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Share more about yourself.: I study the medieval history of Southeast Asia, and would like to teach English as a way to pay for travel expenses in that region.

At 9:06pm on July 29, 2011, Judith Ryan said…: About the first assignment:

I’ve done all that was mentioned in the first assignment except finding a photo to put on the site, I’m working on that…

Future employment: The job list has one offer I’m really interested in: International House at Riverside Church. That’s the kind of place I’d prefer for the first year after getting my CELTA. After that, I may try teaching in another country.

The word on the list that I had to look up was Cloze, as in Cloze exercises. I realized that I’ve done that kind of exercise in several language classes myself.

One thing I tried out that wasn’t part of the assignment: figuring out the phonetic symbols. For a while, I studied them in a book, and then I found some quizzes on BBC’s Learn a Language-English site. Each of the 5 quizzes had several questions involving the symbols, and working with them helped a lot.

At 6:57pm on July 28, 2011, Judith Ryan said…: So interesting
Did you do political history, art history, or everything?
Sounds like you're equipped to have a wonderful experience there already.

I live in Chinatown, where the textural blend of Asian cultures thickens as the years go by. I'll stay here and teach for the first year after getting my CELTA, then who knows?

Probably I'll try for a summer job outside the US in either Thailand, Spain or the Czech Republic, to see if I like the country I choose, before making a year-long commitment.