The students in advanced class went to teach English at the UCBC language
institute in Beni.We met three of them: Adelfine, Ashura and Kikwaya. Asked
separetily,they said that what they loved the
most about teaching English is the fact that they were not only
teaching, but above all, they learned beyond their expectations.
Adelfine said," I got new knowledge because I had to prepare my lessons
and read a lot, it's inspires me to become a teacher one day."Adelfine found the project very helpful for the students at the language institute,
" the students found our english easier to understand than their
teacher's.This enabled them to understand some lessons that they could
hardly ever understand from their teachers due to their high level in
english", she added.
However, Adelfine thinks two weeks are not enough for such projects. Her
wish is " to sustain this teaching project, it could be better to have
an entire class just for teaching practice after the intermediate level."
She is very willing to work again in such project.
Kikwaya found that the project was very helpful for their students because they made them work hard. About the sustainability of the project he is very optimist" I would like to stop learning english and continue teaching. I took it as an opportunity to learn, for me the one who is teaching is learning more than he who is in class.I had to check all my notes from L1. To keep this project, we should censetize students who have reached a high level in english."
The fact that one had something to communicate and someone else was
ready to listen and wanted to learn attracted Ashura's intention.
Morover she said,"I learnt a lot from the students experience. It good
to teach for you share what you know."
Ashura suggests that UCBC students should not only teach for grade, but
instead, they should take this as an opportunity to learn. "They can either
go in some primary and high schools or teach at UCBC in law classes",she
concluded.
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