My personnal goals that I wish to attain through this internship is to understand what kind of speach patterns kids use, what words are best suited for explaining things to them but also how myself I should behave to facilitate their proper learning. I already speak english every day at home with my friends mostly, but I don't take anything for granted because I was never immersed in a completely anglophone environnement before.
In order to do so, I will take guesses when I am unsure about the meaning of a particular word or expression, I won't be afraid to make mistakes and I will communicate as much as I can. I will also look up the meaning of words I don't know in the dictionnary and I will look for frenchism or false-cognates.
As I said previously, I will be tutoring kids at Tyndale St-Georges Community Center. My first contact with my host was made by phone and suprisingly, she adressed to me in french despite the fact that I had left a message in english before. In that phone call, she explained to me what the organisation is about and how I can get there. The community center offers an after-school tutoring program to help kids with their homework and I will be a volunteer for that program.
When I first met my host, I had to fill some paperwork and then she showed me around the building. The building offers various services, it has a small library, a gym and multiple class rooms. I am a little nervous because I don't interact with kids in my daily life and I don't know what to expect from their behaviour. I am confident that I can help them with their homework because I know how to vulgarize complex ideas and make it sound easier to understand.
I am looking forward to this internship experience!
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