Very few people reading this will know that before becoming and English teacher, I had a completely different job.
After I graduated, I worked in the manufacturing industry as a business analyst and later in HR. This experience gave me the expertise I use today in my corporate training courses and business English lessons. It also gave me many of the transferrable administrative skills I use every day to run my business, and I learnt a lot about managing a team too. Plus.
Like many people, I have one of those jobs that is not easily explained when asked the question "what do you do?" Sometimes I say I'm a teacher, sometimes I say I have my own business, and sometimes I try to explain it properly, and then, I watch the expression on my listener's face quickly change to 'I wish I'd never asked'.
On the 16th March, since students could no longer travel to the UK, my job simply ceased to be. As a freelance teacher and course co-ordinator, there was no furlough, no severance pay, and no guidance as to what I should do. I had slipped through the considerations for the self-employed government support scheme too. I panicked!
Step-by-step guides, useful templates, key language for each part of the exam. Plus, sample questions, task overviews and tips to help your writing flow.
Clear, ready to use lesson plans and teaching strategies that make complex language points simple. For non-native teachers of English looking for inspiration.
