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Teaching English
A Career in Teaching English has always intrigued me. Internet is brimming with pages on How to get into Teaching English, while I want to first understand What is a Career in Teaching English. It had been a while since I was researching about a Career in Teaching English, when I came across: https://www.lifepage.in/careers/teaching-english-5
Parul Ahuja’s point of view!
Parul Ahuja has 14 years & 2 months of professional experience in Teaching English. Parul Ahuja has worked in Teaching English as Primary Teacher in St. Giri Public School. In Parul Ahuja’s own words, this is how Parul Ahuja got into Teaching English: “After doing my schooling from Mount Mary Convent High School Mumbai, I did my B Com from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Thereafter, I worked as a front office manager in hotels named Le Meridien & The Surya and then as an administration manager for Belgundi Group of Companies, Delhi. Later, I did my B Ed from Dehradun University and in 2004, I started working for St. Giri Public School as a Primary Teacher.”
Career Video on Teaching English
In a video, Parul Ahuja has talked about various aspects of a Career in Teaching English. Parul Ahuja started by explaining Teaching English as: “Teaching English Language is based on the idea that the goal of language acquisition is communicative competence. It adopts concepts, techniques, and methods in classroom for recognizing and managing the communicative needs of the language learners.” It was an amazing video with great information.
It was a welcome change to see the video touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Teaching English, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Teaching English. Parul Ahuja touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:
- Literature Knowledge
- Phonetics
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
Skills are the most important factor determining success in a particular Career.
Parul Ahuja then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Teaching English:
- Adaptability
- Problem Solving
- Patience
- Reading, Writing & Listening
There are great positives of this Career.
Parul Ahuja believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Teaching English:
- Work Life Balance
- Satisfaction
- Respect
Challenges are the other side of Positives and this Career is no exception.
And, Parul Ahuja believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Teaching English:
- Parents Expectation
- Child Psychology
In the final section of the video Parul Ahuja talks about How a day goes in a Career in Teaching English. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Teaching English, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20180522-0001
