Teaching russian.

Two weeks ago i have met a wonderful couple who are our neighbours.  They are newlyweds and are from Azerbaijan.  I learned that  a girls is from a small village of Azerbaijan,  which is not very developed.  She never studied russian before and never new that will meet a person who lives and works in Russia.  My new friend is a nice person,  so i thought that if she really wants to learn Russian and since her husband doesn't have a time to teach her,  I can try to teach her something.  

So far we have had only three lessons and in these lessons I taught her how  to write with a russian letters and we learned some basic words,  which we need in every day life.  She is a very smart and hard working girl so now she can buy something from a shop and can read russian letters.  

I think that after a year or less she will be able to understand and speak Russian very well.

By doing this I have undertook new challenges,  because never before I taught someone.  I understood that it is a pleasant feeling when you teach something and a person understands and makes a lot of improvement in that area of knowledge.  I planned and initiated this activity because we had to know at what time we will start the lesson and what books we will need.  I gave her my brothers Azbuka book and now she can practice reading and making some improvements on her own.  In my opinion we both showed perseverance and commitment in our activity because it is  hard to teach and it is hard to understand the language which you have never studied before.  But we have managed to have an interesting,  enjoyable and a cognitive lessons because we are almost the same age and we are friends.   

Other four outcomes,  which are not present:

• ·     Increased the awareness of their own strength and areas for growth.
• ·     Engaged the issues of global importance.
• ·     Considered the ethical implications of their actions.
•   Worked collaboratively with others
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