The ESL Teacher C · Nomad Educator

✏️ Classroom Tips

★ Classroom Tips

Posts that offer suggestions on how to teach English as a second language. I also write about tips to manage a class, organize activities, practice pronunciation, improve your lesson delivery, etc.

I taught English as a second language for over five years.

I am also a successful polyglot. I fluently speak French, English, Spanish and Chinese.

During my bachelors in psychology I focused my studies in language acquisition and the brain, the multilingual brain, linguistics and developmental classes as well as motivation.

Stick around for insights into the student brain 😊

★ Latest Posts

Anecdotes

💬 Non-native Co-teacher

Story Often times when you work as a foreign teacher in an English school, you get paired with a local teacher who knows the language of the students. This sometimes means you’re still the main teacher or you’re the secondary teacher in charge of the pronunciation. Whichever the case, you find yourself with a co-teacher…

Education

📚 Book Notes — Sticky Flags

☞ As-tu de la difficulté à lire cette page? Active la fonction « traduction » de ton navigateur. Besoin d’aide? Voici mon guide 😉 ☞ If you dislike defacing your books, flagging is a great way to mark passages important to you or to highlight the recurrence of themes in a book without making them…

Anecdotes

💬 Messing With Students’ Minds

Story When you teach second languages in a foreign country, you might learn a word or two from the students. I find it incredibly fun to play these tricks on them as a way to get back their attention or to create a different rhythm in the class if the routine gets boring. Joking around…

Education

🍎 Mieux apprendre une langue seconde – Niveau avancé

☞ Can’t read this post? Activate your browser’s translating feature. Need help? here’s my guide 😉 ☞ Est-ce que tu as atteint un plateau dans ton apprentissage de langue? Voici comment augmenter de niveau. ☞ Voici les pratiques qui m’ont aidé à passer pour locutrice native de l’anglais et qui m’ont aidé à m’exprimer en chinois de façon…

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