Afraid
to try something new with your student?... Don’t be! Branch
out... Experiment!
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| Instructor Vince and I are getting ready to eat some bugs! |
You don’t have to snack on crickets together to be
adventurous. It can be as easy and simple as bringing coupons from Sunday’s
paper to get a conversation started. For those of you working with ESOL
students, coupons may be something completely foreign to our students – you can
discuss the vocabulary (doubling/double coupons, sale, discount…the
possibilities are endless). You can talk about when and how to use
coupons like during a transaction at the supermarket when you present them to
the cashier, this sort of thing.
For those of you working with ABE
students, you could turn a session with coupons into a simple math
lesson. Talk about the importance of budgeting and staying within your
budget – essential concepts that our students may not have experience
with. Let your student be your guide. Don’t feel “married to” your
curriculum; encourage your student to identify a goal and help them put that
goal on paper and then you can work together towards that goal.
Just
don’t be afraid to try something new!
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| He's only acting like he doesn't enjoy it. |
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| See? He loves it! |
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