A Student Teaching Experience in Ecuador
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Authors
Pellegrom, Elizabeth A.
Issue Date
1997
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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My student teaching experience was in an American school located in
Quito, Ecuador. This turned out to be a double experience, not only student
teaching but living and learning in a foreign country and culture. The school
is bilingual with over 3,000 students, grades K-12. The high school, in which I
taught, is divided into two sections, the national and international section.
The national section has classes mainly given in Spanish, with only their
English and possibly one other class in English. The international section's
classes are taught completely in English. All of the students in both sections
are supposed to be bilingual, but I found many students had difficulty with
English. However, I worked in the national section, where the students hear
and use less English than the international students, so this may be a reason
for their difficulty. I taught in English instead of Spanish to give them more
practice with the language. The administrators are almost all bilingual.
There is a general director, a consultant, a secondary principal, two vice principals,
coordinators of departments and teachers.
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