Little taste of limelight

Yesterday I went to the American Corner / www.americancorner.hu/ to take part in an event. Students in their second academic year were required to give an oral presentation on certain topics within the range of a course at our university. To be honest I've started studying as an English major student this year so I joined them as a member of the audince not as an active speaker.


This time three students had the opportunity to share their thoughts, observations, experiences with the listeners in connection with the topic chosen by them. The facility provides the necessary technical devices which help the speakers give their presentations in appropriate circumstances. All of them used the projector and illustrated the speech with pictures, keywords and topic sentences. The whole event has been videotaped.


The first speaker was Judit who talked about her teaching experiences at an elementery school in Mohács. She highlighted the difficulties and the cheerful moments as well, which a teacher has to face with.It must be a serios mission to arrest children's attention with tasks suitable for their age but we could hear several examples from Judit that it's worth doing it. Requires a lot of patience for sure.


The following one was Kinga who let us know details about her job as an au-pair in the UK. So this topic can be connected to education as well. She didn't have to hold the attention of an entire class but she also had to be really creative. The little guy who she took care of was addicted to computer games, had a totally different cultural backround and interests than Kinga. She decided to introduce him some 'offline' games such as word-plays or outdoor activities. By the end of her stay she succeded to make huge changes in the kid's behavior.


The third person in the spotlight was Balázs who told a story about his best summer ever when he had worked in the USA in a sports camp ( job was organized by CCUSA). When he had one day off he visited the Niagara Falls with his friends. The visa they had only allowed them to see the Falls from the side of the US and not from the Canadian side and they could only enter the US once.They didn't even think about crossing the border and go to the Canadian side.For this reason all of them left their passports in the camp. They were trying to find the right way to the Falls but finally they found themselves in front of an officer on the border on the American side and it was impossible to turn back.They were directed to the Canadian side. So the situation became complicated and hilarious...a group of people lost their way and they have no passports but different nationalities and names which cause real difficulty for American officers to spell correctly.:))
Finally they could see the Niagara Falls of course.:)


Well, If you are not satisfied with my summary listen to stories live next week at American Corner;)


Peace out:)