One of my favorite games in the world is Taboo, and I wasn't disappointed yesterday when I made my classes play despite the fact that they barely speak English. I wanted my students to really participate - and apparently although they are very shy, they are also quite competitive. The class of all boys was the best - I was crying from laughing at the ridiculous ways they tried to overcome the language barrier. Their team names were also fantastic: The Yankees and The Jonas Brothers. I was glad to get my classes actually speaking English, even if playing Taboo half in English and half in French swear words isn't really a "lesson" for them. In any case, it was a good day at "work" for me, and I'm sure they enjoyed it more than their regular English classes.
After I was done teaching, I met up with a friend and a few of her students for a concert - The Kooks are somewhat past their prime, which means they came to play in Bordeaux. They actually put on a great concert, and we drank and danced and had a generally amazing night. Since we were with French students, we all got to practice our French/English. Someone recently asked me if my French has improved a lot since being here. Maybe it has, but I know for sure that my Franglais, at least, has become impeccable.
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