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EPISODE · Mar 27, 2026 · 37 MIN

TEFL Lessons, Breaks and Hand Gestures

from How to English TEFL Podcast · host Gav and Em

Welcome back to How to English with Gav & Em! In this episode, they branch out into the rhythms of teaching life. From how long a lesson should be, to what really happens between classes, why students sometimes stare blankly at their stories, and how our increasingly dramatic hand gestures somehow hold it all together. Grab a cuppa, settle in, and if you’d like to support the show, you can always show your thanks at ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpodTimestamps00:00 – Welcome to the 3rd, no 4th episode 00:52 – Who listens to this podcast? 01:43 – Ideal weekly teaching load 04:47 – What's a teaching hour? 05:02 – Small talk: essential or excessive? 09:01 – What teachers do between lessons 13:33 – Admin, notes & digital vs analog 16:24 – Giving grammar real context 22:54 – Why students don’t react to your stories 29:26 – The art of TEFL hand gestures & goodbye

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Welcome back to How to English with Gav & Em! In this episode, they branch out into the rhythms of teaching life. From how long a lesson should be, to what really happens between classes, why students sometimes stare blankly at their stories, and how our increasingly dramatic hand gestures somehow hold it all together. Grab a cuppa, settle in, and if you’d like to support the show, you can always show your thanks at ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpodTimestamps00:00 – Welcome to the 3rd, no 4th episode 00:52 – Who listens to this podcast? 01:43 – Ideal weekly teaching load 04:47 – What's a teaching hour? 05:02 – Small talk: essential or excessive? 09:01 – What teachers do between lessons 13:33 – Admin, notes & digital vs analog 16:24 – Giving grammar real context 22:54 – Why students don’t react to your stories 29:26 – The art of TEFL hand gestures & goodbye

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Welcome back to How to English with Gav & Em! In this episode, they branch out into the rhythms of teaching life. From how long a lesson should be, to what really happens between classes, why students sometimes stare blankly at their stories, and...

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