Being a part of the Language Bridges Program gave me the opportunity to help those who are in need, something I've always aimed for. It also helped me learn some communication skills as we were expected to communicate with the students that we taught. However, there were some challenges that I personally faced and learned from at the same time. One of the difficulties was having intermediate students and beginners in the same class; which was hard to deal with at the beginning. Some students didn't even know how to write the English letters while there were others who could write a whole essay. But we managed to teach both levels students and we made sure that each students benefit from the program.
In order to achieve that goal, we asked the students themselves on what they want to learn, and we did our best to give them what they came for. we also made sure that the students don't get bored of the classes, we tried to entertain them whenever possible. For example, in one of the classes we showed the students a movie that was entertaining and helped in motivating the students to learn English at the same time. The story of the movie was about an Indian woman who wanted to learn English because her husband and children used to make fun of her, they underestimated her ability to learn English, thus she wanted to learn and prove herself at the same time. the Students said that they enjoyed the movie and that they were touched and influenced/motivated by the main character.
As a member of Language Bridges Program, I learned a lot from my experience. I learned that patience is very important when it come to teaching. I also felt good about myself knowing that at the end of each class, students left happy, learning something they didn't know before.
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