[Pernickety]

Hi Rouvrou, glad to have found you!

I find the kids here so enthusiastic and not at all afraid to speak. This is new to me as I mostly taught teenagers and adults before, so I'm not sure if it's because of their age or a mix of age and nationality/culture!

I find the lack of materials and lack of clear curriculum great, on the one hand, because there is no pressure to achieve anything concrete and the kids sense this and just enjoy themselves. It's a break from the regular classes, but they're learning nonetheless. However, the lack of resources means that I spend as much time lesson planning as teaching which makes it quite hard work.

I would love to know how you (as a teacher and adviser) view your role? Do you feel that they need to know x, y and z by the end of the year or are you happy to cover random subjects (vocab/grammar) and hope it's enough...