Gettin' Professional

That's right--I facilitated my first teacher training seminar in Jordan. With Jamal as my counterpart and 15 local teachers in attendance, I think the seminar went over quite well. We focused on techniques for teaching listening and speaking in the language classroom. The seminar took place in the UNICEF-funded computer lab at my school--as you can see, the lab is beautiful and has a lot of technological resources. Here are some shots of the seminar (since, we have put on another seminar in Jamal's village and are slated to work with Hussein Faqeer, the supervisor of English, to put on 2 seminars a month):

Also, Jamal and I are now working at Tafila Technical University two days a week as a secondary project. We each teach a conversational English course for the students in the English program. Here are some shots of us in the classroom:

 Life is sure getting busier...but, the university classes are really a lifesaver psychologically.