We said “good morning” in nearly 10 languages in our group of 20. English is not anyone’s FIRST language. For some in the group, English is their third or even fourth language. And I’m supposed to speak/teach in a way that these folks can learn!? Talk about needing prayer!
South Africans are accustomed to hearing British English, but American English is a different story altogether—except maybe in the movies. Texan English is really foreign.
Our trio of trainers is not merely dumping information. We have used numerous group activities and exercises moving folks around. The dissemination of information via a lecture or a PowerPoint presentation is not what is needed, though our training trio has implementing some of that. I keep hearing what John, our training guru, stressed last week as we prepared curriculum: “Other people’s knowledge is just information. It only becomes your knowledge when you do something with it.”
South Africans are accustomed to hearing British English, but American English is a different story altogether—except maybe in the movies. Texan English is really foreign.
Our trio of trainers is not merely dumping information. We have used numerous group activities and exercises moving folks around. The dissemination of information via a lecture or a PowerPoint presentation is not what is needed, though our training trio has implementing some of that. I keep hearing what John, our training guru, stressed last week as we prepared curriculum: “Other people’s knowledge is just information. It only becomes your knowledge when you do something with it.”
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