Teaching ESL

This weekend I spent the days teaching for Oxford Seminars. I teach a course to certify my students to teach English in other countries. This month I have 10 students in my class. A wide variety of students, in age and background. I have fun showing them how to teach, then watching them attempt to teach a class ... watching them make mistakes in choosing what to teach, mistakes in their own English, mistakes in how to write on the white board, mistakes in how long a time it takes to teach the lesson they want ... etc. I enjoy watching my students grow in their ability and their confidence. As they gain knowledge and experience they become better and better. The little mistakes eventually get ironed out and things are smooth after a while. I look forward to hearing about their job search and then them getting jobs. One of my students from last month had 3 job offers from 3 different countries and had to decide where he wanted to go. When my students go overseas it is like a little part of me. I have taught 19 classes and have sent about 200 students to other countries to teach English. If each of those teachers have a hundred students in the time in another country I have affected over 20,000 students. That is amazing!!