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- 1. StorieS of Living,StorieS of Living, Learning, and teachingLearning, and teaching in rwanda:in rwanda: the fuLbrightthe fuLbright experience & Moreexperience & More
- 2. our storiesour stories Story 1 – road redux Story 2 – our work Story 3 – our pLay Story 4 – refLectionS Q & a
- 3. Story 1- road reduxStory 1- road redux peace corpS ivory coaSt SenegaL
- 4. Story 1 – road reduxStory 1 – road redux xxfuLbright - itaLy – engLiSh teaching aSSiStant
- 5. Story 1 – road reduxStory 1 – road redux fuLbright - rwanda– SchoLar
- 6. story 1 – road reduxstory 1 – road redux
- 7. story 1 – road reduxstory 1 – road redux What is life really like in rWanda? https://WWW.youtube.com/Watch?v=tn-fdfQQoi0
- 8. story 1 – road reduxstory 1 – road redux more prep, en route, arrival
- 9. story 2 – our Workstory 2 – our Work
- 10. story 2 – our Workstory 2 – our Work the college of education, university of rWanda introduction to literature in english english teaching methods
- 11. story 2 – our workstory 2 – our work the AfricAn institute for mAthemAticAl sciences (Aims) english for specific purposes – thesis & orAl Defense for mAsters Degrees
- 12. storystory 2 – our work2 – our work the ADventist university of centrAl AfricA prepArAtion course for the test of english As A foreign lAnguAge (toefl)
- 13. story 2 – our workstory 2 – our work more…
- 14. story 3 – our plAystory 3 – our plAy rwAnDA
- 15. story 3 – our plAystory 3 – our plAy ugAnDA
- 16. story 3 – our playstory 3 – our play seychelles
- 17. story 3 – our playstory 3 – our play tanzania & zanzibar
- 18. story 4story 4 –– reFlectionsreFlections 1. Go with the flow. 2. Find and befriend our “Go to” Person. 3. Step back; don’t push. 4. Adapt, adopt, or throw out. 5. Always be mindful of our privileges and not toabuse them. 6. Avoid the spotlight and be humble. 7. Practice daily acts of patience. 8. Take time to say “Hello” to everyone every day. 9. Show respect and concern for everyone. 10.Be good ambassadors of our country.
- 19. story 4 – reFlectionsstory 4 – reFlections
- 20. q &q & aa
Editor's Notes
- Locations: Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda Students: Cameroon, Rwanda, Sudan. DRC, Burundi, Kenya
- We learned to step back, not push for answers, and go with the flow. In addition to learning the communication ropes, we relearned the importance of adaptability and flexibility with regard to our assignments and duties. A third important lesson, and probably the most meaningful, was the result of our constant reflection on the many privileges we "haves” bring with us...everywhere! Before our stay in Rwanda, we had read a very informative book, African Friends and Money Matters. Shortly after arriving in Rwanda, it became obvious that those who have any access to material things, like us, are expected to share them with others. We had requests from acquaintances to give them money to replace a stolen cell phone, to cover the cost of getting a driver’s permit, to go back to school for some sort of certification, to start a business, to buy medicine for a sick relative, to provide work, to name a few. We wanted to be generous but not naïve. We often wondered when and if we were simply being taken advantage of - ironically, we with all the advantages! With this great economic divide between us, it was hard at times to maintain balanced relationships If impact is the strong effect one has on someone or something, we can unequivocally state that our students and people, like Claire, have changed us in many ways. Our students at the University, at AIMS (the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences), and in our TOEFL Preparation classes have reminded us how lucky - indeed privileged - we are to enjoy the life we live. All of our students demonstrated their hope for a better life which in the Rwandan context translates into furthering one's education which entails attaining proficiency in English. We were again and again reminded that it is more than our responsibility to give back to our community; it is our obligation. As far as the impact we made on our students and on the people in the local community, we feel we were good ambassadors for our country and came across as kind, soft spoken people open to learning about their customs and their culture and respecting their ways. We practiced humility, dressed and behaved conservatively, and demonstrated care and concern for those around us Our humanist, constructivist pedagogy in the classroom resulted in establishing an excellent rapport with our students and requiring them to become active participants in their learning. The hours spent weekly on our lessons to address the learning outcomes in each of our courses resulted in success for the students who attended our classes. The only failures were a small number of students who never or rarely showed up for class. If we had to do this all over again, we probably wouldn’t change much of the last 10 months living and working in Rwanda. Our previous experiences of living and working in Africa plus our extensive reading about Rwanda prepared us well. However, with that being said, the following are a few reflections of what we might do differently if we could press the reset button. Learn more Kinyarwanda. The few greetings and phrases we learned were very appreciated. As language teachers, we feel an obligation to make an effort to learn the language. However, with an assignment of this short duration, we realized from the start that our motivation was more instrumental than integrative and, as such, we focused most of our energies on doing tasks that would see us through the limited time period we would be in Rwanda. Involve ourselves more in groups or organizations that are multicultural in nature. Our involvement with the Association of African Teachers in Rwanda (ATER) was a wonderful experience to work with teachers from all over the world. Our work on the proposal committee for the Africa TESOL Conference 2017 in Kigali was extremely rewarding and provided us with opportunities to collaborate with fellow educators. Expand our social life and make an effort to meet others - Rwandans and expats - who share our same interests. Visit primary schools to see firsthand what the teachers were dealing with in their classrooms. When we wanted to arrange to take groups of students in our methods class to primary schools for observations, the primary schools were on vacation (November to mid January)