While the regular semester has ended, classes are still offered for students to take voluntarily (or perhaps by pressure from parents). My coteacher asked if I could teach a class that focuses on speaking and writing, so that's what I'll be doing for 3 weeks. I feel like these classes are less entertainy than my regular semester classes but these students seem to have a genuine interest in learning English (which can't always be said for all 500+ students I have during the regular semester).
So instead of entertaining 500+ students once per week, I teach one class of 18 students every day. I can finally name all of the students in my class, I can finally get to know my students, and we can finally have a class where we learn something useful. As a bonus, I roll into work at 1:30 (no deskwarming!), teach from 2:00 until 4:00 (two 1-hour classes were fused into one 2-hour class), then head home.
At the beginning of each week, I provide my students with a new discussion topic which serves as the basis for an essay and debate. Through the week, the students go through the writing process and we end the week off with a 'fun', relaxed debate day. I've really enjoyed these classes so far and it seems to be a great chance for students to practice speaking and writing in English.
Matt will be arriving in 13 days. I'll be heading to Cambodia in 32.
Zero complaints about these 30+ days of paid vacation :)
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