Wednesday, June 18, 2008

MOre Last Minute Questions! (Material and Amount of English)

1. What kinds of teaching material do you suggest we bring?

Most students will bring notebooks, pens, pencils, the basics. I definitely recommend magazines like I said before in an e-mail because they open the door to many different fun engaging projects. I would also recommend just a few pairs of scissors, a box of assorted coloring material (crayons, colored pencils, markers), and construction paper if you feel like you are going to need it. Last year, I salvaged a whole ream of Resume Paper from my room mate and I gave it to the students to make flags, passports, constitutions of their nations, etc..

2. how much english is spoken there? a little or none at all?

A little. Most high schoolers know a few phrases and so do those who work at more public institutions (airports, malls, taxis, etc. etc.) but sometimes, its near unintelligible. I say look up Bahasa-Indonesia on google and learn a few key phrases. ( http://home.mira.net/~wreid/bali_lng.html )

Thanks for the questions! Keep them Coming!

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