From the perspective of a teacher, there are many students I just hit it off with, there's that instant rapport and you know we're going to click. I bring my natural personality which includes my quirky humour and some students appreciate that, others less so.
There are also, however, some students where I think we want to strangle each other in the first few lessons but then things settle down and they turn out to be some of my favourite students.
Obviously there's a massive difference between a class and 1-1. I find it funny that some of the students I really didn't enjoy teaching at all are the ones who later on ask me for private lessons! It's like, 'we hated each other and now you want me to teach you?' 😂
I've only recently joined Spotify and have just added your podcast to my list :)
A great read and extremely useful guidance for any language learner looking for someone to help them on their language learning journey!
From the perspective of a teacher, there are many students I just hit it off with, there's that instant rapport and you know we're going to click. I bring my natural personality which includes my quirky humour and some students appreciate that, others less so.
There are also, however, some students where I think we want to strangle each other in the first few lessons but then things settle down and they turn out to be some of my favourite students.
Obviously there's a massive difference between a class and 1-1. I find it funny that some of the students I really didn't enjoy teaching at all are the ones who later on ask me for private lessons! It's like, 'we hated each other and now you want me to teach you?' 😂
I've only recently joined Spotify and have just added your podcast to my list :)
I totally should have mentioned something about a “vibe check” in the first meeting! I’m not surprised that students come around to your charm. 😄
Haha, you're too kind - believe me, plenty of students do not like me at all!