Listening and Speaking TIUA Spring 2006 Seibert
Howard Street: Get into these groups and discuss these questions in English now

Yutaro, Reiko, Azusa Takafumi, Kana, Koto Ryu, Koji, Kazumi, Martha Kozue, Kazune, Perla

1. How could you have prepared better for the visit to Howard Street Charter School?

2. What language or cultural difficulties did you have, if any? Were there difficulties teaching the children?

3. What surprised you, if anything? Explain.

4. What did you learn? (about immigration, language, culture, American adolescents, education, yourself, teaching, etc.)

5. At what age do you think childen should start learning a second language? Explain your answer!

6. Other comments or questions?

Listening and Speaking TIUA Spring 2006 Seibert
Howard Street: Get into these groups and discuss these questions in English now

Yutaro, Reiko, Azusa Takafumi, Kana, Koto Ryu, Koji, Kazumi, Martha Kozue, Kazune, Perla
1. How could you have prepared better for the visit to Howard Street Charter School?
  • "could have" = past possibility = if you did something again, what would you change?
    • example: We could have practiced more.
    • example: We could have prepared a better poster.
    • example: We could have arranged the chairs differently.

2. What language or cultural difficulties did you have, if any? Were there difficulties teaching the children?

3. What surprised you, if anything? Explain.

4. What did you learn? (about immigration, language, culture, American adolescents, education, yourself, teaching, etc.)

5. At what age do you think childen should start learning a second language? Explain your answer!

6. Other comments or questions?