“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 14th, 2008
I have had a couple emails with questions related to Adventista Bilingue for both the Escuela (grade school – kinder through grade 6) and the colegio (high school – grades 7-12).
I had some time this morning and drove up to the schools. Both schools are located on the edge of David on the right side [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 8th, 2008
Today was the second part, of a three part project, with Dario’s class. Here was the post on PART one.
There were two new students in the class, that were not in the first session. Maria is on the left and Zuhey on the right.
Today’s lesson was similar to the first, in that I had material [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 6th, 2008
I met with Dario yesterday to talk about my assisting him with another English class exercise next Tuesday.
When I arrived at his office, I met a man, that Dario had invited for me to help him with a class assignment. He was attending an English class in some local university in this area. His class [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jun 4th, 2008
Every now and then Dario Quiroz, invites me to participate in one of his English classes. Yesterday I met with a class of his in Universidad Latina. The class had eleven students who are studying to become translators. For many in the class, this was their first opportunity to practice with a native English speaking [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jan 17th, 2008
Darío Quiroz asked if I could spend a little time with another of his English classes. This is something I always enjoy, so of course I agreed.
His students aged from 12 to adult. We had a lively conversation, with them asking me questions and my responding. Students are always surprised that I live in David [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 20th, 2007
Today was the day, that Darío Quiroz had invited me to participate in one of his English classes. I have done this before and it is always a special occasion for me. Today was in Universidad Latina. Here was another time one of Dario’s private classes.
I arrived a little early, because I wasn’t sure exactly [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 5th, 2007
I had a reader send me a link for a site called Mángo Languages. If you are planning a move to Panama, or another Latin American country, and have no Spanish language capability, this might be a good place to start. This is a online Web based set of lessons.
The interface is clean and provides [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on May 26th, 2007
This evening I met with Darío Quiroz and some of his students that were having a conversation English practice session, Now and then Darío likes to bring in someone from outside to give the students an opportunity to hear other accents.
Here is the first group I met with along with Darío and another teaching friend [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jan 31st, 2007
Well, Natalie and I have had two days getting organized and starting some of the exercises that are intended to prepare her for the TOEFL exam. It has caused me to do research into TOEFL and better understand why it is needed. I also am getting a better appreciation of the difficulty of the exam [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jan 28th, 2007
Starting tomorrow, I will begin working with Natalie for her preparation to take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) examination. Natalie is a college graduate from Universidad Latina in Panama City. She has been working for an Office of the United Nations in Panama City.
She has ambitions to travel and work in [...]
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