Hello!
I haven't posted for a while but that's because I don't have anything of any interest to say. The weather's been a bit mixed of late. We had a whole day of heavy rain the other day! That never happens in Marseille! Today I'm glad to say is warm and sunny - how it should be.
I still have my private pupils - Madison, Doréan, Camille and Maelle. I'm starting french classes on Tuesday. I'm just going to be doing 4 hours a week. I went last week to do an evaluation test so they knew which group to put me in. It was really easy. Even though they've put me in the advanced group I'm a bit concerned it might be too easy but we'll see.
Qui êtes-vous ?
- Gill
- I'm an ex-student. A vegetarian ex-student. A vegetarian ex-student who studied English Language and French at the University of Sussex in Brighton. I spent the 2007-8 academic year on my year abroad (in Marseille, France) which is when I started the blog. It was a way of keeping my family and friends back in England updated with what I was up to without racking up gigantic phone bills. I enjoyed my degree. I originally wanted to be an EFL Teacher, I even did the CELTA. I still get excited about grammar, about the present perfect continuous and phrasal verbs. But it's not a career I want to fall into. I love speaking French too and learning new words. Now I've finished my degree I miss my Student Discount. I miss my title of 'Student' too. I'm a Project Worker now, a far cry from an EFL teacher. I've swapped my international students for rough sleepers and my text books for substance misuse and harm minimisation leaflets. I've decided to stay in Brighton, for a while at least. I might do a Masters, you never know. But, at present, I'm quite happy being a Project Worker. I'd still like to travel mind, maybe teaching as I go. But we'll see - at present I'm just fine where I am.