EVERYTHING EFL

Updated: 01 Jan 2025 • 112 episodes
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I’m passionate about serving teachers. There’s no one size fits all lesson plan or solution to your class needs and issues. But, you’ve got a friend and support system in me. I can help reduce your overwhelm, give you some teachy inspo and improve your work-life balance. How? With solid takeaways you can try out immediately AND some much needed teacher love. Because your wellbeing is important too. You can find my contact details in the show notes if you'd like me to work with your institution and create a tailor-made CPD workshop for you.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Don't face it alone! Listen to this super-sweet-and-short pep talk to help you get ready (but not too ready) for the first week back at school. Listen before you start planning. Get your  Mindful Grammar Freebie here: www.subscribepage.io/4tlanY Contact me if you would like me to help you or your school

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Christmas is almost upon us so with that in mind, I'm all about giving. I round up this year by taking your through 5 pieces of advice for you, my darling teacher, based on the things that reflected upon as I try to grow my business. Turns out it all pertains to teaching too. Listen if you'd like a little bit of love,

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Has ANY lesson EVER gone to plan? I bet the answer is squarely more on the 'no' side of things than yes. What does that tell us? - embrace it - take advantage of learner questions and turn them into teachable moments - don't stress about not covering the syllabus all the time Join me as I tell you about my lesson, wher

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Think about the last few months of teaching that you've done: how much of it has been pure content and how much of it has been working on students' confidence, building community, mindfulness or mindset? Then ask yourself whether that ratio is well balanced. Don't think I can't hear some of you shouting at your phone a

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Was it Bob Marley who said 'You can please some people all of the time but you can't please all the people all of the time?' Well, as teachers, we are expected to please everyone in class at every turn. A tall order, don't you think? In this week's episode, (once you get past the lengthy update on my life -about the 6m

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The passive is a big topic and it causes all sorts of problems. Join me as I take you through my more receptive, lexical version of teaching the passive. I talk about the issues and how to overcome them and also what to expect and not expect from your learners. You will come away with a different view of where to start

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