This week we continue with our series on teaching English in different contexts. In the post below, Corey Gonzales lets us know about her experience living and teaching in Connecticut. My Story I began my teaching career in Hawaii. I had heard some negative things about teaching in public, secondary schools in Hawaii, so I decided to enroll at one of the universities to get my MA TESOL degree. After one year teaching in a private English school, the Navy relocated my husband

I’ll never forget one of the first ELL classes that I taught. It was focused on speaking and listening, and I was blessed with a relatively talkative bunch. One student in particular loved being the center of attention. Though he had some major pronunciation issues, we always understood his interesting, crazy stories because of his facial expressions and expressive gestures. I rarely if ever corrected this young man because I didn’t want to squelch his confidence. Towards