by Jiřina Helíšková I had been working as an English teacher just for a couple of months when I heard about some Americans coming into our school. We didn’t know what to expect, who the people would be, we basically knew nothing. There were some rumors going around that said …
by Sierra Baird Traveling to another country with different customs and a different language makes me look inward at who I really am. What is my culture? I know I have one, but identifying it is like describing the smell of the room that you’ve been sitting in all day. …
by Sarah Arnoff The Start! We arrived when it was raining. Rain is not a good morale booster when the recipients of the unfortunate precipitation are already tired, hungry and completely lost. My map had nearly gone to pieces even though we were attempting to huddle under a doorway and …
by Amanda Crittenden It’s 10:00 pm and I’m sitting at the kitchen table trying to finish tomorrow’s lesson plan for my 4th graders. I tap my pencil on the Czech-English dictionary, which for the past three weeks has become part of the table centerpiece at my new home here in …
by D. Sam Matyjasik Hansel and Gretel I worked at Lercova, the “Blue School”, with Mirka. Lercova is a primary school, equivalent to our elementary school. Mirka is a very fun teacher who uses music to help teach a second language. She is quite a delight to be around. I …