old ramblings to expand on

des 2009
stop thinking word by word in spanish. how the brain works. got to know when to translate and when not
tenses, associate tense and time expression helps, chunks. always or now? finished unfinished? when important?
what they (each) need to know. develop.

i check for confidence
fluency
range of verbs tenses and vocabulary
accuracy

strong or not too strong L2 influence

writing style

Nov 2009
i plan lessons tailored to my clients' employees' needs. they work in almost all the different departments of the organization, which has given me a fairly thourough knowledge of each department and unit. Most of my learners belong to the HR and some Accounts, a few from ICT among others
july 2010
I can be a language traning coach, i can help them with their fears, certain difficultuies are normal, it's reasonalbe to... part of the learning process, shouldnt be put off ...
typical mistakes, loose their fear, it's slow, it takes time to familiariase with a new accent, let alone if it's a brief encounter
dont know sth, just ask, humbleness gets u further than boasting or hidding ...
feb 2011
es normal que s'oblidin vocab si no l'usen
normal que no aprenguin tenses bé si es fan en un dia ..pimpam sense ferlos veure la diferencia de significats ben, tenen
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Some now experience their lack of vocabulary in certain situations. We have spent two three four five years building their grammar with work-related content and examples, building their work-erlated vocabulary and now that they have achieved a decent command of this now, that thanks to having this ability they participate in meetings, courses, etc given in English now they have the need to communicate in more social way than just facilitators or meeting attendees. there are breaks there are parties to go to,
I was fully aware that they would need all that at some point.
there's was no point doing it until they themselves realised the need for that, which it would be when they were able to use english for work-related issues., which is the case now.

primer vols comunicar-te, és igual com per aixo aprendre les functional language is hard.


march 2011
I have this student who says is very keen but when it comes to actually showing up, she doesn't. Or is 15 or 20 minutes late. Then she gets distracted about what is on the table and anyone who passes by. Then starts talking about her latest hobby. I really try to carefully select topics which may be relavant to her and are related to her specific job, as she requested during her needs assessment chat but it's all either boring, or she doesnt want to talk about work or... there's always something to moan about.  I know it's not my lack of ability to choose material as i haven't got this problem with anyone else. Teaching one to one is indeed fulfilling - some may argue it's boring, but i disagree-  but some learners can make the trainers's life a bit hard at times!
Then there's this other learner who thinks speaks fairly good English when it's not the case and doesn't seem to get that she really does not. Hardly no progress.