I received an Advanced-Low on my written proficiency exam!! That is what I need to be able to be certified as a bilingual teacher. I am so pleased that all my hard work paid off, and that the advances I thought I was making were real.
So, now, on to the Oral Proficiency Exam. I plan to take this in June, right after school lets out. With all the Spanish I'm speaking during the days now in my first grade bilingual classroom, I figure then is my best chance of passing.
And speaking of my class, I just finished my first week teaching. There were two really rough days. One medium day, and two pretty easy days. I've accomplished a great deal with them as far as behavior and routines and expectations go. Yay! There is still much more to do, of course.
Interestingly, I think my Spanish has improved even within this week. The kids love correcting me, and I definitely noticed far fewer corrections at the end of the week. Also, while teaching, I have no time to think about how I want to say something. Occasionally, I can hesitate to mentally conjugate a tricky verb, but other than that, it's all pretty automatic. I was noticing longer, more fluid sentences on Thursday and Friday.
The thing that has most frustrated me this week, is not being able yet to use nuances while speaking - at all! There are things I could explain so, so much better in English than I can in Spanish, and it bothers me that I'm not able to teach as well as I could.
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