Aisha's Final Reflection

Participating in Language Bridges was by far the most enjoyable experience I’ve had at CMU-Q. Not only have I taught the learners some English, I’ve learnt a lot myself. At first, I wasn’t sure if I could lead a class or if I could actually transfer my knowledge to others. However, when I started seeing how much progress the students were making, I was more motivated to improve their English.

I think my group and I worked very well with our class. We’ve developed different teaching strategies, like dividing the class into groups and each teacher would work with a group of students, also adding humor to some of the activities , and in general making the class more interactive.

I believe that the peek of this experience was the graduation ceremony. The students were extremely excited and were taking a lot of pictures. A lot of them even told us that they wanted to send these pictures to their families. This shows us how much impact we all had on them and their lives. Before enrolling in Language Bridges, most of the students were too shy to speak English even though some of them, to an extent, were capable of doing so. However, at the end, when they went to receive their certificate in the graduation ceremony, their confidence level has significantly risen.

Personally, I have grown a lot from this experience. I never knew the transfer of knowledge could have that much influence on a person’s life. Therefore, this really encourages me to share the knowledge I have acquired and help others who are less fortunate. 

Aisha.