Hooray 4 Ray

​This is a document of my experiences in teaching UK's biggest export - its language - to our French neighbours from 2006-2016. The title is a tribute to teacher and author Raymond Murphy whose world-famous teaching books, known for their versatility, practicality and all-round appeal, have kept the author in work for 17 years. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) or Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) is quite different from teaching English as a first language, such as is taught via English Language or English Literature to native-born students. The latter two teach composition, structure, analysis and the history of language. A TESOL teacher is a mere conduit between the subject and the objective which is usually to enable learners access the basic principles of speaking, listening, reading and to a lesser degree writing English in order to operate on a simple level with a language that is not their own. Hooray 4 Ray is a kind of guidebook as to how I personally made it work for me as a teacher and made a living out of it.