I’ve begun English classes for the girls here at the house. It’s an experience. I started yesterday with the little girls. When I held up a card with the letter “A” on it, what did I get? One girl yelled, “Nine!” and another yelled, “Five!” I knew then it was going to be a long day. But actually things worked out well and I had them saying the English alphabet by the end of class. The older girls surprise me each time I have class. They know a lot more English than they let on. They are slow to speak English because they are afraid they’ll say something wrong. I try to remove this fear by pronouncing Creole words wrong (though not on purpose). I teach on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for three 40 minute classes. I have Tuesday and Thursday s off so I can study the Bible and prepare my sermons since I’m speaking one Sunday a month at the small church here in Tabarre.
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I love how the two girls yelled out numbers for the letter "A". At least they were brave enough to give it a shot.
That's great that they were saying the entire alphabet in less than an hour. You must have done a great job on keeping their attention.
Dianne
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