I suppose that if you are an NNS EFL teacher you have already heard a lot about these horror stories of schools employing NS’s for summer courses and delivering really poor quality lessons. We all talk about these horror stories but it is the first time I can see it unfolding before my very eyes. Today when I checked my junior teacher’s group in the first period – just to see that was going on – I saw she had put on a film and they were watching it. I called her aside and asked what film is was and she said it was the one she had found in the classroom (!!) Then I told her she could not simply do that, but as it was already happening I told her she had to do some language follow-up work with it. When I arrived in the classroom for my third period with her group I saw some quite complex comprehension questions on the board – remember they are elementary – and then she told me they could not really do much with it.
Oh dear, I do pity her!! She was thrown into the classroom probably because she also needed some extra cash for the summer. No doubt who is to be blamed for this situation…
