LiveEnglish with Livemocha teacher and host Miranda chimes in on our Diary of a Language Teacher series.
If you are one of the over ten-thousand people who follow the LiveEnglish with Livemocha English language learning sessions on Facebook, you’ll recognize this gal: Miranda is your host and teacher every weekday at 18:00 GMT. When she heard about Livemocha’s Diary of a Language Learner / Language Teacher series, she was excited to share with her students and the Livemocha community what her experience is as a teacher. Here she introduces herself and tells her story of going from student to teacher.

Here’s Miranda in her own words.

Before I was a language teacher, I was a language learner.  I grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. …  read more

First up in our Diary of a Language Learner series – Siôn Owen. 

Hi Livemocha! My name’s Siôn and I’m from Chicago. For those of you wondering, that’s pronounced like “Shawn,” not like Scion the car brand. My name is actually of Welsh origin, and yes, I thank my parents daily for the inevitable explanation I must give every time I meet someone new. On the bright side, its uniqueness might make my Livemocha blog entries easier to find, if you’re ever bored enough to want to read one of them twice.

I’ve been living in Chicago for about 6 years now, working in marketing and product management for technology companies. Besides Chicago I’ve also had short stints in California and…  read more