Friday

Today, we had a meeting about teaching. There were some Chinese students there. Previous teachers and the Chinese students gave us an idea of what to expect and how to deal with certain things. Allegedly, Chinese students are not as forward as Western ones regarding answering questions and getting involved. This will be a big challenge, especially with First Year students!

We got our textbooks. I will be teaching the Navigation nstudents (1st years) and they have a special book with all sorts of shipping terms! Ro/Ro ships and Bulk carriers and container ships and so on. I don't have to teach all of that stuff, but they will need the vocab in case they call at foreign ports!! Maybe U should teach them some sea shanties and swear words, so they can curse like real sailors!!!Good job I like boats!

I will be teaching normal oral English to the transportation students (2nd years). I have a book as a guideline. Main thing I sam not sure about is the likes of class tests/homework etc! I'll figure it out. I think the main thing is that if i can build a rapport with the class and get their respect, I should be ok!

To be continued (again)