I stayed in Marabá for several days. One day, I went to meet her friend, who taught at an English school. He pulled me into his classroom and put me in front of a class of about fifteen students of various ages. He introduced me as a native speaker and left me speechless in front of the room. I had no idea what to say, so I just stood there stupidly for a few minutes until I was relieved of duty. In hindsight, I should have started a lesson on curses.
Another day, I came with my host to tutor a couple one-on-one. One of our students was decent at English, but the other had trouble following along. We had a map of the United States, and I told about our geography and culture, using simple English. Afterwards, my host split her earnings with me, for helping.
^ 2014/04