So, it turned out that I was without a voice for 10 days. 10 days people! I couldn't talk to anyone outside of my family, and with them only in whispers. The only way I could communicate was through email. (Yes, I do not text yet.) Anyway, it made me appreciate the ability to write even more. And speaking of... I took my second Written Proficiency Exam in Spanish this past week. (Good thing it wasn't the Oral Exam!)
It will be a while before I find out my results, but I am very hopeful that I've improved the level that I needed to in order to "pass". I've been told it's very difficult to move up a level in 90 days - and they didn't want to let me try at only 85 days - so we'll see. I really see a difference in my writing, so I hope they do, too. I've gone from writing very simple text, saying only those things I am sure I know how to say, to writing everything in English first and then translating into Spanish (to try to break myself of the habit of thinking of things in such simple terms), to writing much more complex things directly in Spanish. I can go in and out of tenses now, and use a lot of connecting phrases so my writing is much more smooth - and I don't have to repeat myself as much because I know a lot more words now. We'll see...
The new adventure just begun yesterday is my long-term (through the end of the school year) subbing job at the girls' school - 1st grade bilingual. It's my first time ever teaching all day, every day in Spanish. My first time having my "own" class in 11 years. My first time working in this district. My first time as a full-time working mom. Whew. I'm really glad to have Spring Break coming this week, so I can plan, organize and clean the classroom, and wrap my head around all of this.
Wish me luck...
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