FIRST DAY IN IES ICÀRIA

Monday morning, 10 a.m. I am starting my Practicum. I met Maria Rosa Batlle, my tutor and Anna (another CAP student) last week, when we had our first meeting. Although I felt really comfortable with both of them, I can't stop feeling somehow nervous, really nervous. How are students going to be? Are they going to accept us in class? Am I going to be fine? I used to be a summercamp monitor and there I was also with lots of children. But that was a different situation: I was there to make them have fun and now I am here to help them learn. Is it really going to make a difference? Thousands of questions...

First class: CLIL subject in 1st ESO: Geography. That was really an easy way to start. Children were still children and not teenagers, they had a good level of English, motivation, enthusiasm and everything necessary to carry out a fluent lesson. We worked on computers preparing an oral presentation around stories explaining the beginning of the Universe through different civilisations. The experience became amusing and at all frustrating. However, I was conscious about the fact that this CLIL subject was a particular case and that usually classes are more diverse and heterogeneous. This first day gave me confidence and I was just looking forward to the following class!