April 11, 2009
Should I Change From GCSE Spanish To French?
Chris asked:
I really want to change, but I think I might have missed a lot of work as now it is the 10th week into the term. I really hate Spanish, not thge subject, the way it is being taught. My Spanish teacher is French so I can hardly understand what he is saying at most of the time he cannot understand me. The only way to be acknowledged in his class is to shout out but he sends you out for that but if you put your hand up he will never answer you just ignore you or tell you to get on with the work. He never explains anything properly so literally nobody in the class understands the work, we haven’t covered even half the work we should have by now. He won’t even help you with anything as he expects you to know it all because there were 2 Spanish classes last year as there used to be 2 teachers and most of us were in the top set. He set us an essay on things we hadn’t been taught and everybody got a D or some people (including me) just scraped a C even though if we had a better teacher we would have all got A’s because last year we had an amazing Spanish teacher who set nearly all of our targets as A’s but she left the school and now we have the current teacher. He is the only Spanish teacher in the school. I really want to change from French to Spanish because I still know more of French even though I don’t do it any more and all the French teachers are excellent and you learn a lot from them. I will talk to my head of year about it tomorrow if I can but if I did I would have to go into another Business Studies class and another IT class and have my whole timetable redone. Would I be able to catch up with the work I missed if they let my swap? Would it be worth me changing or should I stick with Spanish? I always put a lot of hard work into my Spanish lessons but I really don’t have anything to work with as I have learnt absoultely nothing in the past 10 weeks in my Spanish class. Thank you
I really want to change, but I think I might have missed a lot of work as now it is the 10th week into the term. I really hate Spanish, not thge subject, the way it is being taught. My Spanish teacher is French so I can hardly understand what he is saying at most of the time he cannot understand me. The only way to be acknowledged in his class is to shout out but he sends you out for that but if you put your hand up he will never answer you just ignore you or tell you to get on with the work. He never explains anything properly so literally nobody in the class understands the work, we haven’t covered even half the work we should have by now. He won’t even help you with anything as he expects you to know it all because there were 2 Spanish classes last year as there used to be 2 teachers and most of us were in the top set. He set us an essay on things we hadn’t been taught and everybody got a D or some people (including me) just scraped a C even though if we had a better teacher we would have all got A’s because last year we had an amazing Spanish teacher who set nearly all of our targets as A’s but she left the school and now we have the current teacher. He is the only Spanish teacher in the school. I really want to change from French to Spanish because I still know more of French even though I don’t do it any more and all the French teachers are excellent and you learn a lot from them. I will talk to my head of year about it tomorrow if I can but if I did I would have to go into another Business Studies class and another IT class and have my whole timetable redone. Would I be able to catch up with the work I missed if they let my swap? Would it be worth me changing or should I stick with Spanish? I always put a lot of hard work into my Spanish lessons but I really don’t have anything to work with as I have learnt absoultely nothing in the past 10 weeks in my Spanish class. Thank you
Filed under Primary & Secondary Education by Administrator
April 3, 2009
How much would you pay to have your child tutored?
*~Cam’s Mommy ~* asked:
I am interested in making some extra money throughout the year. I am a high school Spanish teacher and have thought of doing Spanish tutoring on the side. I also have thought about doing private Spanish lessons for adults. How much would you be willing to pay for something like that per hour? Do people come to your home or do you go to theirs? I’m trying to make the most money I can to help w/ daycare costs for my newborn son.
I am interested in making some extra money throughout the year. I am a high school Spanish teacher and have thought of doing Spanish tutoring on the side. I also have thought about doing private Spanish lessons for adults. How much would you be willing to pay for something like that per hour? Do people come to your home or do you go to theirs? I’m trying to make the most money I can to help w/ daycare costs for my newborn son.
Filed under Parenting by Administrator
March 14, 2009
What is the best Spanish lesson you have ever had and why?
cruz07307 asked:
I am looking to be a Spanish teacher in the near future and would like to know what lessons have really sparked an interest and which ones have really just bored students out of their minds?
I am looking to be a Spanish teacher in the near future and would like to know what lessons have really sparked an interest and which ones have really just bored students out of their minds?
Filed under Teaching by Administrator
March 11, 2009
‘You speak like you’re performing on stage’ What does that mean? My Spanish teacher told me that in a lesson?
Natasha asked:
I was answering a question in my Spanish lesson and apparently the teacher didn’t like my answer. She told me literally ‘you speak like you’re performing on stage’ What does that mean??!! and is it sort of an insult?
I was answering a question in my Spanish lesson and apparently the teacher didn’t like my answer. She told me literally ‘you speak like you’re performing on stage’ What does that mean??!! and is it sort of an insult?
Filed under Other - Arts & Humanities by Administrator
March 2, 2009
‘You speak like you’re performing on stage’ What does that mean? My Spanish teacher told me that in a lesson?
Natasha asked:
I was answering a question in my Spanish lesson and apparently the teacher didn’t like my answer. She told me literally ‘you speak like you’re performing on stage’ What does that mean??!! and is it sort of an insult?
I was answering a question in my Spanish lesson and apparently the teacher didn’t like my answer. She told me literally ‘you speak like you’re performing on stage’ What does that mean??!! and is it sort of an insult?
Filed under Other - Society & Culture by Administrator
February 3, 2009
Any experienced teachers fluent in Spanish and English who can offer me spanish (grammar/other) lessons?
ChemStump asked:
I would like classes with preferably an experienced Spanish teacher, who can offer me spanish lessons , of course thru the internet. I’d enjoy being your student. I’m probably an advanced beginner now, and there are a lot of key aspects of Spanish I do not understand, that are hindering my progress. I honeslty love learning languages. (Free of charge if possible, if not….) Plz leave email if yes. Thanks in advance.
I would like classes with preferably an experienced Spanish teacher, who can offer me spanish lessons , of course thru the internet. I’d enjoy being your student. I’m probably an advanced beginner now, and there are a lot of key aspects of Spanish I do not understand, that are hindering my progress. I honeslty love learning languages. (Free of charge if possible, if not….) Plz leave email if yes. Thanks in advance.
Filed under Languages by Administrator