{"id":505,"date":"2010-11-16T10:06:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T15:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsuenglish.wordpress.com\/?p=505"},"modified":"2022-02-16T16:00:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T21:00:26","slug":"guest-post-christine-ellsworth-on-being-an-english-major-living-abroad-and-her-unexpected-career-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2010\/11\/16\/guest-post-christine-ellsworth-on-being-an-english-major-living-abroad-and-her-unexpected-career-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Christine Ellsworth on being an English major, living abroad, and her unexpected career choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_521\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/christineellsworth1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-521\" title=\"ChristineEllsworth\" src=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/christineellsworth1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/11\/10100352\/christineellsworth1.jpg 3072w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/11\/10100352\/christineellsworth1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/11\/10100352\/christineellsworth1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/11\/10100352\/christineellsworth1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/11\/10100352\/christineellsworth1-933x700.jpg 933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine (right center) with her husband<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I was an undergrad, I loved being an English major. I loved reading all the time, the writing, and the discussions that came with it. It took me a little while to figure out that English literature was the right major for me, but once I got there, it felt so great to finally be in a program I enjoyed and was passionate about.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, I am studying in Ball State\u2019s MA in TESOL (Teaching English as Second Language) program. I still find it ironic that I ended up here, because when asked, I would adamantly insist that I did NOT want to be a teacher. The path that led me here started with my interest in foreign languages. I took a few German and Italian classes, but my real love is French. After I spent a semester abroad, I couldn\u2019t wait to find a way back to France. So, I applied for a position teaching English at l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Nancy through the Ball State French department. A little piece of advice: if you want to spend time abroad, teaching is a great way to go because you get paid. Seven months later, I was on my way!<\/p>\n<p>Teaching English in France was a true eye opener. To begin, I was completely terrified. I\u2019ve always been a little shy, so the idea of standing up in front of a classroom was extremely intimidating for me. I\u2019d never done it before and sometimes I wasn\u2019t even very familiar with the subjects I was asked to teach. (Case in point: English phonetics. AH!) But it got easier as the year went on. And what surprised me the most\u2014I actually enjoyed it! As the year came to a close, I realized I didn\u2019t want to stop. Teaching English as a second language combined all of my passions, plus it allowed me to work with people in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n<p>The next step for me was to get a degree teaching English as a Second Language. It was an easy decision to apply to the graduate school at Ball State. First of all, my soon-to-be fianc\u00e9 was finishing his masters in Architecture at BSU. 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