In our conversational English club at the high school yesterday I continued to work on getting them to talk – in English that is! Like most teens, they chatter a lot to each other, but in Spanish! One way is to ask a question and go around the room with their individual answers, in English of course! So . . .
One question yesterday was “What do you want to do in the USA when you get there?” One boy answered:
One question yesterday was “What do you want to do in the USA when you get there?” One boy answered:
“I want to touch snow.”
Remember, these kids have lived their entire lives in a tropical country that does not have snow. They have never seen nor felt it! They will have a good chance to in January in Virginia. 🙂 Another boy, almost copying him, said “I want to do a snowman.” That gave us an opportunity to talk about “do, make or build” as verbs and how used in the states. This is challenging! But fun! 🙂 And I hope a little bit of help to them! They will get more out of their student exchange trip if they can speak some in English.