500 word Essay "To become a TEFL teacher"

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:50:52 GMT

After spending the last 6 years living as a volunteer at Mission : Wolf it has been my most successful learning expirence. Mission : Wolf is a remote wolf sancuary and educational facility located in Colorado. Arriving I had no idea the pysical and mental lesson I would learn their. I lived in a tipi and worked on a varity of project from fence building to office work. I learned to give tours to vistor who came to see our wolves. I had to learn the stories and how to tell them. This was important in order keep the attention of a varity of people from all over the world. I soon learned âI forget what I hear, I remember what I see, I understand what I touchâ. Our Motto was âEducation vs Extinctionâ, educating people about wolves was the only way to save them. We encouraged people to apply this lesson to other things they feared or hated, people or wolves. I also learned self confidence and to not be afraid to mess up. I learned how to maintain vechiles and care for wild animals. We operated on our own solar power and gravity water system, which requires awareness and maintence to keep the facity running. In order to be a good educator and learner I had to adapte to my ever changing surrandings.

As a volunteer I got to expierence living with a varity of people some times from up to 13 different cultures at one time. Lanuage and culture was always a common obstical we had to overcome and teach volunteers and remember ourselves. Although many times a few would share a common laungage we encouraged them to all speak english to bring unity. We took turns rotating cooking and cleaning so indivusals could learn and teach one another about different food, launguage and culture. As a camp they did volunteer work which was hands on this helped over come laungage and culture barriers. We would also work with them on sayings and slangs which they struggled with the most and had the most fun with. Since we didnât have television we would spent our evening talking and learning from one another and our days teaching the vistors about wolves and nature. As a good teacher you must always be a good student first. You need to continue to learn yourself and be open minded to be able to teach others. Patience and fun are necessary to help make the learning and teaching experience successful. We always had fun with the camps and often took them on trips to see the local attractions. We build their confidence and built our own along with it. We always believed education was the key to helping the world and wolves one person at a time. Smiles where the rewards and tears when they left our accomplishment on a job well done. I learned education is a way of life and you must always be the best student to be the best teacher.

The saying and quotes provided in this text may be copyrighted. They have been provided for educational purpose only and cannot be duplicated with out the written consent of the author or Mission : Wolf. For more information about Mission : Wolf please visit their website at www.missionwolf.com. Author Kathleen Bennett

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500 word Essay "To become a TEFL teacher"