The atmosphere in the Zafer Masri building on first day of the summer session STEP II EFL classes could rightly be described as rife with anxious and excited energy: swarms of students huddled around the check-in table to discover their class assignments, before hurriedly making their way to classrooms throughout the building, all the while greeting new and familiar classmates and teachers.
Read MoreTwo years ago, I graduated from university with a degree in business administration. Since then, I have been taking different kinds of courses in order to gain more confidence, to overcome my shyness, and to learn about the world. In the future, I want to visit Malta in Spain because I have heard that there are a lot of Arabic people there.
Read MoreWhen I was volunteering last session, I cooperated with the volunteers and got close with the children, especially the children ages 8 and 9. I did many exercises with them to help them write letters, and they learned them. For example, at the end of a few classes, I gave all of them homework to write a small story. Little by little, day by day, they wrote better.
Read MoreIt’s lunchtime on Thursday in the Zafer Masri Foundation Building, and TYO’s new EFL Fellows are beginning to wrap up their one week of lesson planning that will guide them through the next two months in the STEP! II English classroom with new students. Next week at about the same time, determined learners from across the unpredictable city of Nablus will be leaving early to ensure they can be in their afternoon classes that day.
Read MoreIf I have free time, I teach my younger brother. He is in fourth grade and will be in fifth grade. And I will bring him to TYO with me just to spend some time. And I give special lessons for my neighbors, the children neighbors, in English. Especially at the final exams, I spend my whole day teaching.
Read MoreWaed Abuzant was born and raised in Nablus. She studied Elementary Education at An Najah University. After graduating in 2013, she did an internship with a communication company. Waed began her experience with TYO as a volunteer in the Core AM program for 2 years before becoming a local intern and a student in the STEP! II EFL program.
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