Welcome back to How to English with Gav & Em! In this episode, they branch out into the rhythms of teaching life. From how long a lesson should be, to what really happens between classes, why students sometimes stare blankly at their stories, and how our increasingly dramatic hand gestures somehow hold it all together. Grab a cuppa, settle in, and if you’d like to support the show, you can always show your thanks at ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpod

Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome to the 3rd, no 4th episode

00:52 – Who listens to this podcast?

01:43 – Ideal weekly teaching load

04:47 – What's a teaching hour?

05:02 – Small talk: essential or excessive?

09:01 – What teachers do between lessons

13:33 – Admin, notes & digital vs analog

16:24 – Giving grammar real context

22:54 – Why students don’t react to your stories

29:26 – The art of TEFL hand gestures & goodbye