I’ve often been asked what my process is for preparing a workshop, especially by those who are ‘new’ to developing and running workshops. Reflecting on my initial years as a teacher educator, I can understand why – it’s an intimidating process to go through. Firstly, when you start out, you really don’t have many ‘templates’Continue reading “The Teacher Trainer Diaries – Preparing a workshop”
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Review: English Language Teaching Now and How It Could Be – Geoff Jordan and Mike Long
Within ELT, there are two names that stand out as outliers in the fight against coursebooks – Geoff Jordan and Mike Long. Jordan is a well-known ELT personality whose blog aims to inform and critique simultaneously, and push and prod where our industry doesn’t like to be pushed or prodded. More than once I’ve foundContinue reading “Review: English Language Teaching Now and How It Could Be – Geoff Jordan and Mike Long”
Sponge Chats – Perspectives on Business Mindset with Rachael Roberts
This blog post is part of the Sponge Chats video series. In the world of ELT, few people are as familiar as Rachael Roberts. She’s been in our industry for a very long time, and has worked as a teacher, materials writer, manager, and is now a business and mindset coach for freelance ELT professionals. Rachael hasContinue reading “Sponge Chats – Perspectives on Business Mindset with Rachael Roberts”
Article Notes (Reading Room 2) – Inconvenient truths about teacher learning: towards professional development 3.0 – Fred Korthagen
‘Article Notes’ is a set of blog posts in which I write down my notes about articles that I read. These notes are not meant to be ‘academic’ or ‘formal’; rather, they are my ramblings and immediate thoughts in reaction to the content I read. I’ve written them up to help me remember the article,Continue reading “Article Notes (Reading Room 2) – Inconvenient truths about teacher learning: towards professional development 3.0 – Fred Korthagen”
Review: Language Teacher Supervision – Kathleen M. Bailey
You’ll have to forgive me – it’s been a minute since I’ve put out a review. I’ve been rather busy with the MAPDLE, the academy and some other things, and so the blog has been largely put on hold. BUT, I have found time to get this review out to you all (and I haveContinue reading “Review: Language Teacher Supervision – Kathleen M. Bailey”
Conference notes – IATEFL 2023 Harrogate
A few weeks ago, I attended the IATEFL 2023 Harrogate conference as a winner of the Gillian Porter Ladousse Scholarship. It was my first time attending this monumental conference, and throughout the week I attended a ridiculous amount of sessions, networked and caught up with old friends. This conference was unlike any that I hadContinue reading “Conference notes – IATEFL 2023 Harrogate”
Sponge Chats – Perspectives on Educational Technology in ELT with Joe Dale
This blog post is part of the Sponge Chats video series. Recently, I had the pleasure to speak with edtech specialist, Joe Dale. Joe has been involved in language teaching for a VERY long time, and has focused on edtech for a large portion of that time, so I was really excited to sit down with himContinue reading “Sponge Chats – Perspectives on Educational Technology in ELT with Joe Dale”
The Three Series: Three books for the conference presenter
This is part of The Three Series. Conference presenting is something many of us take on at some stage within our career. Those of us that have a desire to move into academic management, teacher education, or simply raise our profile often start by presenting at conferences. And, of course, there are many teachers andContinue reading “The Three Series: Three books for the conference presenter”
Sponge Chats – Perspectives on TBLT with Daniel O. Jackson
This blog post is part of the Sponge Chats video series. For those avid Sponge ELT fans, you will all know that some time ago I reviewed Daniel O. Jackson’s brilliant Cambridge Element – Task Based Language Teaching. After this, I was lucky enough to get in touch with Daniel, and he agreed to come on forContinue reading “Sponge Chats – Perspectives on TBLT with Daniel O. Jackson”
Conference notes: TESOL Spain Madrid 2023
Last weekend, I had the pleasure to not only attend but also present at the TESOL Spain Madrid conference. It was a massive conference, with over 140 sessions spread out over three days, and by the end of it was physically and mentally drained – but it was entirely worth it. What follows here areContinue reading “Conference notes: TESOL Spain Madrid 2023”
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