ESOL

Jon and I recently started teaching ESOL at our local church. It is very new for both of us and we are learning as we go. While he teaches the advanced class, I am working with one individual who has zero english. Not one little bit, and it has been a challenge the past few weeks to even establish basic class room etiquette.

Tonight felt rewarding. Powered with the simple phrases I taught last week "I don't know" and "I don't understand" - I can finally figure out if she is understanding anything I am saying! I'm also learning the power the stick figure and barely decipherable drawings; I was able to communicate what "homework" was with some cave-man like drawings of a home, a school bus, and a school house. She also is gaining confidence in the communication that can happen through powerful pointing and the word "What." She is armed with homework for the next few weeks, so we will see what happens.

It is becoming quite fun and rewarding, and I am grateful for the opportunity.