Learn The Basics

I had quite a busy week...I finally got to observe an ESL class at De Anza College and it was really eye-opening.  The class itself was really fun and the students were really amazing.  They are so excited and dedicated to learning English.  I took a ton of notes and the Professor is an amazing teacher!  She's been doing it for 17 years and she went to Japan to teach her first EFL class!  But she's Czech, which I think is totally a sign.  I learned that most of the De Anza ESL teachers taught abroad for at least a year, and then they came back, got their masters and all got jobs at De Anza. So there's an idea for what to do when I get back, if I'm a good teacher.  

I went to Wicked with my friend Veronnica yesterday, she's also taking the TEFL course and wants to teach in Prague.  While we were at lunch she started telling me all of the Czech words/phrases she knew.  And it sounded fluent to me.  Which made me think...why haven't I gotten a Czech language CD yet?  And do they have one on iTunes?  Well, I looked into the iTunes option, and the reviews were really terrible.  So I checked out Amazon, and it looks like I'm going to order a CD from there....I'll keep you posted on how tough it is!

Alexandra and I still haven't  bought our flights yet, but I'm sure that we will soon.  And one of my new friends offered to throw me a going away party....I'm excited!