Sometimes They Make Me Laugh

There are only 4 weeks left in the semester at Miami University. I can't believe it. My students are ready for it to end, which they are making apparent through their behavior and attitudes lately. They're ready to move on.

While they've been a pain in the a** lately, I videotaped them doing mock interviews yesterday, and they made me laugh so hard. I have 4 boys in my class (and I intentionally typed 'boys' instead of 'men', for even though they're all around 20, they still act very much like 3rd grade boys).

I can't share about them on my Ohio blog, for their privacy and all, but I figured I could share a little about them on this blog.

Below is a video of Nick and Albert. Nick is so funny, which is becoming apparent as he learns more English. His favorite phrase is "Oh my god!" said after every assignment is announced, in a way that says, "Oh my god! How are we ever going to get this done?!" It doesn't matter if the assignment is 1 page or 10 pages.

Albert is by far my favorite. He is thoughtful and quiet - the oldest guy in the class, so a little more mature. He also has the worst speaking and listening skills and will probably have to repeat Level 1 with me next semester. You can see in the video that his pronunciation is still very affected by his Chinese. But he is just so darn cute.

Anyway, I don't know if you'll find them as funny as I did while I was filming yesterday (Nick was ad libbing a lot), but I thought I'd give you a glimpse into my Mondays and Wednesdays here in Ohio. If you turn up the volume after the opening theme song, you'll be able to hear them better.

*By the way, the assignment was to pick a celebrity they'd like to interview and write 5 questions (we're working on question format in Grammar class). They also wrote the answers for their interviewee to say.

UPDATE: I'm adding one more video because this is the one where Nick was really hamming it up, though it's very hard to understand them in this one!