Thursday, March 5, 2020

Professores da LOI English Rhea Sen

Professores da LOI English Rhea Sen É engraçado pensar que há 25 anos, quando eu nasci, se alguém dissesse que seria possível aprender idiomas através da internet, tendo como auxiliar uma ferramenta como o Skype, o mais provável era que chamassem essa pessoa de louca. No entanto, conforme vou conhecendo os professores da LOI English, vejo o quanto essa possibilidade se tornou real e como ajuda pessoas de todo o mundo a aprender Inglês de uma forma cômoda e eficaz.Esta semana conversei com Rhea Sen, que é natural da cidade de New York, mas está vivendo no Rio de Janeiro há cerca de três meses. Ao contrário de outros professores da LOI English com quem falei, ensinar nem sempre foi a sua profissão. A formação de Rhea é em História da Arte e ela usou os seus conhecimentos nessa área trabalhando em museus. Porém, foi a vontade de prestar serviço comuntário por um ano, na AmeriCorps, que fez com que ela começasse a dar aulas de Inglês.A AmeriCorps é uma organização que apoia uma série de program as de auxílio à comunidades carentes, tendo como objetivo ajudar no seu desenvolvimento econômico e social.  Segundo Rhea, ela integrou o programa de literacia da AmeriCorps e deu aulas de Inglês para imigrantes e refugiados. Foi nessa aventura, que aconteceu na cidade de Austin, no Texas, que Rhea descobriu o quanto gostava de ensinar.Enquanto estava no Texas, Rhea deu aulas a adultos e crianças que tinham acabado de chegar aos Estados Unidos, alguns como imigrantes, outros como refugiados, muitos provenientes de países africanos em guerra, como o Sudão. Agora que vive no Rio de Janeiro e trabalha com a LOI English, Rhea continua dando aulas para pessoas de todo o mundo, mas grande parte dos seus alunos são brasileiros.Quando questionei Rhea sobre como está sendo a sua experiência no Rio, que também é a minha cidade, ela confessou que está tendo dificuldades em aprender Português. Embora ela ainda não consiga ser fluente, já entende muito bem o idioma, o que provave lmente tem a ver com o fato de ela falar Espanhol, que, admitamos ou não, ajuda bastante a que estrangeiros entendam Português mais facilmente.  Para além de Inglês e Espanhol, Rhea também é fluente em Bengali. Ela contou que a sua família tem origem indiana, o que fez com que ela aprendesse o idioma enquanto estava crescendo, ao mesmo tempo que aprendia Inglês.Tal como outros professores da LOI English, Rhea adora a idéia de poder conhecer pessoas de todo o mundo através do ensino do idioma e sem sair de casa.  Para ela, ensinar Inglês para estrangeiros e morar no Brasil têm sido elementos fundamentais dessa fantástica experiência cultural que ela está adorando viver.

Lexie Language Challenge Week 3

Lexie Language Challenge Week 3 Taking my French sessions over Chinese New Years Hi Everyone! First of all, Happy Chinese New Year!!! At Week 3 of the Language Challenge, I ran into Chinese New Years our biggest national holiday here in China.  Its a 7-day break here in China (everyone at italki is off as well).   I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Years! So heres my current status updates: Language Challenge Completed Sessions:  9 Language Challenge Sessions Remaining:  11 Session Schedule for Week 3:  4 During Chinese New Years, we have loads of fun activities:  everyone is setting off fireworks, making traditional Chinese food, visit friends and familySo this week is really pleasant but busy!  Somehow, I still successfully finished 3 session during this week!  I hope that our other Language Challengers from China were also to make good use of this week as it can get busy! Last night before I went out to attend a party, I took my 3rd lesson of the week 3 at my place, and my friends who saw me taking a lesson on internet were pretty amazed!  They found it a great way to learn a language!  One of my Korean friend wants to learn English, so she immediately asked me to help her finding an English teacher on italki! My advice for her was to look into teachers profile carefully, then to schedule a couple of trial lessons with different teachers. Because finding the right teacher for yourself is very important for your language learning! Personally I have tried 4 different teachers on italki, and in the end I found the right one for me, and since then I started seeing some amazing improvement in my French learning.  Its also SO nice that I can do all of this in the comfort of my own home.  Whats pretty cool for me is that with our newest feature Instant Tutoring you can start a lesson whenever you want without scheduling, so it is more convenient for you to try some other teachers! I have finished 9 sessions in the past 3 weeks, and 22 days to go! I will start to take 4 lessons per week from next week! I feel my french really progressed a lot so taking lessons is not a burden for me anymore because I really enjoy the feeling of progressing! Good luck with the Challenge at the halfway point!  Together we can do it! Lexie Language Challenge Week 3 Taking my French sessions over Chinese New Years Hi Everyone! First of all, Happy Chinese New Year!!! At Week 3 of the Language Challenge, I ran into Chinese New Years our biggest national holiday here in China.  Its a 7-day break here in China (everyone at italki is off as well).   I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Years! So heres my current status updates: Language Challenge Completed Sessions:  9 Language Challenge Sessions Remaining:  11 Session Schedule for Week 3:  4 During Chinese New Years, we have loads of fun activities:  everyone is setting off fireworks, making traditional Chinese food, visit friends and familySo this week is really pleasant but busy!  Somehow, I still successfully finished 3 session during this week!  I hope that our other Language Challengers from China were also to make good use of this week as it can get busy! Last night before I went out to attend a party, I took my 3rd lesson of the week 3 at my place, and my friends who saw me taking a lesson on internet were pretty amazed!  They found it a great way to learn a language!  One of my Korean friend wants to learn English, so she immediately asked me to help her finding an English teacher on italki! My advice for her was to look into teachers profile carefully, then to schedule a couple of trial lessons with different teachers. Because finding the right teacher for yourself is very important for your language learning! Personally I have tried 4 different teachers on italki, and in the end I found the right one for me, and since then I started seeing some amazing improvement in my French learning.  Its also SO nice that I can do all of this in the comfort of my own home.  Whats pretty cool for me is that with our newest feature Instant Tutoring you can start a lesson whenever you want without scheduling, so it is more convenient for you to try some other teachers! I have finished 9 sessions in the past 3 weeks, and 22 days to go! I will start to take 4 lessons per week from next week! I feel my french really progressed a lot so taking lessons is not a burden for me anymore because I really enjoy the feeling of progressing! Good luck with the Challenge at the halfway point!  Together we can do it!