Teachers beyond borders

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"Восточный Экспресс" ("Vostochniy Express")
 "MyChel.ru"

International collaboration is a good method not just for a language practice but it's also a great an opportunity to communicate with people of different nationalities, religions and life ideas.
I'm sure that very often teachers can do more than any others. So Richard Breon Malcalm, "the monitoring and evaluation officer" of the own NGO, decided to prove this statement.

He's going to work at school "7 keys" till June, teaching english, it for kids and also organize club work within the international project collaboration.
"Hello my friends, I am at the airport waiting to fly to.meet you all, oh what a lovely feeling I have waiting to see the beautiful smiles in your faces, I can't say much but I promise we shall have a memorable time together in Russia, with love and a big smile, I wait to see you all soon."
No doubt it'll be a great experience for Russian kids, students and teachers!
Follow Richard's adventures here....

(13.04.2014) First feelings and emotions...

"... I arrived at the airport at Chelyabinsk and guess who was there to pick me up, yes it was Olga Timofeeva with her beautiful smile, but surprisingly she did not come alone, yes she came with Liza and her lovely mother (her name’s also Olga, tell me am I not lucky to have two “OLGA’s” on my side?))))

 I gave them a hug and indeed I felt loved just after seeing their smiling faces, we waited for some few minutes to pick up my luggage, Olga (the teacher) took the time to introduce me to Liza and her mother as the family to host me, “really, like seriously” yes they were willing to host me in their home, as we drove home, Liza and her mother together with Olga showed me around and Liza with so much joy in her act made me want to confess endless support to help her with the English language. And yes I did make her a promise to help her improve on the language. That seemed fair because for she was also responsible for teaching me Russian language. Finally we got home and upon arrival I was met by Victor, and his son
Dan, it was obvious that father and son were happy of my arrival, for a moment I felt that this was a dream, but yes I felt its reality soon as I was welcomed into the house and Victor helping me with my bags, oh yes he is a humble man. The hostess of the house first showed me around with his son Dan all around and seeming shy, and again showed me where I was going to sleep, can you believe this guys, a whole room was been given to me to occupy. I was happy about the love Liza and her family had shown me. That was not enough, after I had a quick shower, Liza’s family were waiting for me downstairs to have a meal together, oh yes, my hostess prepared a delicious Russian meal, served with a nice wine with cake as desert. Indeed this family had shown me love. This is how the story of my first day has been, oh lest I forget, there a nice cat in the house, and it’s called Leopold, it’s a huge cat who likes to devour its mouse counterparts. I guess I will rap it up for now, its 8:00pm and I am preparing few lessons to touch on tomorrow when I meet more lovely people in Chelyabinsk. See you!

Day I - Watching...

"My impression about today after visiting ‘ 7 KEYS ‘ and my first day officially with the pupils and teachers was very amazing, yes I feel fabulous after receiving a royal and magnificent reception at the school this morning. A nice artwork in recognition of my presence pasted on the wall was an eye saw. I certainly would never wipe that out of my memory. Some lovely students and teachers, and of course Olga the magic lady were downstairs upon my arrival. Indeed the interesting day had just begun, the students were happy to see me and could not help but say hi to me. I was offered coffee and a portion of cake which I enjoyed very much. It was time for lessons and I had to station in Olga’s classroom as my start. I met with Olga’s students for the first time, which I enjoyed. The lessons were a 40 minutes period system and I spent my first 40 minutes with Olga and her students. The lesson’s were very participatory as she spent time helping students do creative work by reading phrases and linking them to scenarios in their work books, she used videos and illustrations to explain her teachings.  The second graders who were in the classroom with me though a bit shy were quiet attentive and disciplined also considering their ages.
Just like a merry-go-round I visited all the English classes and met wonderful students like Max and Anna,
indeed the entire school was happy to have me around, everywhere I walk through, there was a voice of a cheerful ‘hello’ from a teacher or student, some students were that sensitive to want to touch me. We spent a wonderful time outside during free lessons where students can play outside.
One thing I must confess is ‘ 7 KEYS ‘ is one of a kind and a school very structured, I met the principal and you could feel her hard work and passion to do more flowing through the entire body. That is how my day at school went; however tomorrow will be better because I will be teaching."

Mr. Richard is crazy about teaching kids and they love him too. From the very beginning they couldn't but tought him and said  "hello!" cheerfully. So after a hundred of "hello", our guest started thinking about changing his real name from Richard to Mr. Hello))))







Students from school "7 keys" are really lucky. They have not just lessons but they also try their abilities in different spheres of life. They make films, cartoons, spend time handmaking, dance and sing....Richard was introduces some of Russian extra lessons, clubs and studios.