Hello, my name is Kali Sims. I am a Senior this year and I am majoring in Elementary Education. The main reason I wanted to take this opportunity to study abroad in Chile was because of the education course. I am very excited to work with these students and be able to have the opportunity to enhance my skills as a future teacher. I believe it will allow me to be more diverse and open as a teacher working with those of a different language. I love traveling and experiencing different cultures around the world. I have traveled a lot since a very young age I have been to many places in the states and I have been out of the country three times, twice to Bermuda and once to Italy. This will be a great opportunity to travel somewhere else much different than where I have been before and I will be able to learn and experience a new culture and place. Although my Spanish skills are not the best I have always taken Spanish throughout most of my school years and am excited but nervous to apply some of it in the real world. I am nervous to live with a host family as far as communicating with them goes I do not know how much English they know and I am not confident in my Spanish but besides the nerves I am ready to step out of comfort zone and be able to learn from them as they will also be able to do from me. I want to be able to fully immerse myself in the Chilean culture and language and learn a lot while I am there. I plan on going on this trip with an open mind ready to try and learn new things!
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Blog #1: Introduction
Hello, my name is Kali Sims. I am a Senior this year and I am majoring in Elementary Education. The main reason I wanted to take this opportunity to study abroad in Chile was because of the education course. I am very excited to work with these students and be able to have the opportunity to enhance my skills as a future teacher. I believe it will allow me to be more diverse and open as a teacher working with those of a different language. I love traveling and experiencing different cultures around the world. I have traveled a lot since a very young age I have been to many places in the states and I have been out of the country three times, twice to Bermuda and once to Italy. This will be a great opportunity to travel somewhere else much different than where I have been before and I will be able to learn and experience a new culture and place. Although my Spanish skills are not the best I have always taken Spanish throughout most of my school years and am excited but nervous to apply some of it in the real world. I am nervous to live with a host family as far as communicating with them goes I do not know how much English they know and I am not confident in my Spanish but besides the nerves I am ready to step out of comfort zone and be able to learn from them as they will also be able to do from me. I want to be able to fully immerse myself in the Chilean culture and language and learn a lot while I am there. I plan on going on this trip with an open mind ready to try and learn new things!
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I also love travelling, and the aspect of working with kids while on this trip is one of the main reasons I also signed up! My game plan for new situations is to also go in with an open mind and an open heart and I can't wait to get to work with you in Chile!
ReplyDeleteI also also a bit nervous about communicating with my host family. We know that learning a language in a classroom is much different than applying it in regular conversation, so I wonder how much we will be able to teach the campers in a week. I wonder how much english they will already know once we get there.
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