First week of school

This past week marked the beginning of the semester at Université Nancy 2. Well, technically speaking, the beginning of the semester for law students. This semester I'm beginning by teaching three classes of English Conversation and Phonetics to first year law students. It was a lot of fun being the teacher and not the student for once! The students here seemed pretty focused, though I got a few blank stares after speaking in English for a while. Hopefully that's just temporary as everyone gets back into the swing of things. I really want to explain in French some of the more confusing aspects of what we're discussing, but a goal of the course is to keep the classroom immersive in English during the hour of each class. I have to catch myself from speaking French...in France!! Most of you probably know how hard it is for me to not speak French (or a little German even) in the U.S...imagine here! I'm also working in the distance-learning center, where I'll help with meetings, class prep, exams, and practice exams throughout the semester. I've just recently been asked to probably take on a couple more classes this semester, one at the business school and the other at the graduate-level law school (law school starts during the undergrad years in France). It'll be interesting to see how it all works out! Here are a couple pics of campus...