I learned English today
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
I went to my favorite local mexican restaraunt today and ate zuchinni bread with my amigos who are learning english as a second language. Ruth and Mike are doing a great job and the students are learning quickly! I was very proud of them after seeing their progress. I noticed that each of them had gotten their own notebooks and they were writing down everything that Ruth put on the whiteboard.
I was asked to come and help them practice introductions. We worked phrases like “Hello, my name is _____. Nice to meet you. How are you doing?…” We had a lot of laughs.
One of the things that they worked on today was the “th” sound. I never really thought about how hard it is to make that sound. There is not a sound for “th” in Spanish. Needless to say, they had to practice hard so they could say “Ruth” instead of “roof” and “booth” instead of “boof”. But they got it! Keep praying for these guys. We all prayed together at the end of the session.
