Hello! We are back with another AEP blog! THE FINAL BLOG! WE ARE ALREADY IN THE 3RD SEMESTER??? How fast the time even pass???? I just realized it's been almost 10 months since I have been in this beautiful community, FIS✨. 10 months filled with wondrous experiences and moments to add up into the album of memory. Being in FIS and meeting with so many amazing people here has changed my life completely. I can’t believe is going to be one whole semester soon, since I have come to know that many people and become close with most of them. With the school year, the AEP class will soon also come to an end. It’s bittersweet to think of an end. Well if I make a list of ‘ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME THIS SCHOOL YEAR’, joining AEP class would definitely be on that list.
Even by not being one of the major subjects, AEP class has taught me the most out of all the subjects. As English is not my first language, I have always been insecure about my English grammar. No matter how much I tried to learn the structure of a tense or all sorts of verb names, I ended up forgetting them after 1-2 weeks. At some point, I just gave up learning grammar. Now when I joined AEP, I have come to learn with Miss Disa’s influence, that grammar is not the most important thing to be proficient in English. We can start with small things; for instance just by reading children’s articles or playing different word games or blogging! Yet we haven’t totally discarded grammar, we still had various grammar lessons on topics that are needed in day-to-day life, like the use of before, by, until, and conditionals, etc. I really love how Miss Disa conducts all of the classes with her entertaining videos which makes the lessons crystal clear.
At the beginning of the second term, we did a 14- days challenge which I think is one of the best things I have done for myself. On the period of 14 days, we had to make a game plan for the day and do certain easy tasks throughout the day. Those tasks are based on self-improvement and that basically teaches you to set agenda and fulfill it. In the beginning, I thought it would be so hard to get through the challenge. But soon I found out, it is not that difficult to do a series of easy tasks by the end of a day. It was also satisfying and tempting as you put a tick mark beside your do-to list when you finish a task. Even though it was relieving after 14 days to complete the challenge, I created some habits of keeping several of them till now. For example, I have come to sort of adjust my sleep schedule, I try to stay hydrated throughout the day and sometimes find myself doing the exercise snacks. My favorite part about the challenge was doing one kind act a day. It felt awesome to be in need of someone or to make a person happy when I kept track of it. I think the 14-day challenge is a great way for anyone to use for building a habit in the long run of life.
I mostly love AEP because of its less workload. We never have any exams or quizzes like all the other subjects, we just do some simple seatwork after we finish any grammar lessons. I remember once we were given a presentation to make because Leo managed to confuse Miss DIsa with the sentence ‘Help me with my homework.’ The purpose was to research whether ‘help’ in the sentence is causative or not. Well thanks to Leo, cause the collaborative project was much enjoyable to do. Other than that, on oral days we read some amusing and fun articles from DOGONews ( these are the children’s articles I mentioned about before) and we go one by one reading two lines of the articles and stating one fact from the article after we finish reading it. I have come across many interesting articles while doing oral like octopuses throwing debris at each other, a one-eyed cat becoming Cadbury’s Easter bunny, a 10-pound goldfish, etc. Another of the signature thing for AEP class is playing Scrabble on rainy days. It has always been Boys vs Girls. Sorry to the boys we always end up defeating them still I appreciate their hard work. We start every class with a warm-up word game, which turns the calm class tumultuous as a lot of brainstorming is required.
Well, I guess that covers up all the things I have got to experience during the semester. AEP class has helped me a lot in improving my English and learning new vocabulary and has bought me closer to my classmates. Sometimes I wish I had joined AEP class before, but then I would not be able to get the experience of the rowdy ESL class. I think I am the lucky one who got to experience both of the subjects. Still grateful to Miss Sarah who thought me capable of AEP class and suggested me to join it. All the talented people, MIss DIsa’s cheerful jokes, 10 minutes of hallway walks, warm-up games, easy Mondays, scrabble on rainy days, Teddy and Alice are all the things that define our AEP class.
This is the end of the blog I guess. But not the end of AEP. Definitely, coming back next semester, with a new chapter. So adios? No. See you later!đź‘‹
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