A shlap in the face o' a brick!

TEFL teacher:
"OK class. Your first teaching assignment is to teach 6 words in your second language. Write out a full lesson plan and include props and games. You must speak only in this language! Lessons should last 15 minutes."

My Brain:
"I've only slept for 3 hours in two days. Pay somebody else to do it!"

I taught I had acclimatized. I was wrong. The training was the last thing on my mind when I decided to go a wandering. This was going to be real.

Well, Irish IS my second language....Hmmmmmmmm. So I cheated!

I did Fruit. Apple, Orange, Strawberry, Pineapple, Lemon, Banana. With sincerest apologies to Yvonne; I told 'em Fruit was 'Frutail' (said with 'authentic' Galway accent). The 6 words were all the correct ones, (banana in Irish is 'banana'..."as a cheile; ban-an-a, ban-an-a, ban-an-a") but during the lesson I used appalling Irish and any word I didn't know I added 'ail' or 'oig' to the noun (e.g. partner was 'partnoig'). My game was "Ceard Frutail ata me?". Pick fruit everybody guess...it took me a good hour to think of that!

The lesson went fine, good even. Although Ann (Canadian) got a fit of laughing every time I said 'focal'. Sanook (fun+) was had by all. All the others did well and we are delighted to have the first teaching practice behind us. But, we do have a second assignment for tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day. Friday we leave for Koh Phanghan. See yis after!

Slan,
M.

All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients. Ralph Waldo Emerson