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Monday – Wednesday – Friday,
Somando
Settling down to the serious
business of teaching English. Totally disorganised at
Somando as too many students are coming and going at
different times throughout the lesson. I seem to be taking
one step backwards and two steps forwards as all are at
different learning levels. A meeting with the Director
resulted in a more structured system to divide the 28
students into two different groups, each a one and three
quarters period. A register was then created. Worked fine
yet still a few more new ones arrived. However much better
and I can now teach the same lesson twice on the same day.
It is a real challenge to ensure that the two groups stay at
the same level. Good progress by end of last week.
Afternoons consisted of free
time, Portuguese lessons, Cultural tours, Capoeira and Samba
lessons. We are all tired but satisfied with what we are
trying to achieve. Thursday farewell dinner for Sharan who
leaves today. Now just 4 of us until mid October when 25
arrive - 24 girls and one man?
Tuesday – Thursday - Baixe
da Alegeria
2 hours. Real progress here
as there are less students to teach – about 10. Have managed
to get to the same level of English as Somando so with a bit
of luck I can coordinate the teaching for both centres and
use the same lessons each week. Lovely local people whose
only desire is to improve themselves within this very poor
community. The area is desperately poor as these photos show
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