In today’s episode of ELTtime, Rachel, Matt, Ella and Jaz all sat down together (whilst we were still in the office) for a TeaBreak! With Jaz as the moderator, Rachel, Matt and Ella look back at their teaching experiences and discuss how well teaching English prepared them for a career in ELT publishing.

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0:20 – Intro 0:48 – Teaching experience 1:10 – Rachel’s teaching experience – Greece 2:07 – Matt’s teaching experience – Japan 3:31 – Ella’s teaching experience – Spain 4:55 – Pressure to get through materials quickly 7:12 – Transitioning into publishing 7:23 – Rachel: started as a writer before moving into editing 8:39 – Matt: did a publishing masters, worked in other publishing fields 10:11 – Ella: did an English Literature masters, work experience 11:20 – Does teaching prepare you for working in ELT publishing? 13:22 – Skills needed for editing vs teaching 15:23 – Teaching grammar 16:32 – Content development and teaching 17:45 – Using Teacher’s Books as a tool 18:53 – Time management as a teacher vs editor 23:05 – What parts of teaching doesn’t prepare you for publishing? 27:25 – Thinking about the publishing process as teacher 29:05 – What do you miss about teaching? 32:22 – Favourite thing about ELT publishing 35:03 – Outro