Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id MAA16137; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 12:58:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 12:58:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <19981227180139.112.qmail@hotmail.com> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "susan hafler" <ceezuu@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:2762] Re: what to do the first week of class X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain kathleen, thanks so much for the very practical information about what to expect. i've printed your note out and will use your advice! happy new year! susan >Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 18:07:01 -0500 (EST) >Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov >From: "Kathleen Bombach" <kbombach@worldnet.att.net> >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:2759] Re: what to do the first week of class > >Dear Susan: >Mexican students in a private school (hence, middle to upper class) will >have very traditional expectations of a teacher and school. They will have >a great deal of inherent respect for the teacher, and may not respond well >if you step outside of the role expectations they have for you too quickly. >My advice is to let them get comfortable with you first and introduce new >approaches one at a time. Once they are comfortable with something new, >introduce the next new approach. >Inside the classroom, the status and place for each student is already >determined, largely by the position their family holds. You may also find >that some of the students are actual relatives (cousins, etc.). You will >probably find that you have a very bright but socially and politically >conservative students who study, do their homework, and are very attached to >their families. The natural way to encourage interaction is to tie it to >holidays, family, Mexican events like Diezyseis or Cinco de mayo (which is >more likely to be celebrated along the border). >Good luck. >Kathleen Bombach > >-----Original Message----- >From: susan hafler <ceezuu@hotmail.com> >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 9:05 PM >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:2756] what to do the first week of class > > >>hello, listees, and happy holidays! >> >>i'm moving myself from lurker status to participant now that i have a >>legitimate question for the collective expertise. >> >>next week, i'll be starting a two-month student teaching gig in mexico, >>teaching 9th and 10th graders in a private school. i'm very interested >>in "establishing community" and am wondering how others do that. i've >>been trying to think of ways to have all the students (and me) learn >>about each other and try to become a supportive, fun learning community. >>my sense is that this has to start early, as in on the first day/week of >>class. >> >>so, i'm looking for help: what have others tried? ice breakers? fun, >>get-up-and-move-around activities? more intense discussion on community? >>any suggestions/ideas/advice is greatly appreciated. >> >>thanks, everyone. >>susan hafler >>matesol candidate >>school for internation training, brattleboro, vt. >>soon to be teaching in san juan del rio, queretaro, mexico >> >> >>______________________________________________________ >>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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