Teacher Feature #8


Teacher in Progress

Name:   Jacqueline Garçon Nationality: American & French How long have you been teaching? +40 years What are you teaching? EFL/ESL Right now, I am teaching EFL and French. I spent a number of years teaching ESL in the USA, including Harvard University and Harvard Summer School, plus Boston University. For the last 24 years, […]

September 29, 2013

Teacher Feature # 7


Teacher in Progress

Name: Kasia Franica  Nationality: Polish How long have you been teaching? I’ve been a teacher for 6 years, but I started giving private lessons even before that, probably 9 years ago. What are you teaching? EFL/ESL I teach EFL at various levels in a primary school as well as a secondary school. Additionally, I work […]

July 21, 2013

Teacher Feature #6


Teacher in Progress

Name: Jasmin Henke           Nationality: German How long have you been teaching?         I have been teaching since 2009. What are you teaching? EFL/ESL?     I teach EFL, Geography and Music at a Secondary School . What certifications do you have?     I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, […]

June 16, 2013

Teacher Feature #5


Teacher in Progress

Name: Emilie-May Hubbard Nationality: British and French  How long have you been teaching?  I’ve been transmitting the love I have for English language and British culture for 19 years now. I started teaching children when I was a young student. Our sessions were mainly based on having fun, discovering genuinely English traditions and cultural features. I […]

May 17, 2013

Teacher Feature #4


Teacher in Progress

Name: Wiebke Franke        Nationality: German How long have you been teaching?         I have been teaching English since 2004. What are you teaching? EFL/ESL?     I teach ESL for adults. What certifications do you have?     I have a teaching degree for elementary schools (math and sports), and Magistra Artium in English […]

April 28, 2013

Teacher Feature #3


Teacher in Progress

Name: Cynthia T. Luna Nationality: Swiss, American, Trinidadian  How long have you been teaching?  I started teaching formally in September 2012. Once started, I realized that I have been teaching in one way or another all my life. What are you teaching? I teach mainly Business English to young international undergraduates from all over the […]

March 15, 2013

Teacher Feature #2


Teacher in Progress

Name: Stephanie Thomas Nationality: French-American How long have you been teaching? I’ve been teaching in France since 1996, though not always to the same public. What are you teaching? EFL/ESL I’m teaching EFL to middle school students. Having done both, I have to say I’ve always been a bit dubious about the EFL/ESL distinction.  English […]

February 21, 2013

Teacher Feature #1


Teacher in Progress

Name: Trenee Seward Nationality: American How long have you been teaching? I began my teaching career in 2004 after acceptance into the Teach for America program. The interview progress was rigorous and probably one of the most difficult interviews I’d ever experienced at that time. I began my career as a Special Education Resource Reading/English […]

January 30, 2013

Phonetic Follies!


Teacher in Progress

For all of you EFL teachers out there that struggle with teaching pronunciation to your students, here’s an excellent method from Macmillan that is very easy to teach and easy for students to understand.  This video confirmed that I was doing some of the right things which is putting emphasis on the physical and less […]

September 26, 2012

Get Qualified for TEFL!


Teacher in Progress

Languages & Lifelong Learning Learning is Life Life is Learning Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate Program in conjunction with Graduate School-Newark, Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey  USA Tuesdays, January 8 – June 4, 2013 The TEFL Certificate is a course for those of you looking into a portable career worldwide as a […]

September 13, 2012