School is back in session

It's the end of day 2 at school and I've already taught a course on English to a group of elementary-level Czech students. My mind is blown.

Day one was filled with classes on TEFL in general, how to teach a "reading lesson", and a class in all Czech. Then we were put in our small groups of 4, given a new reading, and told to write a lesson for the next day's class. After everyone had a small panic attack, we gathered our thoughts and notes and pulled together a lesson plan.

So here I am, after teaching a class of 6 Czech natives ranging from early 20-late 50 years old with my fellow group members and have mixed emotions. It was definitely a "first day lesson" considering I opened the lesson to find their level of English was much lower than anticipated. With a little bit of improv, some encouragement from my group members, and not awknowledging the TEFL founder and teacher sitting in the back of the room I managed to finish my section without major complications and have moved on.

Now planning a writing lesson for tomorrow's more advanced group.