My Story - Part 2

In an earlier post, I wrote about both my dream, and my decision, to start an English club for the children in my village. It was something that most of the adults in my village supported as well, so later, I posted an announcement on one of a village group’s Facebook pages about the club, which included its purpose, the meeting place and time, how to join, how to be a volunteer, and so on. Fortunately, I was rather surprised, as well as relieved, that some other students who had the same idea contacted me and offered to join as volunteers, so I would not need to handle everything by myself.

The next weekend, the club met for the first time, and it took place at an old, unused village kindergarten. Naturally, we were a bit confused and disorganized at first as none of us had ever done anything like this before, but everything gradually fell into place and seemed fine a short time later. At the end of it, I hesitatingly asked if they liked the club, and if they still wanted to meet up next time, to which they all agreed that they did and said that they wanted to.

The children's ages range from six to thirteen years old and their English levels vary greatly. While that is somewhat challenging, there are many things we can do to help them to learn English and to maintain the club. We cannot honestly say that we are teaching the children, but instead, we are just sharing our limited knowledge with them, as well as providing an English-speaking environment in which they can learn and practice.*

Hi,Tuyet. Good job! Whatever changes I made were to allow your sentences to sound more natural to my native ears, to clarify your ideas, and for ease of reading. My apologies if I misinterpreted.  I hope that this helps you. J.

*Wow! Sharing a picture from that first meeting for others to see is great! Not only am I impressed to learn that you were able to get things up and running so quickly, but also am glad to hear that it is turning out so well. I am sincerely happy for you in making this dream come true, and you should be extremely proud of yourself for all your efforts and the resulting participation. I wish you all continued success. Again, if I can be of any assistance, please feel free to contact me.