{"id":462,"date":"2012-04-08T21:45:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T01:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith\/?p=462"},"modified":"2012-04-08T21:50:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T01:50:35","slug":"i-speak-you-speak-we-speak-they-speak-heshe-speaks-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith\/?p=462","title":{"rendered":"I speak, you speak, we speak, they speak, he\/she speaks ENGLISH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\">\n<div id=\"attachment_416\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2012\/04\/Helen-and-Students.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-416\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-416\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2012\/04\/Helen-and-Students-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2012\/04\/Helen-and-Students-300x259.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2012\/04\/Helen-and-Students.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helen and students in English class at the Ubangi Protestant University<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\">After 33 years out of formal classroom teaching Helen jumped back in with English classes Monday through Friday at the Ubangi Protestant University March 5-30.\u00a0 Each day she had\u00a0about 80 students in 5 classes working on basic English supplemented\u00a0with a Proverb from the Bible for each lesson and specific vocabulary for their majors:\u00a0 Law, Economics, and Theology.\u00a0 Students ranged from 19 to 45 years old and were in general a\u00a0respectful lot who did well.\u00a0 Professor Smith found the month of teaching challenging but enjoyed the overall experience from the 20 minute ride to and from school on the back of a motorcycle to preparing lesson plans to teaching to correcting tests and homework.\u00a0 She&#8217;s looking forward to more time in the classroom this\u00a0fall.\u00a0 (Note: a little motorcycle is on order from Kinshasa for her to drive herself to school in the future.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_418\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2012\/04\/Helens-Ride-to-School.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-418\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2012\/04\/Helens-Ride-to-School-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2012\/04\/Helens-Ride-to-School-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2012\/04\/Helens-Ride-to-School.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helen&#039;s ride to the Ubangi Protestant University<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=462&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 33 years out of formal classroom teaching Helen jumped back in with English classes Monday through Friday at the Ubangi Protestant University March 5-30.\u00a0 Each day she had\u00a0about 80 students in 5 classes working on basic English supplemented\u00a0with a &hellip; 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