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Prague.

2006.

I was standing at the front of the classroom.

Behind me was a white board full of confusing grammar rules. 

The student who just spoke was a successful lawyer. 

Smart.

Hard-working.

Ambitious.

But he still didn’t understand the third conditional. 

I looked at the faces of the other students.

I saw confusion…

Boredom…

Tired eyes…

What was I doing wrong?

I was a certified teacher.

I was teaching exactly how they told me to teach. 

But my students still had problems.

Problems speaking quickly… 

Problems remembering new words… 

Problems not being afraid… 

I used to love teaching.

But now I was thinking of quitting…

That's me way back in 2004! It was my first month as a teacher and

I was having fun with a practice lesson.

How a Lucky Meeting Opened My Eyes 

In four days it would be my birthday, so I decided I needed to go someplace by myself and think.

I bought a ticket to Istanbul, Turkey.

While I was there I did something else unusual — I contact several English teachers I found online. 

Most were busy, but one met me for dinner. 

His name was Ian. And he was an American, like me.

My life-changing trip to Istanbul 

But unlike me, he said his students were getting great results.

In fact, he was charging over $2,000 for a six week program! 

At first, I didn’t believe him.

But when I got back to Prague I started to study someone named Stephen Krashen. 

I couldn’t believe it — a university professor was saying you didn’t need a teacher or a classroom to master English — and he had the proof!

Here was someone who had a Ph.D in grammar saying you shouldn’t study
grammar. 

In fact, some research shows that schools and rules actually make your English WORSE!

Well, when I told the other teachers at the school about what I had discovered, they weren’t interested. 

I was shocked, but I guess I shouldn’t have been. 

Honestly, most people are afraid of change and afraid of new ideas. 

But not me — I was excited!

I immediately quit teaching for the language schools. 

I quit teaching the old methods.

I learned all I could about the modern methods.

I focused on vocabulary.

I developed my own unique system.

I made it practical busy adults. 

I taught it to my private students in Prague. 

And now all this is available online, right here.

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Cheers,

-Vocab Vig

 

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