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Which countries citizens have you enjoyed teaching English the most?
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I am currently teaching a couple of Japanese students who are very dedicated and hardworking. They have taught me about their culture.
I have taught Zimbabweans, Ugandans and Europeans, it's a diverse cultural experience that I had. However it's been such a pleasure.
In my career, I taught a few foreigners, English, Congo, Italian, but that was business, Congo was best.
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I have taught people from (deep breath) China Thailand Vietnam Indonesia Hong Kong Turkey Israel Germany France Italy Russia Belarus Ukraine Poland Czech Republic Morocco Algeria Egypt South Sudan Central African Republic Nigeria Brazil USA Mexico Uzbekistan Azerbaijan Afghanistan Syria Iran And I think I probably forgot a couple… Overall the country doesn’t matter if the student is motivated. Some nationalities tend to be more punctual, others more happy to talk freely. Some prefer grammar topics, others prefer work topics. Although some stereotypes might seem accurate from time to time, it’s important to always treat people on an individual basis. I never met a nationality I didn’t like!
That’s a tricky one! I think I’ve loved everyone I’ve taught from all over the globe 😁
My favourite was an English university teacher from Myanmar who wanted help so she could improve her speaking and teaching skills. As it happened, not only she was a truly nice lady, but we had our classes during the recent military coup in her country. That way learning went both ways. I learned so much about both Myanmar as a country and the day-to-day situation in what clearly was a very difficult period for everyone there.
I had the pleasure of tutoring an Austrian girl from 2016-2022, she couldn’t speak any English in the beginning, but after hard work and dedication she was able to speak almost fluently
I had an opportunity to teach a Hungarian student. I'm polish and speak no Hungarian, he speaks absolutely zero polish. We were working in English. I appreciated his hard work and dedication. Working with my polish students is also incredibly rewarding when they slowly stop using polish during our meetings
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- What's the best material to teach and focus on speaking skill?
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Resources include practical excercises and real life conversation scenarios in British Council website can be fruitful to teach speaking skills
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We as Iranian people have a traditional ceremony for new year. It’s name is Noroz. We have gathering family around a table and its name is Haftcin. We pray health and prosperity for all people over the world
