Week One - Almost Done!!

            Week one of three of China English Summer Camp is almost over! The days seem to go by very slowly, but the week has gone by fast for the most part. The days are full of teaching and the nights have different activities depending on what night it is. Last night we had another English Corner and it always starts out with talking to different students and classmates about a topic. Eventually we venture off and talk about random things. After answering questions like why my hair is red and why I have “black makeup” (sleepy bags) under my eyes, I taught my class the slap game. The loved it!

            Today is Friday and we all had to give a test to our students. This afternoon another class and mine are watching Space Jam. The areas that I think need the most improvement are speaking and pronunciation. They also struggle with hearing and understanding foreigners. I feel like I repeat instructions a million times before they understand what they need to do for each activity.

            Tomorrow we are going to Guangdong, which is the capital of the province we are living in right now. The city I am in is Dongguan. Sunday we are going to a market for a few hours then getting ready for the week. I hope to talk to more people at home this weekend, but the 13-hour time difference makes life difficult!!