Sebastian - CP - Week6

Hello guys (and girls)! Long time no blog...

Last Sunday I met with Juseob for the sixth time. I almost ran out of things to say when, out of nowhere, he pulls out a practice copy of the TOEFL test that he is going to take this Friday. He mentioned to me how disappointed he was. He had many incorrect answers and so he asked for my help. I helped him by replacing some of the words in the sentences with the correct ones. He was happy that I could help him at a personal level, and told me that he thought I was going to do a good job in teaching whenever I had my students. I was also very pleased to hear that I spoke in a manner that was very easy for him to understand. I shared with him my feelings on learning English, since my first language is Spanish. I think he appreciated the fact that I could relate to him in that way. In that moment, I recalled the class where Ramin told us to learn another language, to become language learners. I think that is a very important part of being instructors. We will be able to empathize with the students, and that will definitely unlock their hearts and minds to learning.

Well those are my thoughts, anyway. Until the next time!