Meet Bill

Bill is the kind of teacher you'll find in all our Embassy schools. Here, he introduces himself.

Video transcript

Bill is a middle-aged man with grey hair.
My name's Bill, and I've been teaching English as a foreign language for over 25 years now. I also work on teacher training courses; mainly the CELTA which is.. initial training, and my particular interest, I think, is working with lower levels and working with intonation.

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Bill looks at adjectives for 'good' and 'bad'

• Bill concentrates on intonation.
• This is an elementary level lesson. The students have a low level of English, but Bill makes learning easy.
• Students work in pairs and as a whole class.

Bill is the kind of teacher you'll find in all our Embassy schools. He was a teacher at Embassy Hastings until 2008.

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Silvana teaches some informal phrases

• See one of our interactive whiteboards in action.
• Notice how students are encouraged to speak by the teacher.
• This is a Pre-Intermediate level fluency lesson.

Silvana was a teacher on the Cambridge Diploma for teachers at Embassy Hastings.

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Meet Ellie

Ellie is the kind of teacher you'll find in all our Embassy schools. Here, she introduces herself.

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Ellie is a blonde middle-aged woman. Hello, I'm Ellie, er, I've been teaching for about twenty-six years. I've taught in Scandinavia, central Europe, and, more recently, I've been teacher training in the Middle East. I've got some particular interests, er, one in teaching younger learners, teaching pronunciation, and, in general, teacher development.

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Meet Allan

Allan is the kind of teacher you'll find in all our Embassy schools. Here, he introduces himself.

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Allan is a middle-aged man with quite short brown hair and glasses. He has a deep voice.
My name's Allan. I'm a teacher and teacher-trainer. I've been working for about 30 years, coming up to my anniversary soon. I still enjoy teaching, very much. I've been mostly in Hastings in the south of England, but I've been to Vietnam, Egypt, Indonesia, Brazil, uh, very enjoyable teaching and training trips.

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Meet Tony

Tony is the kind of teacher you'll find in all our Embassy schools. Here, he introduces himself.

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Tony is a bald man wearing glasses.
Hi, my name's Tony. I've been teaching in Hastings for two years. Erm, I would like to teach abroad at some point, but not just yet. Erm, I absolutely love teaching, er I love meeting people from all over the world, erm, and it's just a lot of fun.

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These video clips are ^© Pearson Education. They are excerpts from a DVD which is a free insert in The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer, a textbook for those learning to be English teachers. Embassy is proud to have been chosen for this project, which uses our teachers and lessons to show examples of good practice.