Weekend Travels Part 3: Around Chemnitz
So a bit of a cheat this weekend - I did not, in fact, spend the weekend travelling. HOWEVER, that does not mean it and the week before were not eventful! Last week went very quickly as usual, but was marked firstly by the introduction to a new class. I've agreed to help Caro, the trainee teacher, with a simulation for her 11th grade (English year 12) to help them learn Everyday English. The class will cover topics such as going out to eat, what to do in an emergency, how to apply for jobs, how to return things in shops - all things they've already learnt at some point in their school career but have definitely forgotten. We've also got them to invent roles for themselves (such a huge number of them put 'football' and 'sport'/'keeping fit' as their hobbies that it was sickening) and put them into 'flats' of three, i.e. they sit at tables of three to do the individual tasks. Although it is rather late to be starting new classes, it's be...