06/06/2026
Nobody told me that the hardest part of working with kids in English wouldn’t be the language.
It would be learning to shut up.
When I first started, I thought my job was to teach. To explain, to correct, to lead. But the kids who came alive in conversation? They didn’t need me to talk more. They needed me to ask better questions — and then actually wait for the answer.
There’s a difference between “Did you have fun today?” and “What was the weirdest thing that happened today?” One gets you a nod. The other gets you a five-minute story about a frog they found near the lake.
At Angloville, you’re not standing at a whiteboard. You’re at a dinner table, on a hiking trail, playing games in the sun with a group of kids who are learning English by actually living it — with you. No textbook. No lesson plan. Just real conversation, in real moments, in some of the most beautiful places in Europe.
And the secret nobody tells you before you start?
The less you lead, the more they speak.
Ask open questions. Follow the thread. Say “really? why?” and mean it. Let the silence sit for a second longer than feels comfortable. That’s where the language lives.
You don’t need a teaching degree. You need curiosity, patience, and the ability to make a kid feel like what they’re saying genuinely matters.
If that sounds like you — the link in bio is your next step. 👆
EnglishCamp
