Hello everyone!

Hello everyone!

My name is Laura and I run an English language company in Rennes, France (Espace Lingua). My courses are mainly aimed at business professionals in Rennes and further afield in Brittany.

I'm very excited to join this community full of teachers. I am particularly interested in topics such as error correction, how to teach listening effectively & classroom management.

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  1. Elizabeth BekesNovember 5, 2017 at 8:17 AM

    Well, we learnt quite a bit about listening activities today and I have a couple of ideas to take away :-)

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  2. Anne HendlerNovember 5, 2017 at 9:55 PM

    Nice to meet you, Laura! It's a great community to be part of!

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  3. Espace Lingua (Espace Lingua)November 7, 2017 at 8:26 AM

    Nice to meet you too!

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  4. Ruslan FilimonovNovember 7, 2017 at 12:34 PM

    Nice to meet you, Laura! I also run an LTO. How do you manage? :)

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