1st and 2nd lesson

So I have taught two lessons now at ALPI. At the first one, I had 16 students and 6 of them were deaf. Although it was a really good class, we had some difficulty because the class was very divided in what they already knew of English. After the class was over, I spoke with the coordinators about dividing this class into two classes. I now teach the deaf students on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5-6:30pm and I teach the other students on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-6:30pm. The first day of class we went over:

-Numbers
-Alphabet
-Months
-Days of the week
-My name is...
-I am from...
-I am ____ years old.

Today I reviewed what we had learned last Thursday with my deaf students. We also started learning about family members. The students in this class are really working hard and are catching on quickly. I am very impressed with their progress so far and it really seems like they really want to learn English. One of the students even bought a magazine in English to practice!
There are eleven students in this class but today I only had five. The others didn´t come for different reasons.

I have asked about the possibility of me learning some sign language so that I am able to communicate better with them when they don´t understand. One of the students has an implant, so he listens, and then when another student doesn´t understand, he signs to them. I told my students that I would like for them to teach me sign language too, when we are in class. So far they have taught me:

- Muy bien (Very good)
- Algunas preguntas (Any questions?)
- Gracias (Thankyou)
- Applause
- Dudas (Doubts)
- De nada (You´re welcome)
- Hola y Ciao

The sign language that they speak is local and I found out that each country has it´s own set of sign language. Tommorow I have a different class. We have also discussed the possibility of having a conversation class. Language classes have never been offered before at ALPI so there is a lot of interest. If I end up having a conversation class as well, we are thinking Fridays, I will be teaching three classes.