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Glossary of Terms
1. Origins and the Raison D’être
Why does anyone write a book?
How to read this book
This work is for the following groups of people
The Nature of the Book
2 “Where do you come from?” – Teacher Backgrounds
John Shaw (JS)
Ninha (N)
ID
Nadezhda Boguk (NB)
Anastasia Dereviankina (AD)
Daniel Saraiva San Pedro (DSSP)
Heather Belgorodtseva (HB)
Christopher James Leckenby (CJL)
Nataliya Pronina (NP)
Lisa Shichkova (LS)
Luka Miksic (LM)
Günther Cristiano Butzen (GCB)
Maksim Levkin (ML)
Edward Crabtree (EC)
Elena Atlasova (EA)
Felipe Fülber (FF)
Frances (F)
Chee-way Sun (CWS)
Carlos Monroy (CS)
Cheng Zhang-Stoddard (CZS)
Anastasia Kolcheva (AK)
Luis Clavijo (LC)
Gary Krautkramer (GK) and Polina Pivovarova (PP)
Daria Starova (DS)
Leandri Butterworth (LB)
Irina Grekova (IG)
Varvara Tyurina (VT)
Andy S (AS)
Vika K (VK)
Olga Shushunova (OS)
Sebastian Orlande (SO)
Aline C (AC)
Nico Benger (NB)
Elena Kalkova (EK)
3 “Where are you now?” – Teaching Contexts
John Shaw (JS)
Ninha (N)
ID
Nadezhda Boguk (NB)
Anastasia Dereviankina (AD)
Heather Belgorodtseva (HB)
Christopher James Leckenby (CJL)
Nataliya Pronina (NP)
Lisa Shichkova (LS)
Luka Miksic (LM)
Günther Cristiano Butzen (GCB)
Maksim Levkin (ML)
Edward Crabtree (EC)
Elena Atlasova (EA)
Felipe Fülber (FF)
Frances (F)
Chee-way Sun (CWS)
Carlos Monroy (CS)
Cheng Zhang-Stoddard (CZS)
Anastasia Kolcheva (AK)
Luis Clavijo (LC)
Gary Krautkramer (GK) and Polina Pivovarova (PP)
Daria Starova (DS)
Leandri Butterworth (LB)
Irina Grekova (IG)
Varvara Tyurina (VT)
Andy S (AS)
Vika K (VK)
Olga Shushunova (OS)
Sebastian Orlande (SO)
Aline C (AC)
Nico Benger (NB)
Elena Kalkova (EK)
4. Do you get stressed? Why/Why not?
5 “What do you do?” – Teachers and Their Practices
What have your best teaching moments been like?
What have your worst teaching moments been like?
What’s the most controversial thing you have ever done while teaching?
If you could give 3 tips to teachers, what advice would you give?
Miscellaneous
6 “What do they do?” – The Students
What is it important to know before you start teaching students (in your context)? Do you have any advice for people teaching them?
What’s the funniest thing a student has ever done in your classes?
What is the saddest thing a student has ever done in your classes?
Do you think you are making a difference in the lives of the people you work with?
7 “Where are you going?” – Reactions to Training, Continuous Professional Development and Thoughts about the Future
Will you continue working here? What are your plans for the future?
Do your colleagues share your views about CPD?
Are you optimistic about the future of ELT where you work?
8 “всё.” – Conclusions
Afterword Reflecting on the English Teachers
Acknowledgements
The following is a non-exhaustive list of terms which appear in the book. Some of these subjects have entire books dedicated to them in detail, so what is presented will naturally be an oversimplification best corrected by a more in-depth online search.
1-2-1 teaching – describes a situation where there is one teacher and one student.
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RFDG: Why did you choose teaching?
CWS: My dad is a professor in university. I wanted to be a psychiatrist, but my dad discouraged me because he said if I knew what people think I’d be depressed all the time. He’s quite pessimistic. Then I wanted to be a teacher, but Dad wanted me to be a musician. But I didn’t pass the music exam (thank goodness) because I never studied.
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