After breakfast with Sergio at Paroquia (a local institution), we drove to the university. It’s not far, but the campus is enormous and there are several sites. The route to the library building is lined with lovely trees and flowers and the building itself is even more impressive that I thought it would be from the photos.
We made our way to the Centre de Auto Acceso where Sergio works and where we will be based for the month. It was busy! Lots of new students were having their orientations. We met the 20 or so people who worked in the centre and they made us feel very welcome. We then sat with the 2 bosses for half an hour or so to discuss our role. They are happy for us to come and go as we please and base ourselves in the centre getting on with our own work. We told them that we are interested in learning more about what they do and helping in anyway that we can. Currently we are helping some of the learning advisors with their master’s theses. I am also helping another staff member with TOEFL preparation in order to be accepted on a master’s course in the UK. We hope to chat to students, join conversation groups possibly do some research (David) and share some practical ideas related to self-access/learner autonomy (me).
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