On my first day, I met
my new teachers and am excited to work with most of them! I have my own
"bilingual coordinator" who is in charge of making sure I show up in
time/I can go to if I have problems. I have a few classes with him and he
is verrryyyy organized. Which is pretty nice because most things dealing
with the Spanish are not… His name is Diego, and he seems very nice. I
also work with two teachers close to my age (about 27) and this is their first
year teaching. They seem to be happy
that I have a little experience with these students and are open to any
suggestion I bring up.
My students from last
year were very excited to see me, which was a great feeling! The first day I was back they all came
running up to give me a hug and ask if I was in their classes. This year I have more students and get to
work with 2 ESO and 1 ESO, the equivalent of 6th and 7th
graders in the United States. This is
how school levels work…
United States
|
Spain
|
Preschool
|
Infantil (3-4)
|
Kindergarten
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
1st of ESO (Obligatory Secondary Education)
|
7
|
2nd ESO
|
8
|
3rd ESO
|
9
|
4th ESO
|
10
|
1st of Bachillerato
|
11
|
2nd of Bachillerato
|
12
|
Bachillerato is a two
year program where you pick what field you would like to start studying,
between, Arts, Sciences and Technology, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Pretty cool!
I am getting a lot of Spanish
listening and talking in because my teachers all speak Spanish around me. They speak to me as well, and we carry on
little conversations. It’s great practice
for me, but of course the students have started to pick up on this, the
students I have from last year get lazy and speak in Spanish to me. The new students are baffled and say “Can you
say (insert easiest Spanish word that anyone who has taken Spanish 101 would
know)?”
This year, my goal is
to really get out there and speak more!
It’s been a whole lot easier than it was last year. I know where I need to go, I know what I need
to say, but it’s time to get out of my comfort zone and delve a little deeper
into the experiences Madrid, Spain and Europe have to offer…
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