🎙 From the classroom: If I were still managing restaurants in Sydney, I would never have become a teacher. That sentence is my whole career change in one grammar structure. The Second Conditional is the…
🎙 From the classroom: When I was job hunting in Réunion, every conversation was conditional: 'If I speak better French, I will get more interviews.' That sentence kept me studying. The First Conditional is the…
🎙 From the classroom: After years in Sydney, I moved to France, then Réunion. I now speak four languages. The Present Perfect captures all of that in one tense: 'I have lived on three continents.'…
🎙 From the classroom: I arrived in Sydney in 2005 with two suitcases and what I can only describe as horrible English. My first month, I spoke in gestures more than words. The Past Simple…
🎙 From the classroom: When I arrived in La Réunion and started teaching, my first lesson was Present Simple. I used my own morning as the context: I wake up at 5am. I drink black…
🎙 From the classroom: My lesson plan from week two of teacher training had this aim: 'To improve speaking skills.' My observer handed it back. 'What will they be able to do by the end?'…
🎙 From the classroom: At The Ivy in Sydney, I managed a team of twelve. When someone made a mistake with a VIP guest, I didn't interrupt mid-sentence. I waited. I debriefed after. Constant mid-sentence…
🎙 From the classroom: I once watched a tutor walk into a classroom, write a word on the board, and spend twelve minutes explaining it. Then she asked if anyone had questions. They didn't —…
🎙 From the classroom: When I was observed teaching in Brittany, my observer timed every minute. I was talking for sixty-three percent of a forty-minute lesson. I thought I was helping. I was blocking practice.…
🎙 From the classroom: My first week in the classroom in Landerneau, Brittany, I asked 'Does everyone understand?' about twenty times. A row of nodding heads. Then the task collapsed. One good concept-check question would…
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