Chile Week 2 ~ Ruth

Week 2 of Chile was equally as enjoyable as the first.

I was able to meet the youngest daughter of the family, who had been away internationally competing in gymnastics.  She is so sweet and nice.  I was also able to watch some videos of her competing in gymnastics and she is very good!  After seeing some of the bruises from training and competing, I really gained another level of respect for gymnasts.  They work really really hard.



I also had the privilege of giving presentations to classes this week.  I enjoyed this very much because it allowed me to be very hands on and interact with many different students.  One presentation I gave was about US.  I broke it down into 3 sections.
  1. Casual ways of giving greetings and farewells.  I even had the students verbally say the greetings out loud as if they were speaking with their friend.  For ex: "What's up?" "How's it going?" "See you later" "Peace out"
  2. I spoke examples of typical food and sayings that are common in different states/major cities in the U.S.  For example: Everything is bigger in Texas; NYC is the city that never sleeps; people in Maryland like to eat crabs, people in Louisiana like to eat Crawfish.
  3. I played a game with the class that reviewed the information.  I divided the classes into 2 and had them compete against each other in trivia.
I enjoyed the student's enthusiasm and even had a couple students that I encountered later in the week that came up to me and said "What's Up" and "See you later".  That made my heart smile because it showed that the students were engaged and had been listening.  And it showed that the information was relevant enough for them to use it.




What a lovely experience I've been having.
Till next time,

~Ruth


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La segunda semana de Chile fue igual de placentera que la primera.

Pude conocer a la hija más joven de la familia, que había estado ausente compitiendo internacionalmente en gimnasia. Ella es tan dulce y agradable. También pude ver algunos videos de ella compitiendo en gimnasia y ella es muy buena! Después de ver algunos de los moretones de entrenar y competir, realmente gané otro nivel de respeto por los gimnastas. Trabajan realmente muy duro.

También tuve el privilegio de dar presentaciones a las clases esta semana. Lo disfruté mucho porque me permitió ser muy práctico e interactuar con muchos estudiantes diferentes. Una presentación que di fue sobre los Estados Unidos. Lo dividí en 3 secciones.


  1. Maneras casuales de dar saludos y despedidas. Incluso hice que los estudiantes pronunciaran verbalmente los saludos en voz alta como si estuvieran hablando con su amigo. Por ejemplo: "¿Qué pasa?" "¿Cómo te va?" "Hasta luego" "Paz fuera"
  2. Hablé ejemplos de comidas típicas y dichos que son comunes en diferentes estados / ciudades principales de los EE. UU. Por ejemplo: todo es más grande en Texas; Nueva York es la ciudad que nunca duerme; A la gente de Maryland le gusta comer cangrejos, a la gente de Luisiana le gusta comer cangrejos.
  3. Jugué un juego con la clase que revisó la información. Dividí las clases en 2 y las hice competir unas contra otras en trivialidades.

Disfruté del entusiasmo de los estudiantes e incluso tuve un par de estudiantes con los que me encontré más tarde en la semana que se me acercaron y me dijeron "¿Qué hay de nuevo?" Eso hizo sonreír a mi corazón porque mostraba que los estudiantes estaban comprometidos y habían estado escuchando. Y mostró que la información era lo suficientemente relevante para que la usaran.

Que linda experiencia he tenido.
Hasta la próxima,

~ Ruth

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