102 - PART 2 Lingo Junkie - Eugeniu from Moldova
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How Did You Decide to Change Your Career?
At a certain point, you decided to become an english teacher. So what made you decide to change your career? Yes, so, i have thi thing that i like to tell people, im i don't note one to ceme up with it, but a, people are like onions. You want toteach others and help them. That was kind of a, the idea. It was like, very am altruistic in a way. You know, i want to ju do good in the world. And this was all like, i think, two thousand 19, two thousand 20, is when those ideas were really brewing in my head.
This is PART 2 of the interview with Eugeniu aka Lingo Junkie from Moldova.
Vocabulary list further below!
Time Stamps:
04:28 Working as a business analyst in the US
05:48 Becoming an English teacher
08:05 What is the CELTA certificate?
11:09 Taking the CELTA online: his experience
29:03 Some last important words about the CELTA
32:17 YouTube channel Lingo Junkie
38:57 Happy Friday (song)
42:06 Other projects of Eugeniu
45:44 Favourite English expressions (you're off the hook)
52:09 To take sth. with a pinch of salt / with a grain of salt
47:58 Expression And All That Jazz
54:30 Outro / Happy Friday song by Lingo Junkie
Links
https://youtu.be/2AUXf8Alb6M (Oatmeal)
Lingo Junkie Diaries (my vlog) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQlaKuPsI6rteFggX4Y1SGiQa7Ll8_tOb
https://soundcloud.com/eugeniuprodan/popular-tracks
Happy Friday Song:
Vocabulary:
Exchange program: an arrangement in which people from different countries visit each other's country, perhaps to strengthen links between them or to improve foreign language skills.
An acceleration: increase in speed or rate. So that your language skills will improve faster.
TEFL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language
SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test, later: Scholastic Assessment Test
The ACT: originally an abbreviation of American College Testing, is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States.
TOEFL: Test Of English as a Foreign Language
Jargon: special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
"legal jargon"At a certain point: some day, at some point.
Altruistic (/altruːˈɪstɪk/): showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.
CELTA: Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
A fee: a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services.
To refund: to pay back (money)
In air quotes: also called finger quotes (see also "scare quotes"), are virtual quotation marks formed in the air with one's fingers when speaking. (more information on Wikipedia)
In that sense: In this sentence "in that sense" means "because of what I just said, it's true that..."
Down the road: in the future (informal, used especially used in North America)
Hands-on: practical
To touch on something: deal briefly with a subject in written or spoken discussion.
Technologically savvy people: f you describe someone as having savvy, you think that they have a good understanding and practical knowledge of something. [informal] (see. Collinsdictionary)
Supervised: watched over by someone.
Deliverables: a product of a development process. The product that you produces you need to deliver to the school.
Graded: give a mark to (a student or a piece of work).
Just kind of a side note here: a marginal note in a text. (Eugeniu wanted to add sth. that might not be as important as the other things mentioned before)
An assessor: a person who evaluates the quality of a person or thing
An accreditation body: An accreditation body is an organisation delegated to make decisions, on behalf of the higher education sector, about the status, legitimacy or appropriateness of an institution, or programme
This is a legitimate certificate: conforming to the law or to rules.
Dunno: = I don't know (slang)
Associated with: (of a person or thing) connected with something else.
Messed up: to make a mistake / to do something incorrectly
An ESL teacher: English as a Second Language teacher. Teachers specialize in helping non-native speakers of all ages and levels learn the formal grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of spoken and written English.
On point: relevant and appropriate to what is happening or being discussed.
Busy work: work that keeps a person busy but has little value in itself. (negative connotation)
Submit a lot of, forms: To send in a lot of documents.
Community feeling: better: Sense of community: a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members' needs will be met through their commitment to be together."
Liaising: act as a link to assist communication between (people or groups).
The better way to put it: What a nice way to put it!: That's a very pleasant way of saying it!
A transition: the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another
A backstory: a history or background created for a fictional character in a film or television programme (here: the history of the story: detailed information)
Affordable: inexpensive; reasonably priced
A hobbyist: a person who pursues a particular hobby
You're off the hook: no longer in difficulty or trouble
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