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Hello everyone! I'm Meg, a Japanese language teacher.
Let's dive straight into the continuation of our last story today!
My work started the very next day after arriving in Taiwan. As I mentioned in my first post, my job was teaching Japanese at a kindergarten.
I was in charge of the younger toddler class and the older preschool class. The older kids could actually understand me fairly well even when I spoke in Japanese (I'll share some funny stories about the older class another time!).
The real challenge... was the younger toddler class.
I thought "younger class" meant 3-year-olds, but to my surprise, there were kids as young as 2 years and 8 months old! That's right—there was NO WAY they could understand Japanese (haha)!
It's tough enough to communicate with a 3-year-old even in Japan, so how on earth was I supposed to manage with kids in Taiwan?!
Just as I started to panic, I found out some great news: this kindergarten assigned a local assistant teacher who spoke Japanese to every single foreign teacher! (A total life-saver!)
"Phew, what a relief~♪"
...or so I thought. I shouldn't have underestimated the toddler class! According to the curriculum, I was supposed to teach them about 100 words per month...!
Teaching 100 words a month to 2 and 3-year-olds who don't even speak the language... What kind of crazy, wild class did that turn out to be?!
In my next column, I'll finally share what that lesson actually looked like!
☕️ A Little Note from Meg "I totaly get how hard it is to teach little kids!" "How in the world did you teach 100 words a month to 2-year-olds?!" If you're curious about any of this, let's talk about it in my lesson! Whether you want to practice Japanese, talk about parenting/education, or hear more about my experiences in Taiwan, join me for a casual chat over tea♪
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