching in primary schools, 90% not trainned while the camp has over 250,000 refugees. For teachers I teach basic teaching skills and conduct an intensive peer teaching for methodology practice. I also teach them English as English is the language of instruction in Kenya
- —Guest Karanja Kiiru
