Comments from Participants in the TLE Program
Every two years come to Carthage ten TLE's, Target Languages Experts, from all over the world: China, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and Spain. They are all bringing with them their native language, new and young ideas, teaching experience and a complete enthusiasm that make their students specially motivated.
Celine Scipion:Since my childhood, the English language has been a passion. Little by little, I discovered the United States and their cultural characteristics. One of my objectives was to experience what I learnt. And I knew inside me that something was waiting for me there. I would have accepted almost any job! I have been very lucky since one of my professors was in contact with Carthage College and told me about this opportunity as a TLE. I didn't know anything about this new experience. Everything was new and fresh. It was a new life coming on! I knew I wanted to do it. Now, I know what was waiting for me. My teaching experience has been great and so enriching that it completly changed my life. Friendship was also part of my life here. I learned to love people more than I never did in my life in France. And I will never forget them! I will never forget my experience here. The United States will always be my second home. Hisahiro Yamada:The good experience we have here may be said-though it is too familiar tales- that we can know the people and culture from all over the world. About Japanese class and students, the thing that it suprised me is many students know about Japanese pop-culture: Manga, Music, Movie, etc. more than me. Because nowadays many students who are taking Japanese are motivated by the Japanese pop-culture. |