One of the goals of the study tour we took today was to practice English with foreigners.
Before hand, we had practiced a conversation, a kind of
interview. It is important to scaffold the activity in order to give students
the maximum of chance to succeed.
A few students actually managed to do quite a good job but:
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Not all students were involved, only the best in
English.
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Not all students were involved, only the
boldest.
In fact, asking some unknown foreigners to answer questions
is not easy at all. I therefore do not blame the students who didn’t manage to
do it.
We must help our learners to feel more confident. To achieve
that goal, we must develop a great English program. We are working on it!
