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Letter for a university (part two)
Indeed, my year in England (Farnham, Surrey) was beneficial in all aspects. I benefited greatly from this experience. The courses, which I followed closely for on year, helped me fill a number of gaps in my knowledge. It was also a very enriching experience on a human level, as I met a number of people from very different horizons. I passed my ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) Cambridge exam level 1 (writing, speaking, listening) last July after studying one year at Sixth Form Farnham College. From now on, I live in Glasgow willing to study in order to become a modern languages teacher.
As for my experiences, during my time as a student in France, I used to give private lessons to struggling students in the evening. I also extended my knowledge of education by working as a teacher for “Premier de la classe”, a French tutoring company (I used to teach English every Sunday morning). In addition, I used to meet my university English teacher to do a training course once a week.
When I arrived in England, I wanted to have more experience in education and my experience as an au pair was an opportunity to be close to schools and teachers (I often spoke to my host's child's teachers about their job). I enriched my understanding of the life of a French teacher by completing training courses in both a primary (my host's child's one) and a secondary school . I loved helping children to read, to write or simply teaching them anything. In the context of my training course, I
was also a volunteer for sports activities and for a projection of movies at school.
I could compare both French and English educational systems, and this topic was particularly interesting for me, since I chose it as a topic for my oral presentation for my ESOL exam.
After school, my job consisted in helping my host's child for his homework and my experience helped me to consider homework in a different way. It soon began to be fun for he and myself to do homework together. Over time, our time together enabled us to work quickly and efficiently.
Besides this experience, I often sought advice from a French teacher working at Sixth Form Farnham College about her job, and had the opportunity to observe her lessons in the classroom. In the weekend, I was able to improve my teaching skills due to the fact I usually taught French to a 14 year-old student on Sunday morning. In addition, I sometimes helped one of my friend's children with French conjugation on Saturday afternoon.
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