tefl – mabel lee

Olé!

My first two classes went pretty smoothly. John the Norwegian sat in on my first one to monitor my performance…which resulted in me forgetting that stereo players cannot play if they are on pause, and in him reminding me about 5 times to close the cap on my dry-erase marker. (In case I scribbled allContinue reading “Olé!”

Gah

Oh Duane Reade, where are you?! All I need are some markers and a posterboard…and maybe some Reese’s peanut butter cups. Every store I pass by here sells either art or food. Or is a bar. I have yet to see a big store containing office supplies. And every time I ask, people wrinkle upContinue reading “Gah”

Busy-ness

It’s thunderstorming like crazy in Madrid! Even when it rains the city is gorgeous… I’ve completed my second day of class at the EBC TEFL Training Center and I’m already up to my elbows during late hours with lesson planning. I will be teaching my first practice class this Thursday! (To Madrileños who they’ve apparentlyContinue reading “Busy-ness”