1. Question from Phoebe: How do you bring your theatre background into the classroom? Maybe a bunch of micro-teaching skills: giving instructions, using your voice (presentations, lectures), improvising, an interest in lesson structures as storylines. Maybe, showing off? Seriously, if you’ve never come across Keith Johnstone (Impro from Methuen), there’s… read more >
1. Question from Rob: how has doing the Neurolanguage Coach training has changed the way you teach English? A great deal. I used to tell a lot more, talk more; now I listen more, facilitate the learning process, sensing how my student/s are feeling, what 'mode' their brain is in,… read more >
1. Question from Sarah: What advice would you give to a new freelance teacher breaking away from language schools and finding their own clients? Also what advice would you give to people wanting to change their career and become a freelance English teacher? If you’re looking to find your own… read more >
1. Galina would like you to share your great idea for giving feedback/homework/revision by recording a short message. What’s worked wonders with my private students and very small group lately has been me making an audio recording on their smart phone (or for small groups an audio message in a… read more >
Xing Profile: https://www.xing.com/profile/Halyna_Khinchuk Contact: 1. Do you have any tips for new or future parents who are also freelance? This is really a tricky one. What I learnt about parenting is that there are no rights or wrongs. There’s only what is ‘right’ and ‘good’ for your family and… read more >
1. You taught in Hong Kong for a while, what took you there? I think it was a culmination of things, but ultimately it boiled down to wanting a challenge: getting out of my comfort zone, working on my professional development, diversifying my experience. At the time I was in… read more >
Website: eigenenglish.de exitroute.org 1. What was the best/worst thing about managing a language school? Sharing success/failing personally. 2. Do you think managing a language schools gave new insights into teaching? Yes, plenty. Especially with all the practical work with teachers: 1000s of hours of observations, feedback sessions, doing new teacher… read more >
How do you incorporate intercultural competence in your language classes? For me, intercultural competence is a core skill these days, especially when people have to work in international teams. I like to introduce specific intercultural critical incidents and use this as a basis for discussion. What happened, why did it… read more >
