I wrote this post and never posted it and since it’s already Friday, I need to set it free into the cyber world to get all your eager eyes ready for my next weekend post! This weekend was so good… I always say that, don’t I?? Thursday flew by, thanks to only having three quick […]
Last year, I spent a lot of time just randomly doing Google searches to find materials for my private lessons-basically, where to find good resources for teaching ESL classes. This year, I have done a better job of finding websites that continuously have good materials for private lessons. You know, materials that don’t have random ads all […]
I did a few of these ¨Say What¨posts in the beginning of the year, when the things that my students would say would shock me. Say What 1 Say What 2 I´m more used to them now, but this one was too good not to write… While teaching the kids about the future tense using […]
How’s that for a title?? Truth be told, private lessons are not that bad once you get there and are in the thick of it, but boy do I dread them before they happen. Some of my students are great and I mildly look forward to them, but I also have students on the other […]
Student: “Tamara, can I ask you a question?” Me: *Excitedly* “YES! What’s up?” Student: “What does ‘Turn down for what’ mean? Me: All in a day’s work, folks. But really, what does it mean to “turn down for what“?
This post should be titled “How to Teach Your First Private English Class…When You Have No F***ing Idea What You’re Doing!” Because today I taught a private English class and I a) have no experience teaching and b) don’t have any clue HOW to teach! The day after I got to Madrid, I was told […]