Teaching English from La Réunion, 9,000 km from Paris, is an advantage, not a handicap: a small underserved market, a remote practice reaching the whole French-speaking world, and the clarity that distance forces into your…
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1. What is a reflective journal for? To notice patterns in your teaching — what you repeat, avoid, improve. Evidence-based self-development.
1. A strong student finishes the task in 2 minutes. What next? Give an extension: 'Now do the same with a different example', 'Can you think of an exception?', 'Explain it to your partner.'
1. What is the 'affective filter'? Krashen's term for the emotional barrier that blocks input when learners feel anxious or unsafe. Music lowers it.
1. What is a language plateau? A stage where progress feels invisible but consolidation is still happening in the brain.
1. She ___ (read) when the phone ___ (ring). was reading / rang — past continuous for background, past simple for the interruption
1. Is code-switching a sign of not knowing a language? No — research shows it's a feature of high proficiency in both languages, not low proficiency in either.
2. Can you ___ me a favour? do (do someone a favour — fixed phrase)
1. You don't know the name of the person. How do you sign off? Yours faithfully (when you opened with 'Dear Sir/Madam')
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