First day of school

Monday was my first day of school and it went pretty well.  For starters, since I only work about 12 hours a week I don’t have to go in until 10:30.  And it’s about a 20 minute walk from my apartment, but it’s all right along the beach!   I’ll have every Friday off, and a lot of the national holidays in Spain are Mondays, which will be great for travelling.  I sat in on a few English classes to get a feel for the structure and the level of ability.  It was interesting, since it’s pretty much structured the same way French or Spanish classes are structured in America.  There’s a textbook with exercises, a workbook and an accompanying cd with pre-recorded dialogue for listening exercises.  However, their resources are all from the UK so the language is a little different.  For example, we would say “Do you have a brother?” “Yes, I have a brother.”  An exercise in the book was “Have you got a brother?” “Yes, I have got a brother.”  I have to stop myself from thinking that that is incorrect English, otherwise I’ll correct them and they will all be confused.  Another exchange was “Are you keen on sport?”  Keen is a word I don’t think many Americans have used, unless they went abroad to Australia and things were heaps keen.  Also on the cd, the actors are all from the UK or Ireland so I have to work a little to understand their accents.  I’m worried that if these are the accents the students are used to hearing they won’t understand me.  I’m sure I’ll have much more to say about my time at school after I’ve been working for a little bit.