The End of Week One

So far so good. I teach a mix of migrant workers, asylum seekers and settled refugees from places like Algeria, Iraq, Angola, Cameroon and Turkey. There are lots of Iranians and Bangladeshis, a Moroccan married to a local, women from Panama and Eritrea, the obligatory Pole, and a late arriving, early leaving student from an indeterminate South American country. The first couple of lessons went relatively smoothly, thanks mainly to the students; the thing I really like about ESOL is that everyone is so genuinely keen to learn.