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Advice for the self-employed English teacher in Japan. Drops every Friday. freetalktefl.substack.com
Patrick Sherriff hosts The Free Talk Staffroom, a education show with 122 episodes published.
You might think it’s impossible to imagine, but… you are more than just an English teacher. Here’s what I do when teaching just doesn’t cut it. Details here: https://artbypatricksherriff.substack.com/p/skys-the-limit-exh
I’m not a complete dinosaur, but there’s a time and place for high-tech in language learning, and I maintain that is mostly out of the classroom. Do you agree? Or am I indeed a fossil of an extinct way of teaching? Want
I don’t think I’ve mentioned it before, but there’s something that self-employed teachers have over apparently higher-status company or school teachers’ experiences… Want to know how to teach English in Japan for yoursel
It’s not all shabu shabu and sakura blossoms when you jack in the corporate job to go self-employed. Here, I talk about the adjustments I had to make to get to grips with teaching for myself. Maybe you can relate? Want t
Let me show you the basics of how to teach children to learn to read in English… and FOR THE NEXT TWO weeks only, you can get the workbook I use with two-thirds off its usual price. Here are the links to the reduced-pric
I don’t mean like Stalin, but just make a rough projection of student numbers and therefore income that you might expect over the next couple of years. Why should you bother? Well, I didn’t for 20 years until, er, last w
You don’t have to do the teaching-English-in-Japan thing like I do, you don’t have to be an expert, you can find your own way. In fact, I recommend you do… Interested in going it alone in Japan? I wrote a book just for y
When you first start out as a self-employed teacher and look over at your company/school employed comrades, it’s tempting to think you done messed up, boy. Give it a year or two, and you and your bank balance will be hap
Age catches up with all of us, if we’re lucky, and being self-employed actually gives us a few advantages over the company drone. But you have to grab the steering wheel yourself if you want to navigate to an early retir
Well, I was asked to apply and then told to sling my hook, but it all worked out for the best… If you are interested in running your own English school in Japan rather than jumping through the university hoops, I wrote a
This was the comment on YouTube I got a couple of weeks ago. At first I thought, what rubbish! Then, I thought, well the commenter is kinda right, when it comes to working for a chain. But…. (Those dots mean watch the vi
Kids were always a scarier proposition for me, but I’ve mellowed as I’ve aged. How about you? Do kids fill you with fear or does the thought of a group of adults give you palpitations? My book, The Tower English Way, has
Buy one, get one free? Introduce your friends and get a free toaster? Sell your own grandmother (on the value of English) and get a free bag of irregular verbs? Doesn’t really make me want to pay for English lessons. So
I’ve been busy completing my latest textbook for adults, Free Talk Conversation 4. I talk about it above, but you can download the Kindle version for free and the paperback version for the lowest price I can set it for t
It’s the best of numbers and the worst of numbers when it comes to business. More thoughts in my book, available at https://freetalktefl.substack.com/p/the-tower-english-way-how-to-start This is a public episode. If you
How you can do something nice for your students today that will pay off in the long run, though you can just do it to be nice. More thoughts, in my book available at https://freetalktefl.substack.com/p/the-tower-english-
While I wait for the English muffin shop to open, I fill you in on the three biggest dangers for self-employed English teachers in Japan and what to do about them. More details, of course, in my book available at https:/
The number of students you need to have a viable teaching business in Japan is a lot lower than you might think*. More details at https://freetalktefl.substack.com/p/the-tower-english-way-how-to-start * TL:DR… 40 student
Hey, ever feel like you don’t belong? Or don’t want to belong? Join the club… or not, as the case may be. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes
I thought I’d try making a video short that might serve some purpose, so here’s 10 pieces of wisdom in 60 seconds from 20 years of teaching English in Japan. My book, The Tower English Way, has more details, available he
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