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Why do some teachers thrive as entrepreneurs while others struggle? We dissect this question.

Many teachers want to earn more, teach online, and gain more clients - but struggle to implement a sustainable strategy. We go over seven "Cs" to help.

In this episode, we dive into the "seven Cs of success for teacher entrepreneurship" and discuss:

• confidence as a skill rather than a feeling
• getting granular on goals
• strategizing goal achievement at both the macro and the micro
• reflecting on why having a business is (or isn't) a priority
• how consistency compounds over time
• why getting more clients is nearly impossible if you have nothing to sell
• normalizing struggle and self doubt
• first steps to starting your business in 2025

Your Action Plan from this Episode:

1. 1. Pick one “C” to focus on this week.
   2. Journal daily to track your progress and reflect on your journey.
   3. Share your experience in our community to inspire and be inspired.

Thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com

Ways we can help you right now:

1. Book a free 1:1 chat with us to strategize your teaching business.

2. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days

3. Just starting your business? Get free guidance in our support group.

4. Download our free guides for teacherpreneurs.

Book a free 1:1 to strategize your teaching business goals.

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If you use vocabulary and grammar tests, you don't teach communicatively. Audrey Rousse-Malpat tells us why.

Audrey Rousse-Malpat is an assistant professor in second language acquisition at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She is also an entrepreneur and leads a teacher training company called Project Frans specializing in usage-based pedagogies for French as second language. She hosts the "Je suis #profdeFLE" ("I am a French language teacher") podcast.

Her research focuses on the AIM method: the Accelerative Integrated Method. In our conversation, she argues why it's a method education should adopt.

In our conversation, Audrey talks about:

• thinking like a scientist
• schools as factories
• AIM (Accelerative Integrated Method) and how it works
• feeling like the Marry Poppins of error correction
• structure-based teaching vs Dynamic usage
• why teachers need to relinquish control
• what went wrong with the communicative approach
• tips for implementing AIM
• multilingual approaches in higher education

For more from Audrey Rousse-Malpat:

1. Project Frans

2. Connect on LinkedIn

Thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com

Ways we can help you right now:

1. Book a free 1:1 chat to strategize your teaching business.

2. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days

3. Just starting your business? Get free guidance in our support group.

4. Download our free guides for teacherpreneurs.

Book a free 1:1 to strategize your teaching business goals.

Escaping precarity in ELT? Join our free support group here.

Education is designed around focusing on the learner first and the teacher as a medium to support the learner. Sarah Mercer tells us why this leads to unhealthy teachers.

Sarah Mercer is a Professor of foreign language teaching at the University of Graz, Austria. Her research interests include all aspects of the psychology surrounding the foreign language learning experience. She is co-editor of Multilingual Matters’ Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching book series, currently vice-president of IAPLL, and ambassador for IATEFL.

In this episode, Sarah expounds on:

• why connecting with learners is fundamental
• cell phone addiction and what we CAN'T do about it
• re-framing what "student-led" means
• defining "engagement" and pedagogical caring
• students faking engagement out of respect for their teacher
• burnout and stress are the result of the systemic element of teacher well-being

For more from Sarah Mercer:

1. Visit her website

2. Read her publications

3. Her handbook "Teacher Wellbeing"

Thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com

Ways we can help you right now:

1. Book a free 1:1 chat to strategize your teaching business.

2. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days

3. Just starting your business? Get free guidance in our support group.

4. Download our free guides for teacherpreneurs.