About me
Twenty years at the same table as my student
Whatever I was doing and wherever I lived, I always kept teaching English. Why every new student is a challenge to myself.
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Notes on the language
Twenty years of teaching, and what became clear along the way about the language, children and adults.
Advice
How to find your English teacher
Everyone who wants to learn English starts by looking for a teacher. Five things that show this person is right for you.
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Method
Three myths about learning English
“A great teacher will carry anyone”, “I am not a robot”, “films will teach me by themselves”. Honestly, where the mistake is.
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Method
Letters and sounds: where English begins
Why I give so much of the first lessons to pronunciation and listening — and what “training the ear” means.
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Experience
SnOasis, the British press and an interview on the BBC
How a marketing director's job took me onto the pages of an English tabloid and onto BBC radio — and why that experience stayed with me in teaching.
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