It's been a while since I've been here. Life got busy! But I just wanted to share some recent wins. I'm on track with some goals I set for myself as a result of some of the courses on here. I've resigned from my job and will finish there at the end of June. I have also left the underpaying TEFL platform I was using. My list of contacts is growing and I've managed to successfully receive payments from China. I even increased my price. Looking forward to being able to take on more private students from July onwards and make this my main source of income rather than just a sideline. I hope everyone is also enjoying some wins and keeping on track. Anyone else want to share some of their wins?

I've just finished part 5 of module 1 of the 5in30 course. The take-away for me is my need to establish myself in the world of the typical student in my niche. As my niche lies in China, I was advised by a friend to start using WeChat. I'm still very new to it and therefore don't know much about it. Does anyone here have any insight into how I can use WeChat for the purpose of my TEFL business? Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks.

I'm quite new to Teacherpreneur Support Network so I'm still getting the knack of it. I was wondering if we could suggest some topics of interest and exploration. Some of my own are: -Systematization: keeping it simple for both teachers and students so accessing notes can be easily done to, for instance, recycle lexis. -Free or low-cost resources: living in a country that's unfortunately in the middle of an economic crisis makes it sometimes quite hard to pay for some apps, such as ChatGPT, or even impossible because there's no access to it, like AI Chat on Quizlet. -Integrating Lexical Approach, TBLT and decoding (listening) -Making Headway in 1-hour per week 1:1 courses. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I’m Cathal. I’m Irish, and I mostly teach Spanish speakers. Have lived in Mexico and Galicia, Spain, but, as I married a Swede, I live, alas, in Sweden (a terrible place for an English teacher, language learner, or chatty person to live — but, on the other hand, a great place for parents of a toddler and a baby. Swings and roundabouts). I speak decent Spanish, choppy, often incoherent, Swedish and, despite growing up surrounded by farmers and livestock in the west of Ireland, speak English without much of an Irish accent (this is at least what I get told in the west of Ireland and Sweden). I write a Substack which applies performance psychology to language teaching and language learning. It’s called The Performing Mind. Since mid-August it’s been on a hiatus as I’ve been dedicating all my spare time to building a pronunciation course. Apart from my regular students, I currently have one guinea pig client I’m experimenting the materials on, and the first client expecting a coherent course is signed up to start on the days after Christmas. I have the skeleton of the course created, but I feel like I still have so much to learn. That’s why I’m taking the Speaking, Pronunciation and Autonomy Course, and why I’m looking forward to the discussions on the boards. And why pronunciation? Why am I making that my niche? Well, because it’s arguably the most psychologically enigmatic aspect of foreign language speaking, and so, to me, it’s the most fascinating. If you like, add me on LinkedIn or follow my newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathal-larkin/ https://cathallarkin.substack.com/

Hi. When people ask me the question "where are you from?" l'm never quite sure how to answer, as I was born in South Africa, grew up in Ireland and now live in the UK in Northern Ireland. I'm a qualified primary teacher, currently employed as a classroom assistant and occasionally do substitute teaching in schools but also teach English online through a well-known, underpaying platform, which I enjoy but which also frustrates me. Recently I have got a private student also but lack confidence to grow this. I would love to teach online full time but some things are holding me back. Hoping that through some of the courses on here, I'll gain knowledge and courage to take steps to get where I'd like to be. Thank you for this community!