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The first round of summer courses are now complete and I have 3 days off before I have to head back into the school to prep for the final round. Next time round I am teaching the same topics again except for one new addition where we teach five English nursery rhymes to young learners of around 4-6 years old over the three week period. At the end of the course they should be able to recite and perform them in front of their parents in the final week. The classes where the parents are encouraged to attend are called Achievement Ceremonies. I had to do two last week. These can be rather nerve wracking experiences as they are there to observe you, most of the time sitting stoned faced at the back of the class. For these you need to prepare a PowerPoint introducing yourself, the aims of the course, the methods of teaching, pictures of their kids in class and then how wonderful they are lol! Then you launch into a series of activities for the parents to see how you teach and how you interact with their children so they can see where they hard-earned cash is going (this is certainly not the time to forget anyone's name or mess up an activity). Even though, I had never observed an Achievement Ceremony prior to doing one myself I was lucky enough for mine to go really well and I received positive feedback from both the parents and the bosses - phew!
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