TARA Boys do speak French

By Véronique, French teacher at TARA Boys

When you arrive in India, you start with the following questions:

- Where am I going?
- What to do?

There is so much to do. It is during the summer 2016, that I made my entry as a French teacher at TARA Boys. The 20 boys were on vacation; they needed a volunteer to do French classes. I therefore made an appointment after having spoken with the pedagogical team with these 20 boys.

Our first meeting took place in the room, which serves as classroom, refectory, TV room with the TARA Boys. They were all at once curious, reserved, smiling maliciously to know to what sauce they were going to charm me.

I presented myself, while observing them just as they did for me. I felt that the contact passed during exchanges of smiles, we could start studying.

My motivation is to make them pass the exam, first level of French. Challenge for them and for me. The potential of these TARA Boys is extraordinary. The mood is always cheerful, applied. They want to learn even if it's always a bit difficult to handle the language of Molière.

After six months of teaching, I am enthusiastic because I feel able to converse more and more. Their curiosity is refined and some who have French at school want complementary courses. This is the best sign that they will soon be bilingual.

Posted on 22 February 2017