Hello, colleagues!

I’m very glad to be able to share my current work issues with you. Firstly, I’d like to say thank you to my colleagues for their extremely interesting and informative blogs. Secondly, I’d like to say some words about myself. I’ve been teaching English, French and Russian as a foreign language for more than five years in an ancient Russian city on the Volga river not far from Moscow that’s called Yaroslavl. In 2010 we’re celebrating one thousand anniversary so I invite you to visit this magnificent Russian city. Speaking about my job I’d like to add that I’m also a methodologist and a teacher trainer. As a teacher and methodologist I’m genuinely interested in all the new technologies that appear in ELT. I try to keep up with them. I’m very grateful to the British Council for its workshops that let us develop our teaching skills and be aware of all new tendencies in ELT. As a teacher trainer I carry out a series of workshops for my teachers on a regular basis. In June we successfully passed TKT exam and now we’re getting ready for Modules 4 and 5 (KAL and CLIL). If you’re interested in how to get ready for them or you have some questions connected with them, I’ll be glad to answer them. At the moment I’m working out a series of workshops which be held by our Russian and English teachers for our General English students. The main issue is how to find the best balance between two teachers. Everything is clear when one teacher gives a lesson. I know that some private schools and lyceums in Russia have such experience. But when I started working out sessions for our customers, I was really puzzled to what extent the native speaker should be present at the lesson. That’s why I address to you with this question. I’m looking forward to hearing your advice and getting some tips in connection with it.