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Teaching
Experiences
Dear Trish,
It has been nearly a year since I got my TESOL
certificate, which I seem to value at least as much as my master’s
degree.
I’ve had a chance to teach writing and grammar to
international students at Whatcom and Skagit, ESL in the workplace at
Yamato motors and provide ESL support skills for I-Best students
studying to be certified nursing assistants. And communications and
academic support classes, too. Then, this spring quarter, my job
possibility fell through, so I took myself to Mexico to study Spanish at
the University of Guadalajara for 6 weeks. What a great experience! As a
language student, I learned a lot more than Spanish.
I am back in town and will be teaching one ESL
evening course at Whatcom this summer. Yay!
All of my work so far has been part-time temporary,
for a particular class for one quarter, and so forth. I am grateful to
have had the work and continue to plug away, trying to build up a good
reputation, hoping for more work.
Hope things are going well with you and the
program. Feel free to give my name to anyone thinking about a visit to
Guadalajara.
Lora Eckert
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