Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Songs and Snow

Sorry for the delay, we've been super busy teaching and making great connections with our students at EPD. We can't believe tomorrow is already our last day! Days 2 and 3 of teaching have been full of lesson planning, learning Kreyol from our students, banana grams, and even sleeping outside to enjoy the fresh air of Desarmes. 

Valerie, Aiyana, Lezah, and Sabrina have been working hard with their beginner students to learn letters, numbers, and conversational phrases that they may use in their every day lives. At the end of class, their students in return taught them a song in Kreyol which they performed in front of the entire class! Needless to say, pronunciation in any language is difficult, especially when singing. It was great to be able to learn from our students and has really helped in strengthening our bond with them. 

In the advanced section, Helen and Mathavi have been struggling to answer the many questions which the group gives us each day. Today, they brought up many great questions such as: what's the difference between to wish and to desire, may I and can I, and the use of myself/yourself. We've had to brush up on our grammar skills but it's great to work with students who are so passionate about learning English. 

From what we have heard, the intermediate class is doing awesome as well! We are all very sad that tomorrow will be our last teaching session. The experiences we have had with our students this week are something we will never forget. We will all be leaving with something special - Mathavi has been gifted with a dazzling "I love Haiti" key chain and Valerie has received a love letter from a fellow Valery as well! 

As you may have already heard, the predicted snowstorm for this weekend may interfere with our flight back from Fort Lauderdale to DC on Saturday evening, and UMD has already decided to close for the weekend. REMAIN CALM. We're monitoring the weather and flight situation and will continue to update you. We'll be back in DC as quickly as is safely possible! 

See you (eventually)!
Valerie and Helen 

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