Dear colleagues

Dear colleagues,
My name’s Ruslan and I come from Poltava, Ukraine. I work in a private language centre. I’ve been teaching for about 8 years now. I adore teaching English to different levels of learners, both young and adults. It’s simply amazing when your learners can express their ideas in English or achieve their goals with your help. In addition, I find my job rather interesting, motivating and quite challenging. Luckily, it’s never tedious or monotonous.
All my free time is dedicated to improving my teaching skills and gaining more and more competence in this sphere. I used to be a member of Cambridge English Teacher professional development website and I’m also keen on following different teacher trainers’ blogs, e.g. for CELTA or DELTA. This year I’m looking forward to receiving another international certificate for teachers of English as a foreign language.
I’m taking part in this course because I believe that the best teachers should never stop learning. This is a great opportunity for all teachers in our country and abroad to develop, acquire or improve their teaching skills. It will definitely help me with my professional development and new engaging ideas for my work.
Best of luck to all of us :)

Comments

  1. Julia BlinovaNovember 8, 2017 at 2:38 AM

    Hi Ruslan Nice to meet you. If you don't mind me asking, do you teaching for Ukrainian State Exams?

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  2. Jelena RuzicNovember 9, 2017 at 4:56 AM

    Hello Ruslan! I must say I fully agree with you - teachers should never stop learning, regardless of their age or experience. Nice to meet you!

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  3. Phil BrownNovember 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM

    Thanks - your comments resonate with me very much, especially about the ongoing commitment to professional development and lifelong learning :-)

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