Last Class

The class last night had its own course. We started with pronunciation exercises where the students had a list of words that concentrated in a particular vowel. They would repeat trying to annunciate each word. A common mistake is that the child would not pronounce the last syllable such as the letter “t” in cat. We then progressed to the reader rabbit series with word games. The animation kept the children interested after they did the pronunciation drills. I then continued with our Karaoke and this time, almost all the children sang. Some may have just sung a few words but many tried the entire song. We even ventured into a new song which proved challenging but the willingness to try was a big improvement compared to the beginnings. I think the children know each other quite well so they are able to joke around with each other. They must spend many hours together in other classes or even outside. I sense that they are more comfortable and more outgoing this time. We ended the course with an adventure game that used difficult vocabulary. However, the game aspect and the visual affects kept them intrigued challenged. This is my last class session with them. I will try to share the software with my teaching assistance to see if Ngoc, Nhi, Nghi will continue the course when I am away. It was definitely a worth while experiment. Ngoc told me after the children left that one girl said, during the whole week, she would longed for the couple of hours that we would have together in English class.