I have to give a workshop on how to encourage the kidlets to speak and listen in class (that is, to develop their own sentences and express themselves outside of the set vocab/dialogue) at our midyear conference on Friday. I wish I had an excuse to get out of it, but I don't think they're going to believe 'I was dead at the time!' when I come in to work on Monday. Bah. Mostly, first years don't have to do it because they're first years, and as such have not had the experience necessary to generate enough info for a workshop. This is a very good thought and I only wish I wasn't the exception to the rule. Apparently my predecessor didn't get rota'd in for it for quite a while and so I'm being punished for that by having to do it my first year out. Given that I'm one of the more under-utilised ALTs I've taught a total of two lesson plans since I got here.

I have a feeling that it's going to bomb. Big Time.

I really don't want to do it.

In other news I've just handed in my recontracting form to my supervisor, so assuming they want to keep me I guess I'm here for another year.