staff classes

This class keeps changing times as the staff is needed for different things throughout the day. The staff does speak English so this is just to improve English speaking and understanding. There is the habit to answer yes to everything here even when you don’t understand…so sometimes it is hard to figure out if they understand (when asked if they understand they still often say yes…and then ask a question that obviously means they didn’t understand). At the first class they said they want more praying vocabulary so that they could pray in English and feel comfortable with that so we did some different names for God. Our last class was on pronunciation of past tense verbs.
The other class I have is for the interpreters that work with the groups. More conversation. I’ve only had 2 classes with them. I had 4 the first day when I just kept asking questions to get them to talk. We got into a discussion of introverts and extraverts and whether one can change into the other…I’m planning on looking for some French podcasts or Haitian Creole ones to have them translate but the ones that I’ve found have been at what sounds like triple speed…The 2nd class only Rony showed up. I believe that he is by far the most advanced and really doesn’t need to come to the class. I told him so but also said that he was most welcome. We talked about pronunciation and how we run our words together. He’s actually been studying this (a lot) and is looking forward to taking his TOFEL exam so he can study or work in the states to help him get along.