Monday, February 20, 2012

Teaching update: Winter Camps!

I was noticing how long it has been since I've posted on my teaching here in Taiwan, and as I was attempting to form my words for this post, I found the reason I can't think of anything to write, is the same reason I've neglected to write a "teaching" post. The reason is nothing much has changed. Not to make my job sound completely boring, cause it's not, it's just I do the same thing I've done this week as I've the last 6 months I've been in Taiwan. However, I do have something to write about and that is Camp teaching.
The last week of January, we did two winter camps. Winter camps are essentially camps that they do here in Taiwan during the Winter break which is during Chinese New Year. The first camp was just a day camp. The children came in the morning, we taught them, and then they left towards dinner time. The second camp was a living camp. This time the Kids came from different major cities in Taiwan and stayed with us the whole time. (I think I liked the Living camp better)
We did the camp with the Taiwanese organization that has been helping us out here as we stay in Taiwan. The organization's name is King Car and they do a bunch of different things. We also had TA's (Teaching Assistance)helping us who were Taiwanese, and it was so fun building friendships with them!
The first camp (Day Camp) I had the highest level of English students (when the students arrived, we did a prepared English test with them to discover their English level) and we (We meaning Jared and I cause we did co-teaching) named our group "The Captains." It was so fun! The next camp (Living Camp) was a blast. We had the highest level English again, except their English was almost perfect, it was really cool. This team was also named "The Captains". I stayed all four days with the kids. It was really fun to build relationships with the kids, especially since their English level was so high I was able to actually talk with them (something I've REALLY missed being able to do) We also went to an Aquarium with the Living camp, that was REALLY fun!
The Winter camps were really fun, and I had a lot of great experiences. I also made a lot of good friends! :D
Oh, I almost forgot, I decorated the whole bank to look like a pirate ship, it was really cool! We also did plays and skits for the kids, that was also really fun! The following pictures are from the camps. There is a picture of me playing Jonah, a picture with the Captains, a picture with the Captains, a picture with the TA's and AT's, a picture of me teaching the Captains, and a picture of the whole second group at the Aquarium.




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