:: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 ::

"I want to turn the whole thing upside-down..." (Jack Johnson)

Brief synopsis of 1st grade ESL class yesterday:

Me (reading): "Would you rather be a bullfrog or a butterfly?"
Class: "Billflog!" "Bluffry!"
Me: "All right, let's try saying, 'I would rather be a bullfrog.'"
Class: "I a word rabbit to be a burflog."
Me: "Let's try again. 'I would.'"
Class: "I wourld."
Me: "Rather."
Class: "Rabbit."
Me: "Be a bullfrog."
Class: "To be a blifrog."
Me: "Now all together. 'I would rather be a bullfrog.'"
Class: "I... blog."

Ah, the joys of teaching.

Labels: Pedagogy

:: Bethany Bassett - 10:36 AM :: + ::