Fifteen years ago, at my first teaching job, I had a student named Gladys. Gladys was wonderful. She was intelligent, friendly, and she worked hard. Every day she studied English textbooks for 4 hours! She tried to remember 50 new vocabulary words every day!
But, after 6 months of hard work, she still could not speak. Sadly, this was true for all of the students in the class. I felt terrible. So I asked other teachers for help. But they had the same problem.. very few of their students improved either. That’s when I realized something was wrong– something is wrong with normal English teaching methods.
I wanted to help all of the happy, friendly, intelligent, wonderful students like Gladys– and I decided I would find an answer. I would find a way to help my students speak English powerfully. For many years, I studied books about English teaching. I constantly tried new methods in my classes. I read research studies.
Eventually, I got a Masters degree in Teaching English… and that’s when I found incredible new methods. I was so excited!
Immediately I began to use these new methods in my classes… and every day I worked hard to IMPROVE these methods.
After several more years of testing and improving, I finally found the answer! My students began to improve their speaking. They learned to speak, not just read and write! And even better– they loved my classes and they were happy!
I was excited! I loved seeing my students improve. My classes were full of excited students!
I had an idea– I decided to record my lessons and offer them on the internet to English students everywhere! It took a long time, and a lot of work, but finally I finished a full pack of lesson!
Now, I can help students everywhere in the world… and now I can help you.
I’m so grateful to be your teacher. I promise I will always do my best to help you speak excellent English.
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