First Kindle Edition, 2015. — 54 p.How To Find the Time, Energy and Resources To Master Your Target Language! Tried and Tested Tips and Tactics!Joan Pattison is a qualified and experienced teacher of English for speakers of other languages. She divides her life between a little town in the north-east of England, a hamlet in Italy and a little town in Sicily where she teaches English and studies Italian.
Over the years, Joan has taught countless adult students at all levels and from many cultures and backgrounds. She has a great deal of experience in preparing students for language exams; for external exams such as for a medical or law degree; for job or university interviews and for business meetings and international negotiations.
However, her main focus is on helping her students to gain confidence in speaking, becoming fluent, using and enjoying their new communication skills in the classroom and in the real world. Work/life balance is important to Joan and her classes are relaxed and without stress, making the experience for participants a positive and enjoyable one.
An enthusiastic student of the Italian language, she knows very well from experience the frustrations and difficulties of learning to speak in a different tongue. She embraces the idea that she will never stop learning this beautiful language and discovering the culture, it’s a friend for life!
When not in the classroom, you can find Joan browsing the food markets, experimenting in the kitchen or doing a spot of yoga on the balcony, to the alarm of the house cat, Merlino. She enjoys walking in all weathers, learning new things and is a dedicated chocoholic.Table of contents
About the author
A problem shared is a problem halved
Remind me – why am i doing this?
Bullseye! What’s your goal?
Are you entwined in the daily grind?
Stop! Time thief!
There’s no time like the present
How to keep your pecker up
Getting to first base - essential tools
I need my space
Think foreign
Stick ‘em up!
Retail therapy
Curl up with a good read
Listen up!
Watching the box
Film buff
The writing’s on the wall
Www warning! Limited surfing allowed!
A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away!
Wish you were here?
What big teeth you’ve got, grammar….!
How to have a memory like an elephant
Speak up!
Testing! Testing!
Line your pockets
Get organised – have a simple plan
Bringing it all together
