{"id":49178,"date":"2014-04-17T02:27:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T02:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/?page_id=49178"},"modified":"2015-09-26T21:56:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T21:56:11","slug":"christopherson-leif-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/testimonials\/christopherson-leif-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leif Christopherson &#8217;10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #404040;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2014\/04\/Christopherson-234x300.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-49141 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2014\/04\/Christopherson-234x300.png\" alt=\"Christopherson-234x300\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>My name is Leif Christopherson. I graduated from Augsburg in May 2010 with a double major in Spanish and Political Science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #404040;\">While I prepare for law school, I am currently living in Zhuhai, China, working as a teaching assistant at the English Language Centre of United International College. I help students learn to write papers in English, a skill that most of them did not learn before college. I also run a public-speaking club where I teach students the skills they need to give speeches. Last spring, I was surprised to learn that many of the students here are also interested in learning Spanish, and I began running a Spanish tutorial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #404040;\">My experiences learning another language have greatly helped me in teaching English. When my students are struggling with pronunciation or having trouble using English grammar correctly, rather than getting frustrated, I draw on my own experiences and slowly work through the material with them, clearly explaining every step. Being able to relate to my students in this way makes me a more effective teacher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #404040;\">Outside of the classroom, the cross-cultural experience of my major has made adapting to life in China much easier. My semester abroad in Spain taught me how to be flexible in a new environment. Without that experience, the language barrier and cultural differences I encounter here would be difficult to handle. I am continuing to learn how to work and communicate across cultures from daily tasks like buying groceries to major events like traveling to other parts of China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #404040;\">My current position is not one I expected to hold, but it is a rewarding one. Thanks to my major, I have found a meaningful place to live and work far from my home in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #404040;\"><em>(Last update: December 2013)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Leif Christopherson. I graduated from Augsburg in May 2010 with a double major in Spanish and Political Science. While I prepare for law school, I am currently living in Zhuhai, China, working as a teaching assistant at the English Language Centre of United International College. I help students learn to write papers &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":49165,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49178"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49325,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49178\/revisions\/49325"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}