Bonjour! Now that you've survived your first week(s) of observations, it's time to start teaching! Besides planning lessons to, hopefully, enrich your students' minds on your respective country's culture, it's also important to have some classroom management (aka discipline) skills to ensure that things run smoothly and that the students don't start acting up and not listen … Continue reading What’s in a Name? (Learning names while teaching)
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Bonjour, assistant(e)s! Now that you've survived your first week at your school, you probably have already gotten a feel for the staff, the students, the atmosphere, and the things you're expected to do as an English teaching assistant. However, you also know that you won't start teaching right away, no not at all. Under your work contract, … Continue reading What is “Observation Period?”
Bonjour, assistant(e)s! ...and it's that time of year again... ...so you've arrived in France and have gotten acquainted with your school and town. Perhaps you've even already found a place to live and have opened up a bank account. But before you can begin teaching and starting your new life abroad, there's one more thing … Continue reading What to Expect During “Stage”
So you want to teach in France? Perhaps you just got accepted into the Teaching Assistants Program in France (TAPIF, for short) and are nothing but a bundle of nerves, whether from excitement or nervousness (perhaps both). And whether or not you've received your work contract or even booked your VISA appointment, I am here to … Continue reading How To TAPIF
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