Teaching novice monks English
Sinh eating lunch. The boy can put away some food.While roaming around Vientiane on Saturday I asked directions of a local who turned out to be an English teacher and he was happy to practice his English so we ended up spending almost all day on Sunday touring Vientiane on his motorbike. There is no tour I have ever been on which can compare with riding around on the back of a bike with someone who lives there. Vientiane is not long on memorable sights so mostly we spent time just hanging out and eating.
I asked if I could go to his English class on Monday and he was delighted with the idea. He teaches in his apartment and the class I taught consisted of 2 novice monks. Their lesson had to do with southeast Asian geography. Since the class was conversational English I was teaching them the difference between Vietnam and Vietnamese, Laos and Lao, Thailand and Thai, etc. They caught on quickly and I enjoyed the hour immensely. Like many speakers of English as a second language there is a difficulty knowing what syllable to accent and I think I taught the students and the teacher to to emphasize CHI-na and not to say chi-NA. I was glad to reaffirm that I think I would be a good English teacher.
I will take the VIP sleeper bus tonight to Pakse in southern Laos and connect on to Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. I am unhappy with speeding through the places i want to see but I am trying to get to Bangkok and out of there before the situation gets too bad. I will stay with my friend Sang and his family in Isan and I am looking forward to participating in village life for a few days. I will be away from internet while there so there may be a lapse in reporting.
I asked if I could go to his English class on Monday and he was delighted with the idea. He teaches in his apartment and the class I taught consisted of 2 novice monks. Their lesson had to do with southeast Asian geography. Since the class was conversational English I was teaching them the difference between Vietnam and Vietnamese, Laos and Lao, Thailand and Thai, etc. They caught on quickly and I enjoyed the hour immensely. Like many speakers of English as a second language there is a difficulty knowing what syllable to accent and I think I taught the students and the teacher to to emphasize CHI-na and not to say chi-NA. I was glad to reaffirm that I think I would be a good English teacher.
I will take the VIP sleeper bus tonight to Pakse in southern Laos and connect on to Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. I am unhappy with speeding through the places i want to see but I am trying to get to Bangkok and out of there before the situation gets too bad. I will stay with my friend Sang and his family in Isan and I am looking forward to participating in village life for a few days. I will be away from internet while there so there may be a lapse in reporting.
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