A Few Things I Learned Teaching ESL in Latvia

1.) It helps to understand the native language of the person you are teaching.

2.) You better be able to laugh, out loud and many times a day.

3.) Charades will save your life, everything can be acted out with a little creativity.

4.) Learning a new language from someone much younger than you is a very raw experience, but watching someone 50 years your senior learn a new language is a very humbling and inspiring experience.

5.) Games involving a winning team and a losing team are always a great way to loosen the tension no matter the age.

6.) Thank God everyday for your translator, they make everyone just a little more comfortable, open up classroom and are able to do everything in two different languages without getting tired.

7.) If you’ve never received honey as a teaching gift instead of an apple, man are you missing out.

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