The topic for week 5 was verbs - we began by reading Fast Money together and having a discussion on the moral of the story. Something Abaan and I noticed from the pre-test we gave our learners on Week 1 was that although they can speak English, they have no idea about verbs or the different forms in which they are used. As a result, we decided to dedicate this class to going over many verbs with them - for example:
Verb: To Be
Past: I was
Present: I am
Future: I will be/I am going to be
This proved to be something the learners were really interested in learning about. It was easy to see that they were frustrated, because they found it too difficult. However, we explained how it takes a lot of time - months, even YEARS - before people are able to get the hang of grammar correctly, and this is why they should practice and try to learn English on their own even after the 8 week program has concluded.
At the end of class our learners were exhausted, but they were grateful to us for teaching them something very relevant to their daily use of English as a language. Many of them asked us if they could sign up for Language Bridges again, because 8 weeks is not enough for them to learn English. I told them that even if they couldn't, they should continue practicing English with each other and not to give up!
~ Reham
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