Thursday 19 March 2020

Friday 20th March, 2020 - Binh Tan, Saigon

YingYing is not well and this is making things very difficult at the moment because it is all my fault that she is here with me in Vietnam! Also I am picking up a lot of ILA online classes this weekend which I need to prepare for today. Not a great day!

Sunday 8 March 2020

Sunday 8th March 2020 - Binh Tan, Saigon

So I prepared lots of lessons yesterday and printed out lots of lesson plans for the different classes this weekend and looked at lots of slide presentations which they pair with. At the last minute I mixed things up. I had in front of me at the start of the online class a lesson plan for teaching some teenagers and loaded up some slides for teaching some six year old kids. 15 minutes into the lesson I realized my mistake. I decided to carry on and teach the slides that I had in front of me, rather than try to swop in the correct level-appropriate lesson slides. I managed to make things more challenging (just). But...... Oh the humiliation when I asked them to get out the crayons......


Saturday 7th March, 2020 - Binh Tan, Saigon


Friday 6th March, 2020 - Binh Tan, Saigon


Monday 2 March 2020

Tuesday 3rd March 2020 - Binh Tan, Saigon

Left China after Xmas, arrived Saigon January 13th, gave up my online job teaching Chinese children because I was just about to go into Vietnamese classroom teaching. Because of the virus the schools are closed, so ILA Vietnam have come up with the idea of online teaching! So far I have taught one class on line. I am not busy!


I am not busy but some people on my balcony are very busy...…..



Monday 2nd March 2020 - Binh Tan, Saigon


Sunday 1st March, 2020 - Binh Tan, Saigon