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TEACH ENGLISH CARIBBEAN

Refection Wheel Journal (RWJ)

Name: Nanc C!r"ena# $ate:

Cour#e Name:Culture & Language RWJ %:1

E&ENT(S)'BEHA&IR(S):

An experience I had from the time I got on the plane in Ecuador to come to St. Vincent and

the Grenadines, to the first day of my classes at the St. Vincent & the Grenadines Community

College.

EELINGS:e*+ectin,

curiou#

-e challen,e"

TH.GHTS:

I travelled on November 11th , 2015, I left too early in the morning, My

ight wa in Co!a, it too" o# from $uito to %anama at '00 am , after I

arrived to %anama I had waited for ( hour, o I de)ided to wal" around

ho! there, then I too" the ne*t ight from %anama to %ort of +!ain and

then to rinidad and obago where I !ent around ( hour be)aue of the

Migration o-)er, I didn.t have any !roblem there, !eo!le were !olite

with me o I !aed to the air!ort for the ne*t ight to +t/ in)ent/

oon a I had ta"en o# I aw Iland and the tlanti) )ean, I thought

3it i ama4ing, o when I arrived to +t/ in)ent and 6renadine, there

were not mu)h !eo!le o I regitered my entran)e to +t in)ent too

7ui)"ly, +omeone wa waiting for me, o he introdu)ed to herelf and he

too" me in a ta*i to a guet houe in 6len, he landlord wa at home, he

too" me into my room, I wa hungry, o the woman gave me ome

)oo"ie and a )u! of tea/ t the end I wa o tired, I went lee!ing with lotof e*!e)tation and goal to a))om!lih to my return to 8)uador/

LEARNINGS:

Ste+ /:

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I aumed that 9ritih 8nglih i more )om!li)ated than meri)an

8nglih, at :rt time wa di-)ult to undertand what !eo!le aid in the

)ounter of rinidad, & obago , and I thought 3if I don;t undertand in

thee !la)e , I won.t !ea" 8nglih at all in +t in)ent and the

6renadine too/ %eo!le had !o"en too fat uing )ontra)tion whole

time, that wa the :rt leon that I learned here/

Ste+ 0:

9aed on my aum!tion about the language barrier and a)ademi)

undertanding that I ho!e to learn, o I.ve got a di#erent !er!e)tive of

how to learn 8nglih, here but I noti)ed, my wea" %oint i litening, I

tarted to wor" in thi "ill, I need e*tra )on)entration a a trategy I

alway loo" at toward li! to identify ound, My tea)her !ea"

normally I u!!oed, o I )an !i)" them u!, but when I wa at treet i

o di#erent :rt at all they hout don;t !ea" and then they alway!ea" too fat uing )ontra)tion and they mi* with a diale)t o, it i no

eay to undertand what they had aid ea)h other/ however, I have done

my bet, when I tarted my )la inide me I re!eated all the time 3I

)an do it, 3I am the bet, and I bleed them and I tarted my day/

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Ste+ 0:

In my new home in +t in)ent and 6renadine, I have to !rioriti4e my

goal, I e*!e)ted more advan)ed te)hnology for learning than the

College had here, I e*!e)ted a )ity full of !eo!le with a mall and )itie

to viit inide thi !la)e for !ra)ti)ing my !ea"ing, a human being Ihave to reorgani4e my e*!e)tation, and I a))e!t what I have gotten

here, and I have to ta"e advantage of thi ituation, tea)her are o

"ind, and they have !atient with me, and hey !ent time litening, o

ome of them !ro!oed me e*tra a)tivitie for im!roving my !ea"ing,

and that i a !oitive !oint of my dear ea)her they are o!en minded,

they are intereted in hel!ing u develo!ing Language "ill/