ENG 345 blog post #1

Diving into my third TESOL class is really exciting to me because now that I understand the basic fundamentals of the principles behind TESOL now we get to learn "beyond" the methods. I am a senior Spanish education major with a minor in TESOL and I will be student teaching in the spring (provided I pass my OPI, fingers crossed!) I had the opportunity of studying abroad in fall of 2010 and I would absolutely love to visit another Spanish speaking country very soon. I have not been placed for my student teaching but I would like to be placed somewhere in the Northwest suburbs since that is where I was raised. I think my ideal setting would be teaching Spanish in a highschool but I would also be interested in trying out the middle school age group at some point in my life.  I think that down the road once I have a better grasp of the language and it is very natural, I would love to teach ESL in a middle school because I think I would be making much more of a difference teaching English because although Spanish is useful to know in the United States, it is not necessary while  without an understanding of English it would be very difficult to get by. With this in mind, I look forward to learning more about how I can teach ESL classes in various settings this semester.