Life as Language Assistant in Small town Quimperlé...

Teaching is easy..... NOT! It is surprisingly time consuming and stressful. There is nothing worse than trying to teach students in a language they  don't understand...

I have been assigned to the City of Quimperlé, Brittany, where there is a population of around 10,800 people. It is also the smallest city I have ever lived in. In this city, I work at four schools, College Jules Ferry (middle school), École première Brizeux, Thier, and Lezardeau (Elementary schools. I work with students in Grade 1 to grade 8 (CE1 to 4ème). 

It is sure difficult!! I find that working with younger children is much easier because it's easier to evoke their interest in 
English. With the teenagers, it is always a challenge. 

My youngest students 6 yrs old (CE1)
learning about colours in english

With CM2 Thier
For Christmas we decorated gingerbread men,
 which was a new experience for the students

After couple months of this.... I have decided do not want to become a teacher.


biz,
Nina


p.s my french is progressing rapidly... but I could do better.