Word: lebow
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Despite this long-held assumption, I was still inspired and impressed by my experience this week observing the English as a Second Language class taught by Erica J. LeBow '01. Lebow, a joint English and Sociology concentrator, is one of 35 Harvard students involved in Partners for Empowering Neighborhoods (PEN). This Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) program offers free adult education classes in English as a second language (ESL), computers, math and reading/writing to residents of the Fresh Pond Housing Development in Cambridge and the Bromley Heath neighborhood in Jamaica Plain...
...Defrost." This translation stumped even the most advanced students. LeBow creatively darted to a refrigerator conveniently located in this quasi-classroom, quasi-community center and compared the ice cube's solid state to the running water flowing from a spigot. Teaching ESL often requires a modicum of acting talent. Frequently, LeBow found herself improvising, role-playing and relying on extemporaneous examples and analogies...
Although neither speaking slowly nor enunciating clearly are Harvard students' fortes, LeBow maintained her calm composure and clarity. Soon, the entire class was chiming in unison, "to freeeezzze...
...students were enthusiastic about their young teacher. They seemed undaunted by her age and relative inexperience and greatly appreciative of her ceaseless energy. LeBow develops the curriculum for her weekly class, including discussions, grammar exercises, games and group work...
...LeBow handled the puzzled questions--" I thought a nail was the type of a finger?"--like a pro (which her impressive teaching resume confirms). LeBow has taught cello lessons through PBHA's HARMONY (Harvard and Radcliffe Musical Outreach to Neighborhood Youth) and Latin with the Summerbridge Program. This summer, she will teach English literature to disadvantaged sixth and seventh graders in Cambridge...