I was a judge for M4-M6 storytelling along with a Thai teacher called Tom and another teacher called Dr. Ody. We had to decide how we were going to mark the storytelling and what mark boundaries there were.
Of course, no meeting is complete without pictures and lunch.
The 8th was the day of the competition. Tom, Dr. Ody and I sat in a room downstairs and after a few words to all the students competing we began the competition.
One of the pupils was from UTW. I had been helping his pronunciation for ages and basically knew his story off by heart. He had particular trouble saying the word 'trembling' and always pronounced it as 'trambling'. Everyday I helped him we seemed to go over this particular world a million times.
Anyway, on the day of the competition he got the word perfect! I was so happy.
I wasn't allowed to mark my own students but I would've given him 100/100.
Other students were amazing and you wouldn't believe that English was their second language - others not so great and gave up before even finishing their story.
At the end of the day we tallied up all the scores and my pupil came in third place! I was so proud of him!
Of course, I couldn't tell him until the results were officially announced - which was torture for both me and him!
Pupils that took part in other areas of the competition also did amazing. I think we had three pupils come in first and one come in second. Great news!!
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| Some of the UTW pupils |
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