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Srp
Hello again! You might have noticed that I was silent for quite a long time and I’m going to tell you why. Too much of the same thing is never good, so it’s only natural that when I combined my passions for writing and making art into a part-time job and became an editor and […]
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Dub
Dnešní příspěvek je výjimečně v českém jazyce, jelikož v něm recenzuji kurz pro lektory cizích jazyků obecně a chtěla bych, aby si ji případně mohli přečíst i kolegové, kteří angličtinou až tak dobře nevládnou. Zároveň bych chtěla úvodem říci – jak už ostatně v této době patří k dobrým mravům, že tato recenze není placená […]
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Dub
Anybody who knows me, my students included, also knows that I never really enjoyed using technology beyond sending e-mails, browsing the internet and communicating on social media. As far as I can remember, I used to say that online teaching is nothing for me and that I can’t imagine working like that. Well, (wo)man proposes […]
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Bře
This whole post is very different from what it should have been. First of all, it should have been published on Sunday. Today is Thursday. I was planning to write about attending the 2020 Celebration Conference organized by ILC, which was supposed to take place this past Saturday. It didn’t happen. The conference was postponed […]
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Úno
This post is going to be long, personal and its outcomes will probably differ based on who you are. If you are a fellow NNEST, you may sympathize and start feeling better (or disagree and think I’m a whiner). If you are a NEST, you may very well think there’s nothing to talk about (or […]
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Úno
When I graduated, I started teaching for one of the biggest language schools here in Brno. The school was famous for using drilling as the main method of teaching English. I have to confess that – as much as I acknowledge the benefits of using drills occasionally – I have always been against drills used […]
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Úno
You may not believe it, but working as a freelance language teacher can get terribly lonely at times. “Why?“ you ask. Well, because despite the fact you work with people (and usually lots of them), there’s something missing. At best, if you work for a language school, you get to meet fellow teachers, (hopefully) there’s […]
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Úno
The inspiration for this post came to me during my first lesson last Friday. One of the students in the group of young women prepared a cup of coffee for me. All my students quickly recognize my love of coffee and most of them are kind enough to feed my addiction to affection for this […]
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Led
Feedback is a necessary part of the learning process. This means it needs to be a part of the teaching process too. I have always believed that teaching is not a one-way process, which implies that feedback goes in both directions as well – from the teacher to the student and the other way round. […]
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Pro
I love reading interviews with inspiring personalities in whatever field. It helps me overcome obstacles along my way, broaden my horizons, consider different points of view and, quite often, it motivates me to become a little better at what I’m doing (both personally and professionally). When you’re reading such interviews, the interviewers frequently ask, “When […]