Well, Jenny, the school year is almost over. We just have 2 more weeks before exams. What do you plan to do this summer?
I'm going to teach English to some immigrants in the universities community service program.
That sounds interesting, don't you need to speak a foreign language for a job like that?
No, I don't. I just have to present the language simply and give the students a chance to practice speaking.
Come to think of it. That's the way I was taught to speak Chinese, but speaking Chinese didn't help me learn to read and write Chinese.
My students won't want to read and write English, at least not now. They are more interested in speaking.
You sound very knowledgeable about all of this. How do you know so much?
I took a teaching English as a second language course last year when you were in China. I've also talked with the program administrators quite a lot. I think I would like to be an ESL teacher when I graduate.