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Starting lessons in a new way

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Svetlana Urisman

the right beginning of the lesson always sets the right mood for the rest of it, doesn’t it? So recently I got a little tired of just informal chit-chat during the first minutes of my one-to-one lessons, and it got … Continue reading →

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making your students feel better at your lessons, and dream (a kind of NLP approach in practice)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Svetlana Urisman

as most of my students are Very Busy People (VBP) ;-), quite often I experience a feeling that some of them “are not quite there” – in this case meaning they can be physically in the classroom, and mentally in … Continue reading →

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