MY FIRST DAY! :)

On my first day of internship, I was excited and also anxious about meeting the people with whom I would work and also to meet the children. I was worried for nothing because the two women with whom I worked with were pretty welcoming.
 Regarding the children, the first 15 minutes of the day, they were suspicious of my presence, but after that, they started to ask me a few questions as: ‘’What is your name? ‘’, ‘’What are you doing here?’’ and my favorite one; ‘’Can you play with me?’’. I was really happy to see that they appreciated my presence.
 As as the day went on, I made a few observations. I realized that the children had the ability to sing songs, whether in English as their first language or in French as a new one. I was very surprised, because even I have trouble doing it. In the class I was, there were two children who spoke neither English nor French. I was wondering about how they could integrate well with the class when they were hardly able to communicate with others. I realized that it was hard for them to understand women when they asked them to do something. It is at this point that I realized the importance of doing gestures when we speak because it helps to get the meaning when we speak to someone who does not understand perfectly the same language as ours.
 What I found interesting is that the majority of children who were there came from other countries, and despite the fact that they did not have the same culture; they had almost no trouble communicating together and get along together.
 I am proud to say that while the children learned the words to describe the temperature outside, I also learned a word; foggy. I did not know before that ‘’brumeux’’ in English was that.
 We learn a little every day and this is why I really like the place where I am. I cannot wait to see again my little new friends.

MY FIRST MEETING AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LASALLE ! (:

Hi everyone!
 As you can see, this entry will be the first one about my internship, which I will explain in detail.
 I am very happy to announce that everything went well for my first meeting; the woman was very understanding with me even if I had a few difficulties to talk in English because I was too stressed about the idea to meet her. The meeting lasted about 20 minutes, she explained to me what my tasks would be here with the 3 to 5 years old kids, she showed me in which room I would be working for the weeks to come, and we also fixed the day I would be there. The only day that was good for me and the group that I would be in was Wednesday; so I did not have choice to do my internship on this day, 10 o’clock to 3.
 When I left the place after the meeting, I was so happy because now the first big step was done, but, I was wondering how the first internship day would be. I started to stress again, I was afraid to have some misunderstandings, that the little children I would work with, wouldn’t like me and much more. I told myself that I was amplifying the situation so, I decided to stop thinking about this, and I started to think in a positive way; because it is the best attitude to take when we start something new.
 For this new experience, my goal is to improve my English and also to learn to communicate in an English environment which is not the environment I am used to. I think that during these few weeks, I will use body language when my language skills would not be effective enough and I will also analyze words to try to deduce their meaning by breaking them down into their components. Also, I will keep practising, because it is by practising something that we get better.
 This internship will not only give me the opportunity to improve my English but, It will also be a ‘’test’’ for me to see if being with young children is a thing that I would like to do in the future.
 I cannot wait to see my little new friends, and also to learn a lot through this new experience that is opening to me.

Here is the link if you want to know more about this place. :)