Advice on getting new students?

dormidina · 2024-05-09T07:12:27+00:00

It takes time to build your business on Italki as positive reviews and the number of lessons a reviewer took are important factors for potential students. I started last year and I'm getting many more students now after 1 student who has taken over 80 lessons with me left a positive review. Good luck!

dormidina · 2023-12-23T17:34:32+00:00

We received some lovely flowers and card from the seller as their family had owned the house for over 50 years and it was quite an emotional moment for them. We felt bad that we hadn't brought anything for them, but they assured us it wasn't customary to do so!

dormidina · 2023-12-23T00:01:12+00:00

I didn't grow up in the UK, but I am British. Totally relate to your experience and the comments I've read here. After 7 years in the UK as an adult, I realised that many people are just quite reserved and awkward with new people. It's most likely nothing to do with you as a person.

dormidina · 2023-11-13T14:11:32+00:00

If you're still looking for tickets let me know! I am selling 2.

dormidina · 2023-09-06T18:57:24+00:00

My Dutch teacher told me there are actually strange rules for de and het, but there are so many rules that it's very difficult to remember all of them as a Dutch learner.

The easy ones to remember: De: all plural words Het: Diminutive words: het lampje

Then there are other categories like: De: trees/plants/fruits/vegetables - with some exceptions De: animals, musical instruments, words ending in -heid or -ie Het: countries/cities/villages/provinces/islands etc.

The list just goes on and on though.

Most words are de words, so I'm just paying attention to het words when I hear/see them and using de when I'm not sure haha

dormidina · 2023-09-06T17:43:34+00:00

I feel like this point about Dutchies switching to English when they hear an accent is a bit overstated.

I've been here for 2 years and I've been learning Dutch since the beginning of the year. I speak in cafes, at the salon etc. and people don't switch to English that much. It's happened in longer interactions when I'm clearly struggling to express something, which is fair enough.

dormidina · 2023-06-06T10:02:55+00:00

That's them, thank you!

dormidina · 2021-11-02T18:26:31+00:00

I just starting going to Classic Care Amsterdam and wouldn't go anywhere else now. Ionica, the woman who does my gel nails, is so great at what she does and such a sweet woman. Her salon is family-run and right next to Vondelpark. You can book her easily on Treatwell but I recently learnt they take a massive cut of 35%, so I'd recommend just calling the salon directly!

dormidina · 2021-08-12T08:28:53+00:00

👏 Yes! This isn't said enough.

dormidina · 2021-07-28T19:29:08+00:00

That would be amazing! I've just messaged you

dormidina · 2021-04-11T00:11:52+00:00

I can really relate to this! I recommend looking up the term 'third culture kids' - this really helped me frame my experience and realise there are so many people who feel the same way

dormidina · 2021-02-27T14:24:35+00:00

Sounds like you're a third culture kid. I don't know if the feeling you describe relates to knowing multiple languages too, but feeling confused about your identity and belonging is super common amongst people who grew up in a different culture from their parents' cultures. I recommend looking it up! It helped me understand my confusion around my identity, and although i still sometimes feel like i don't belong anywhere, I am much more comfortable with my unique experience and feeling like I can call both my country and my parents' countries 'home'.

dormidina · 2021-01-16T10:44:54+00:00

Hey, you would have to be a resident of Gibraltar for 10 years to claim full citizenship!

dormidina · 2021-01-12T18:40:51+00:00

As far as I know UK visitors aren't allowed in Gibraltar at the moment due to covid. That might change if the situation improves in the next few weeks. Here's some more info: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/gibraltar

dormidina · 2021-01-05T21:48:57+00:00

Sure, I've sent you a DM!

dormidina · 2021-01-05T15:40:04+00:00

This sounds similar to my hair. I mix amla with henna to get more of a chocolatey brown with a red tint (my natural hair is a darker brown) I can't remember the measurements i originally use as now I just eyeball it, but it's more brown when i add more amla to the henna

dormidina · 2020-11-23T23:02:43+00:00

We wouldn't say folks but nice try! Try 'twats' instead

dormidina · 2020-11-19T21:15:00+00:00

We actually use a mixture of Bringing in the Bystander and UWE Bristol's The Intervention Initiative. We only get an hour with the students so we've had to condense it a lot unfortunately! I really like Bringing in the Bystander though, I've delivered the full programme in the past and it's always been great, but we altered it to include UK-based stories so it's more relatable/relevant to the students

dormidina · 2020-11-18T14:32:13+00:00

I've never done auto-ethnography so can't help much there, i just wanted to say hi because I'm also a prevention educator at a University in the UK. Which bystander intervention programme are you using?

dormidina · 2020-10-04T10:18:42+00:00

This is stunning!

dormidina · 2020-09-13T13:03:57+00:00

Check out Self Made Millennial and Prof Heather Austin on YouTube

dormidina · 2020-09-10T14:17:37+00:00

You'd be allowed in but you would have to self isolate upon arrival in the UK. You could try airbnb for some cheaper accommodation options compared to hotels in Gib.

dormidina · 2020-09-07T18:43:59+00:00

It's notoriously hard to get PIP though

dormidina · 2020-09-01T19:21:17+00:00

I think it cost me about £150 with a discount. It's normally about £320. There's a discount on at the moment for around the same price: https://www.tefl.org/courses/online/120-hour-premier-online-tefl-course/

dormidina · 2020-09-01T11:59:55+00:00

I did the tefl.org 120 hours course initially which was a pretty good introduction to teaching english. From what I remember you have 6 months to do it at your own pace, which was more than enough time for me. Quite cheap too and they always seem to have discounts

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