Exams in... London!

The group after we just returned home

So I have the privilege of working at a pretty amazing school and we took a field trip to London 2 weeks ago.  Yes I know I am a little behind on blog posts so I will be playing catch up now!  It was with a Segundo Bachillerato class.. aka Seniors in high school.  We had 15 students and I must say that it is one of my favorite classes.  These students have to take a regular English class and then decided to take this English speaking class as an elective.  So we decided the main teacher, myself and another assistant from the U.S. to take the students to London for their oral exams.

It was amazing to see the students trying to use English and for some of them they refused to even speak to me or listen to me if I spoke Spanish.  As a language teacher it was a great experience and gave me some great ideas!  We didn't see many tourist attractions except for Covent Garden, the British Museum, Tate Modern, and Shakespeare's Globe which we used as a part of their exams.  The Globe was by far the best experience for me because we got to watch a live rehearsal.  The students seemed to enjoy it too.  They had 3 parts to their exam.  A presentation, amount of English spoken throughout the trip, and a walking quiz.  We broke off into 3 groups and just walked around and I made the students do everything for me.  It was quite relaxing and the students are really sweet and made it a great experience for me.

On a side note I fell in love with London and can't wait to go back at the end of March for another field trip with my school, instead of 15 students it will be 45. Yuck!  But I could definitely see myself living in London, especially when I am young.  Downfall, it is bloody expensive!!  Although on a recent study I found Madrid wasn't far behind, London definitely burned a hole in my pocket.  The exchange rate to pounds did not help.  My students think I need a boyfriend so the whole trip they kept trying to find a British boy for me.  They told me that they think I need to stay in Europe and never go home.  I don't know how happy my family would be about that!

Looking forward to my upcoming travels and a trip home for a wedding in April!! Until next time!