An English teacher on a journey to explore other things in the world.
Quest to learn to rest Giving up coffee At the end of November I found myself with such low levels of energy that I could hardly teach or read or watch anything. So the main goal for December was to… Read More »December’21 – Learning to Rest and Lots of Movies
At the end of October I was overly optimistic about my energy reserves. Don’t know why, because, as a I look back at the end of October, I was already feeling tired and in a ‘meh’ mood at times. But,… Read More »November’21 – Books, Series and BBC Dramas
I’ve decided to write short summaries of how I spent the previous month. I think a month is a lot of time, and it’s hard to predict what will come out of it even if I have some goals set.… Read More »October’21 – Interpreting, Copywriting and Hip Hop
This is the second part of my review. In the first one, I shortly described what this cause was about and what I liked about it. This post is for ‘the other side of the coin’. The course brought a… Read More »Language Coaching Course Review – P.2. What Left Me in Doubts and How I Changed my Teaching Style
Intro In January (this year) I was looking how to restructure my teaching practice and stumbled upon the idea of language coaching. Soon I found three books and one course available on the topic. The course was with a generous… Read More »Language Coaching Course Review – P.1. Basic info and What I Liked
Here’s the second part of the update on the past year since July 2020, on my learning experiences. The first was about my teaching. As I said in my previous post, there are several things that I’m trying to learn.… Read More »Update since July 2020. Part 2. Learning
It’s been a while since I last posted anything here. After My Teaching Journey, which was notoriously difficult to write, I toyed with several drafts, but they are still as they were – unfinished. And never mind that I haven’t… Read More »Update since July 2020. Part 1. Teaching (and Coaching)
The magic of communication face-to-face I started teaching online a couple of years ago, and, I must admit, I was quite apprehensive to give it a try. When you teach in a classroom, and especially groups, there is a certain… Read More »Learning English Online – How Effective and Who for?
We’ve just had our first Spanish lesson with Tanya, and it was so much fun! The mere fact that we tried it, understood each other, used a lot of language and had a laugh was a great motivation to go… Read More »Learning Spanish – Speaking practice for the first time
This will be the first post of a series on my language learning experience (other than English). Here I’m tapping into my experience of both a language teacher and a learner, which I really like to analyse and reflect on.… Read More »How I’m Learning Spanish – A1