Ask Task: A Tefl Teacher-A2

We asked Crissy about her job as a TEFL teacher. She gives her opinion about the importance of English. She talks about accents around the world  &  she explains Distance Learning.

Play the interview and try to listen for the following expressions:

• a million dollar question : a pertinent question
• lingua franca : language adopted by speakers who have different native languages
• what’s your take on…? : what’s your opinion…?
• up until : conjunction similar to until/pending
• frowned upon : disapproved
• very cool : good
• one-to-one tuition : individual lesson
• stuff like that : things of this kind
• at a time : simultaneously, at once

Listening Quiz:

1. Does she think English is the language for business alone?

2. Where was she born?

3. How many learners does she teach at a time?

View the transcript: The Tefl Teacher

Fluency Practice: summarize what you’ve heard to your teacher or classmates

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