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You surely know him, either as a friend or an acquaintance, but mostly as a teacher, even maybe as YOUR teacher. But have you ever wondered about what is behind all the stories, anecdotes and the knowledge he passes on to you when he is in your class teaching you?
Well, this might bring some answers to your questions.
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Social media and internet presence
You can connect with Philippe almost everywhere if you have at least a mobile phone. It goes from phone apps to internet social platforms. Here are some of those that he frequently uses, some more than others.
Phone apps: Watsapp and skype
Emails: Facebook, gmail
You have no more excuse for not being able to reach him
But this is not all. He is also the creator, owner and manager of numerous websites that reflects differents facets of his personality, hobbies and work. You will know him as:
A peace maker
A photographer
A gamer
A career thriver
A website designer
A language teacher
Facebook geek for a better world
Not only does he have a profile on Facebook, but Philippe also shares his ideas and work through social and professional pages as on Facebook
Phyl-o-Sophy where he shares his and others’ thoughts of what he thinks are important in life.
Phyl’s Alumni where his students, ex-students, colleagues and ex-colleagues can follow his teaching career and events
Responsible Drivers where he aims to raise road safety awareness
Claim Your Rights In Peace where he exhorts you not to use violence when you participate in a demonstration.
Anti-Scam Group Page where he gives you tips on how to use the Internet safely and keep you safe while using the Internet.
Commercial pages like Fors-Linguae or Online English Courses. Cours de Francais en Ligne where he promotes his language teaching.
To name but a few.
There are also some thematic social groups where members can share ideas and information about each topics. Here are some interesting ones
Phyl’s teacher Parlour, a nice and cosy chatroom
I prepared and Pass TOEFL IBT for students to share their TOEFL test experience
Phyl’s Club in Barcelona that helps him keep in touch with his ex-students from his teaching time in Barcelona
Knight Quest LOA, a chatroom for members of League of Angels guild
For a No Visa required World where he tries to gather enough people so as to ease our world travel experience.
English Language Trip to London - 2017 for parents of students participating to the trip, so that they can share information with their parents about their trip while in London.
He is also a member of dozens other groups linked to his interests, career and hobbies.
One-of-a-kind career
You might not know it, but Europeans do not fit the stereotype of a 50 year career in the same company anymore. It might also surprise you, compared to what you have heard from your country people abroad, that finding and keeping a job is quite grueling. And Philippe’s career is one of many examples of that situation. Therefore, one has to be very flexible and adaptable and it is not uncommon to see this kind of resume.
Philippe has been employed by more than 30 employers having gone through more than 20 different professions, from farmer to director, passing by taxi driver, secretary, shop assistant, interpreter and manager not mentioning freelancer. Some of his jobs include:
Shop assistant and designer
Journalist
Photographer
Intranet administrator
Customer service manager
Manager assistant for a home decoration store
Police officer
Language teacher
Director of studies
Internationally known teacher
You probably know him more as a language teacher since Facebook, Skype and his freelance teaching abroad happened almost at the same time. But did you know that he is known internationally?
Philippe is the pioneer of Skype lessons. As soon as Skype came to life, Philippe jumped on the occasion and started to propose his teaching by Skype when the latter was still improving its platform! While Philippe already proposed his service by Skype, it is only in 2008, while being in Moscow that his online teaching started to soar. The cause is that few people knew Skype before that time or they were quite sceptic about the quality of teaching. But Philippe stood fast and he was right.
Now he teaches from wherever he is and whenever the students are and they can be from Colombia, New York, Tunis, Kiyv, Vladivostok , Tel-Aviv, or France. Nothing stops him!
To make sure that the students have the same classroom experience, not only does he allow group lessons, but he also created a website to which students have access, only for them, depending on their course, language and level! It is a multi platform website: Phyl Teacher’s classroom!
He also has his own commercial website: forslinguae.com (unavailable for the moment)
New project
You would think that, having passed the age of half a century, Philippe would stop there. That is not knowing his energy!
He has now embarked in the fastidious and titanic project of organising language trips in Europe for English or French learners.
Of course you think it is not new. But his concept of language learning abroad fills the needs of what is already on the market, combining holiday, culture, language learning, international exchange and other things in just one package!
His first and brand new project is a trip to London! You can find more about it on this website: Trip to London 2017 (yes, another one!)
Were you surprised? Do you have any comment? Do you want to add an important and relevant detail?
Why not contacting Philippe where he can be found?
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