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Tag Archives: TEFL
I Held a Woman Hostage for Twenty Minutes: an Epic Tale of Forgetting When Class Ends
Since I’m still a baby teacher, it takes me forever to plan a lesson. I still feel like I have no idea what I’m doing, so I spend hours researching English grammar and plotting out examples and explanations. My last … Continue reading
First Official English Lesson: I Can Do Whatever I Want?
It happened, guys. I did it. I got my work visa. I’m so happy. I’ve been meaning to write about that, but I’ve been notoriously bad at writing about things in chronological order. And a post about teaching is WAY … Continue reading
Posted in Living in Germany, Teaching
Tagged Berlin, Bildungsurlaub, CELTA, educational holiday, english for specific purposes, esp, first lesson, freelance English teacher, Germany, inexperienced teacher, jill stein doppelganger, language school, lesson plan, teaching English to adults, TEFL, textbook
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Dammit, Jim! This is a grammar lesson, not a spelling lesson.
On my last day of the CELTA course, I had to teach a grammar lesson. So far, I’d had a hard time with teaching grammar. I think that might come from my own dislike of it. As a language learner, … Continue reading
The Joys of Confusing the Crap Out of Your Students
People keep asking me why I came to Berlin, so here goes. The condensed version. Ultimately, I want to be a translator. I want to be in Germany long enough to have a good command of the language. Apparently, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Living in Germany
Tagged Berlin, Berlin School of English, CELTA, Germany, teacher training course, TEFL
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