9/27/2008

from my appartment

Ramadan vacation I am spending in Saudi Arabia for the first time in my teaching. I am on the campus of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran preparing my lessons to teach with the "General English" of English Worldwide, developed by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. It is very difficult to think up ways of getting a large class of students to practice among each other. I read the textbook with the teachers guide for a while and then take a break, resting or cooking.

Wish me luck