📖 From the teacher's desk: When people ask me where I'm from, I never know where to start — born in Bangladesh, grown up in Australia, now living in La Réunion. I've learned that describing…
📖 From the teacher's desk: Working in luxury hospitality at places like Establishment and Popolo in Sydney, polite requests were the foundation of every interaction. "Could you...?" rather than "Do this!" is the difference between…
📖 From the teacher's desk: As a sommelier and bar manager at The Ivy and Merivale venues in Sydney, I took thousands of drinks orders in English every week. The language of ordering drinks is…
📖 From the teacher's desk: At bedtime in La Réunion, I tell my son stories — sometimes in English, sometimes in French, sometimes a magical mix of both! At ELT Hub in Brittany, I discovered…
📖 From the teacher's desk: In my multicultural classrooms at ELT Hub in Brittany, I quickly learned that emotions are universal but expressions are cultural. My students from different countries showed feelings very differently! Being…
📖 From the teacher's desk: Saint-Pierre is the second-largest town in La Réunion — it has a beach, a market, a harbour, and some wonderful restaurants. Moving here from Sydney, I had to quickly learn…
📖 From the teacher's desk: In my years managing restaurants in Sydney, the busiest days were Friday and Saturday — always. Now in La Réunion, my son asks every morning "Is it a school day?"…
📖 From the teacher's desk: My family is wonderfully spread across the world — from Dhaka to Sydney to La Réunion. My partner Vanessa and I are raising our son here in Saint-Pierre, and family…
📖 From the teacher's desk: Managing restaurants like Uccello and Popolo in Sydney meant talking about food every single day. Back in La Réunion, our kitchen is a beautiful mix — rougail saucisse, Bengali dhal,…
📖 From the teacher's desk: At my son's crèche in Saint-Pierre, the teachers use "Simon Says" in French every morning — "Simon dit: touchez votre nez!" I now play the same game in English at…
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