CFE in Zacatecas, Mexico

It was a really hard trying to understand Spanish or even pick up any words when people were talking. I came into Mexico only knowing a handful of words and I knew it would take a while for me to learn important phrases. At the school, there were lots of interesting things I noticed in the first class. All the students were wearing uniforms and the girls had their hair tied up. No one had dyed hair or makeup on in my class. There was no lunch time during the…read more

Because we arrived close to exam time, we had a lot of things to review with the students. They had also forgotten a lot of their grammar and I found myself going over basics and refreshing their memory more than teaching new material. English textbook and workbook Some Things I Taught in English Class -spelling, capitalization, placement of commas and apostrophes -adjectives; comparative & superlative forms -adverbs of manner, adverbs or frequency -simple present, simple past, progressive, future time -paragraph construction, how to write a story -word webs -“who, what,…read more

I received a very warm welcome from Tec de Monterrey. For every new English class I went to, I received cards and posters and gifts from the students. It was a sweet way to get to know their names and faces. The staff were very friendly and they were more than happy to have us at their school. They gave me their phone number and gave us rides when we needed. My SA told me that I could call her at any time if I needed a ride somewhere. She…read more

  First Few Classes It was a long journey to Zacatecas and an interesting start to our first day at Tec de Monterrey, the private bilingual school. I walked into the school unaware of where anything was and what I would be doing for the day because I had not been given much information and our coordinator had been out of town when we arrived to Mexico. I came to the school with Stephanie and Martina, the two other Teacher Candidates from UBC. We were welcomed and everyone seemed very excited to…read more