From English to Onion Rings

I prefer teaching informal English classes ten times over formal classes.  One reason is that I can teach more specifically to what the students are waning to learn.  When one student got a new job and needed to correspond by email in English, we spent a couple weeks talking about why we don't write, "Looking forward to hearing from you soonest," and polite ways to say, "We really need the shipment now!"

This week's English class began as usual, some conversation about the past week, practicing a few new grammar points, and answering some questions that came up about tricky exceptions to the "rules."  From there, we somehow began talking about food, probably because 6:00 p.m. was approaching and our stomachs were beginning to rumble.  We decided it would be a great day to practice the English we use in the kitchen, so out came the noodles and spaghetti sauce (Thanks to good friends in the States, we had a packet of spaghetti sauce seasoning which made everything even easier!)

With a leftover onion, O taught us to make onion rings.  What began as English class became a wonderful evening of building friendships, eating, and having fun.