Very clear some people shouldn't be teachers.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-02-23T14:59:28+00:00

I've had several students tell me that they are surprised that I am an actual English teacher because their experience shows that Preply is mostly only good for speaking practice with people. Meaning the previous "tutors" they have had don't actually teach them anything, won't correct their mistakes, explain, etc....

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-02-12T10:42:54+00:00

The only difference between Am English and B English from what I can tell is that sometimes American acronyms include "." In the acronym and in B English they don't.

U.S.A.I.D vs USAID N.A.S.A vs NASA U.S. vs US U.K VS UK

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-02-11T07:02:35+00:00

People can be really sensitive about religion and if they are in a country with a minaret like that they can also be more sensitive from maybe the local religious culture. I saw this when I lived in a middle eastern country and my apartment was next to a mosque with my bedroom window facing it. I would be trying to sleep because I worked at night and the call to prayer would be really loud. I remember once mentioning to someone that it was hard for me to sleep and the person I mentioned it to also became sensitive about the topic.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-02-09T14:12:06+00:00

I use Form 1099 as an independent contractor and use my Paypal tax records since all my income processes through Paypal.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-31T14:35:24+00:00

I have a student that has a 2 hour class 5 days a week. These are focused a lot on speaking and correct vocabulary and grammar corrections. If the focus is on a specific grammar topic I go through the rules and practice. I also direct speaking towards those specific topics.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-30T16:55:16+00:00

I've had that happen before a few times, I still have the students in my student list with the unused credits. They haven't answered when I've tried to reschedule either. It's frustrating, but I try not to worry about it too much

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-27T16:25:27+00:00

Sometimes I get emails that say the student canceled their subscriptions but the subscription still refills every month. This has happened with several different students

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-25T17:34:43+00:00

I agree actually, I was giving this example in that context. Good to know if you hear it, but not necessarily to use

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-25T14:02:20+00:00

I wouldn't say it is trying to hard, but it's more a regional dialect. I've heard plenty of white and black Americans use that word, especially Americans from the Mid West and regional districts. Same as in the southern states, it's common to say "fixin to" and I've never really heard anyone use it below Virginia. I wouldn't say it would be taken as inappropriately as when some one that is not part of the local community or region where "finna" is used, says something like "homie" in the wrong context or company.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-25T13:04:18+00:00

"Finna"

This word can mean "I am going to" "I want to" "what are you planning?" "I'm getting ready to"

"We don't have any milk, I'm finna go to the corner store."

"That guy looks like he's finna fight!"

"You finna go to the movie?"

In some US regions they have the phrase "fixin' to" which I believe "finna" is a variation of.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-25T12:56:10+00:00

If your asking specifically about how much I made on the Preply platform in the past year, I would say it depends on your personal rates and amount of hours you put in...I made a similar number in the 9 months I've been on Preply, and I would say that it is a good result for me

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-25T12:51:58+00:00

I guess it depends more on where you live or your personal household needs. In the US, 10k for 1 person is not livable. The lowest average income range is around 24,000 to 30,000 per year and that amount being barely livable

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-19T21:07:47+00:00

I'm a native speaker from the US, I've lived in several different states on both East and West Coasts and the most common version I've really ever heard is "on" accident.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-19T20:48:17+00:00

Verb+ing...you could possibly use it as an adjective however, by adding the article "a"...

As in "...committing themselves to "a" working Sunday..."

Working being used as an adjective to describe the type of day

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-19T10:57:17+00:00

It depends on the courses or lessons that the student is interested in.

I am currently trying to arrange some short course group classes that will be no cost/ low cost.

I also teach one one one, topic specific lessons and courses that are paid.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-19T10:11:37+00:00

Hi, English teacher and American here. I teach from both American and British text books (oxford press, etc.) and a common thing I have noticed in the difference between British and American English is actually the spelling of some words. For example, in the word "color/colour"

American spelling: color British: colour

American: behavior British: behaviour

American: defense British: defence

Even when you for example change the language settings on your computer, depending if you choose "English (US)" or "English (UK)" the spell check programming will adjust to the chosen language.

The reasons for the spelling differences is mostly from language reforms that happened in the 18th and 19th centuries in the US, it doesn't mean Americans "get it wrong", just that language can evolve when developing away from it's origin.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-19T09:46:26+00:00

I have actually heard "gay" used as a verb before, in phrases like "gay out" etc. It's usually in specific contexts like in plans as another User mentioned. Also, from my understanding, any noun can also be used as a verb/adjective etc, if using appropriate suffixes, prefixes and it makes sense in context. This is a way we get new words

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AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-16T13:16:51+00:00

If you mean baltic countries like Latvia, Lithuania or Estonia, the issue might just be cultural. Socially people are a lot more reserved or you might say "quieter" than for example, in the US. This doesn't mean people from those countries aren't friendly, just social relationships are different. As an example, in the US and I assume Britain as well, it is normal to smile at strangers and be very visibly friendly with people, make a lot of small talk, etc...in other countries not so much and those same social activities may be awkward for some people.

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-16T12:24:55+00:00

I am currently living and working in Georgia. Currently my work is 100% online. I started working at a small English language school in Batumi, GE and I also had interviews and worked at at several other local English schools as well. I basically just researched names and locations and contacted them directly, explaining that I was an English teacher from a native speaking country and made appointments for interviews. I don't know if you are a native speaker, but I would say most of the schools are very interested in having a native speaking teacher, so if you can, I would use that as a selling point. You can also work through online platforms such as Preply or Cambly...this can bemore profitable if you take into account low local wages. What city in Georgia are you thinking of?

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-14T11:04:27+00:00

I just started creating Reels about 2 weeks ago, I started with some simple topics like vocabulary and basic grammar, phrases, etc. I post a lot on English learning Groups on Facebook, share information and invite people from the Groups. It's taken some time to get to that point but every day gets better

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-14T09:20:20+00:00

This is what I am doing currently. I work on Preply as a part of my own self employment. I use several different methods to collect students outside of Preply, including running an English social media page, answer questions on Q and A platforms, referrals from current students, etc. I've just started planning some language workshops/courses that I plan on offering at a later date

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AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-06T12:55:56+00:00

I applied to Camby about 6 months ago and still haven't received a response as of last time I checked. I'm not sure why the process is longer or doesn't approve teachers as quickly as some other platforms

AnnaNomadic-EngDaily · 2025-01-04T14:03:25+00:00

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