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@Meluzinecka I studied English and History for lower secondary schools. Basically I could cover ages from 10-15 and levels A1 up to B2. Where do you teach? Is English the only subject you teach?
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@RoseK I am actually self-employed, I teach at home 
I prefer teaching adults (better motivation, skills, more „adult“ topics to discuss; my youngest student is 15 years old, next one 18 and then 25 and more) and I teach only one to one lessons at this point. I studied only English, both bachelor's and master's, but with my education I should be allowed to cover both primary and secondary level. English is the only thing I teach, however, now I am learning Spanish to add to my portfolio and teaching 
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@RoseK So, did you study English on Faculty of Arts or Faculty of Education? I've heard that studies on Faculty of Education are more useful for practice…am I right?
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May I have a question? I am confused by words dress and suit. In which situation can I use these? And is there any difference between men's and women's clothes (I mean e. g. wedding „dress“ for woman and wedding „suit“ for man…?)
@zzuza Faculty of Arts is the same as Philosophical Faculty? Thanks…
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@Meluzinecka yeah, I love teaching adults too, their motivation is incredible. I got only one adult student to teach and it's really refreshing to see someone who is enthusiastic and willing to learn.
@zzuza I studied Faculty of Education and there is a lot of great teachers (mostly native speakers) and they emphasize practising language and all things connected with it (reading, speaking, writing, listening etc.) On the other hand, studying language at the Faculty of arts is more about language itself, I mean linguistics, stylistics and so on. We have studied those too, but not as deeply as students of the Faculty of Arts. We mostly learned how to teach language and we didn't come across those linguistics issues so often.
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@Meluzinecka So, are you teaching English on the grounds of your trade license? I would like to ask (you needn't answer if you don't want) if it is possible to earn enough money for living just by teaching English at home? Cos you must pay taxes and other fees (social, healt insurance…)…is it worth it?
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@žížal dress - saty, suit - oblek. I would say that use of these words is quite similar to Czech.
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@žížal depends on etymological origin of words, there are a lot of changes due to e. g. broadening, narrowing of meaning and so on. Originally, dress used to refer any type of garment, now through the process of narrowing refers mostly to women's one piece of clothes, same with suit as in the clothes men wear for formal occasions. Nonetheless, some expressions do not follow these rules, e. g. swim suit, track suit or frozen expressions such as dress up for the occasion, dressed for success and so on Personally, on a basic level, I explain this to my students as clothes being the umbrella term for all pieces of attire, dress as a female piece of clothes and suit as a male piece, however, on certain occasions, worn by women as well… 
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@RoseK That's a shame because from what I have observed, if you really understand linguistics (especially syntax, morphology and fonetics), the whole English seems to be completely understandable
@zzuza Yes, it can be, but it depends on the level of skills of the teacher. I do not want to sound as somebody who boasts, it is just a simple statement. I develop myself constantly, keep in touch with English, learn new vocabulary, get a language certificate every other year, I regularly visit seminars and sessions for teachers, make my own materials and aids for teaching and I dare to say that I offer a level of service that only few people in my town possibly offer. At this point I do not have any advertisement besides a board on a fence, stating that this is the place where I offer my services, but that is it. In my teaching I include the aforementioned syntax, interesting points, we talk about current event in politics, economy, etc. and the people keep coming and recommending me, thus I presume I must be doing it right
Only downside is of course the lack of possibility of sick leave and other possible benefits, but I think that the level of freedom can easily balance it
At this point I have 33 students so no problem. Of course it depends on time of year, summer holidays are worse, same with Christmas and sometimes my students are just ill…like right now
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@Meluzinecka Thanks for exhausting information, you must be a very good teacher. So, good luck in your bussiness
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@RoseK píše:
@žížal dress - saty, suit - oblek. I would say that use of these words is quite similar to Czech.
Thanks, I know that it is some basic division, but I also read some exceptions, oh boy…
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@Meluzinecka I am wondering if you (as an English teacher) don't have any recommendation or advice how to improve active vocabulary. When I am reading (articles, books etc.), I usually understand very well, but when I must speak (or write) I tend to use simple words becouse I cannot remember more difficult ones. I know it is a issue of practice but which way is the best? Watching movies, reading of English books and writing down unknown words,…? Thank you.
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