Erasmus+ Leaders in Language February 2022

All of a sudden, with less than a week to go, I have realised that this is really happening.   The training has been great, although I am honestly nowhere near my best at 9pm on Sunday!  I'm really looking forwards to meeting everyone in person and getting to know people in real life.  That's probably been the hardest part of the training is not knowing people in person. Like everyone else, I do have fears.  What if I am no good at teaching?  What if teaching is just not for me (see Paul, we all think the same!)?  What if I get sick?  What if I get homesick?  What if I get Covid?  What if, what if, what if.  These are just fears and I can rationalise them, but it doesn't stop them!  As soon as we get together, I am sure they will go. It's also really comforting to know that everyone feels the same and a problem shared is a problem halved.   On a brighter note, I spent the weekend with my niece and nephew, aged 10 and 12 who gav...

I used to write a blog for my family whilst I was travelling, so the concept is not new to me. The process for me is simple too. Just write what you are thinking. So I hope rambles of my tangled thoughts are taken in a positive manner and maybe they can be useful to someone somewhere. If they are boring, then sorry for wasting your time :) As with most people (I would imagine) coming into a situation where you are meeting 25 other people for the first time can be quite daunting. Now if you take the nervous energy of all the people and put them all together in one (Zoom) room, that feeling will be exaggerated massively. That is how it felt at first for me. I can’t commend the UKLC team enough for breaking down that barrier and making myself (and I presume others) feel way more comfortable and able to get involved. I do think that every session we have is breaking down those nervous barriers more and more, and my confidence is slowly growing about the task ahead. The team appear to be...

 OK, so I am meant to write this I think to encourage future participants in Erasmus, keep people up to date with what I am doing and share my experience with fellow Erasmusers......is that right? Basically, it's all worries right now and questions, so many questions... who will I teach?  How will I do it?  How do I make it fun and engaging?  What is different about a Spanish school versus a British school?  Will they really trust me to teach Spanish kids alone?  Where will I live? How can I manage for a month with 1 suitcase?  And the many what ifs.  What if....I can't do it?  I love it and don't want to come back?  I eat too many tapas and can't fit into my clothes?   What if I carry on mixing French, Italian and Spanish, will anyone understand me? We're chatting to the people from Schola today and I'm sure many of these will be answered.   Hasta luego!  🇪🇸