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I didn't take what you said as criticism, just as useful feedback. And I appreciate it. Clothing is definitiely not the issue. I am very corporate looking. I'm also quite tall. You'd think I would be intimidating to these little students... The problem is, as it was with your colleague, that I try t...

Right now you have the double problem of not respecting yourself as an adult and teacher and a bit of fear of being found out. My God, what a sorry sack of @#$@#@ I must sound like. Time to crawl into a bottle... Just kidding :-) Thanks so much for the feedback, Sally. You're dead-on, I think. I wi...

I've been teaching esl for two years, but until now it has been to adult students. I have recently taken on a job teaching K1 to P6 students and doing a horrendous job with them. It's a new school, so the number of existing students is small, making each of my classes either 1-on1s or 1-on2s at the ...

I am going to begin teaching a phonics class to a 6 year old Chinese student. There will be 8 hour long lessons. Any suggestions on how to make these lessons interesting? Any fun games or activities?