German Native Teaching ESL Longview Texas
Nico Weiss might not be attending university every day, but his time in East Texas might prove to be a learning lesson in itself. “I’ve learned a lot since being here,” Weiss, 24, said of his three weeks in Longview. “The people are very nice, and I’m glad to be here.” A student at the University of Saarland in Saarbruecken, Germany, Weiss is slated to spend the next six months with the East Texas Literacy Council as a volunteer with the English as a Second Language program.
Weiss said he hopes during his overseas venture — part of his university course requirements — he’ll have a better grasp for teaching English to his younger, German counterparts. “I want to be a high school teacher,” Weiss said. “Coming here is part of our travel abroad program where I have to spend time in an English-speaking country to get my degree. I could have gone to England or Ireland, but since I have family (in Longview), I decided to come here.”
