
Hi all, I am an English teacher. I’d like to tell you my story and what I’ve learned from 14 years of teaching ESL to adults, all the PD I’ve attended, and what I gained from a TESOL Master’s degree about how we learn languages. The topics for this blog are taken from that experience and what I learn about language learning from the students I currently teach.
Most ESL professionals in the adult world cobble together a full-time career out of several part-time gigs. 80% of our field in the US is part time.
I work at one private ESL school for 18 contact-hours a week (that’s time in front of students, not prepping) four mornings a week. I also work for a state-funded program for immigrants for 6 contact-hours two evenings a week, and I work for another private ESL school for 14 contact-hours a week two nights a week. Some of those positions pay for prep and others do not. None are benefitted positions. This is the nature of the career.
All of those jobs together give me 94 students that I see and teach per week. This doesn’t include the students I work with for free in exchange for their media releases so I can film them as part of our English in theXarden content. So, let’s round up. 100 students a week to learn from.
So what am I learning?
This Blog will tell you.
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening
Neuroscience in the Adult Language Learner
Anxiety
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