Rachel Aydt, part time assistant professor in literature has had an essay published in Broad Street.
| BROAD STREET is proud to present this essay about otherness, language, and the blending of cultures and traditions in a show of community and good luck. It’s the story of what happened when Rachel Aydt, a writing teacher at the New School, decided to teach basic English to the Chinese-born caretakers of kids at her son’s school. Americanized names, ghost money, and a friendship with a neighbor who earns a living by collecting recyclables all become part of a new language that’s part spoken words, part hand gestures. |
Read it here! http://broadstreetonline.org/2017/03/hands-chopping-air-on-teaching-esl-in-manhattans-chinatown-an-essay-by-rachel-aydt/
