 Hey there! Thanks for coming with me today to UNLE, York University English Language Institute. There are many international students who come to study English. They do this to get ready to take on degree programs at York. This new building was made to host the Institute and other continuing studies programs. Greeting each day with this unique structure is always amazing. Here in the lobby, we meet the receptionists. They're always ready to answer any questions that we might have. If we have no questions, we continue towards our classroom. Let's head to our class on the second floor. I always like to arrive a few minutes early to get settled. The classes are small as you can see from the sides of the room, around 15 to 20 students. This allows students to have one-on-one time with the teachers. At about 8 30, the teacher and the students arrive. But classes run several times throughout the day. Once everyone gets settled, the teacher begins her class with a warm greeting. UNLE has a diverse student population. The students are quite inviting and pleasant. Hybrid classes are very common. There's this piece of technology here called an owl. It's a 360-degree camera that shows the entire classroom through Zoom. It tracks the voice of whoever is talking and focuses the camera on them. It's an AAP setting, so students not only develop their English skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, but also the academic skills of taking notes from lectures and writing essays. Halfway through the class, the teacher gives the students a 15-minute break. This gives me an excellent opportunity to have a talk with the mentor teacher. My name is Jaatrati Chauhan. I'm an instructor at York University English Language Institute School of Continuing Studies. And I've been teaching for over 30 years now and over 13 years at York. The reason why I'm a part of the TESL mentorship program is because I simply love this idea of exchanging ideas and sharing and learning. I feel mentorship is not just about helping our mentee teachers. I think somewhere down the line, my mentee teachers actually helped me in a big way. I like to share how I teach and what I teach and what approach do I take in class but at the same time through discussions, I also learn a lot from what exciting and wonderful things my mentee teachers do in their classes. So for me, this is a very rewarding experience and I'm happy to be a part of their journey and also share and learn from them. After the break, we play a game. It's a great way to get to know each other and practice conversational English. Other days, we were assignments or watch presentations. At the end of class, we give a big thank you to the mentor teacher and see your next class to the students. Then we head downstairs to get a cup of coffee before we leave. There's a cafeteria where we can warm up food in a microwave, buy a meal, or a snack, or get a coffee made by a robot. This is an automated cafeteria. If you're leaving the institute a little late in the evening, you can still grab your coffee on the way out. Lots of students hang out here outside of class. You might run into some of them. It's a great opportunity to chat with them. Thanks for spending this day with me at ULE. I hope you enjoyed your time here today.