For the fans of Sponge Chats, you will recognise the two names in the title of this post. I’ve had both Matt and Peter on to talk about their experiences in teacher education, and in both of those Sponge Chats, we spoke about their book From Teacher to Trainer – and I’ve finally found theContinue reading “Review: From Teacher to Trainer – Matthew Ellman and Peter Lucantoni”
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Review: Models and Metaphors in Language Teacher Training – Tessa Woodward
Few names have such a strong connection to language teacher education as Tessa Woodward, and it’s a bit a strange that I’ve yet to review any of her books, having read many of them throughout my career. Here I am, though, after many years of dipping in and out of Woodward’s Model and Metaphors inContinue reading “Review: Models and Metaphors in Language Teacher Training – Tessa Woodward”
Sponge Chats – Perspectives on TBLT teacher education with Lara Bryfonski
This blog post is part of the Sponge Chats video series. Ok, so this Sponge Chat is for all my TBLT people. Some time ago, I came across Lara Bryfonski’s brilliant article From task-based training to task-based instruction: Novice language teachers’ experiences and perspectives, and as I was reading I kept having those ‘yep’ moments. It wasContinue reading “Sponge Chats – Perspectives on TBLT teacher education with Lara Bryfonski”
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: Beyond Training – Jack C. Richards
I first picked up Richards’ Beyond Training about two or three years ago. I remember reading it and thinking it was an interesting read, but now, a few years, on I decided to pick it up again and see if there was anything ‘new’ that I could gain. Well, I can say that, one, IContinue reading “Review: Beyond Training – Jack C. Richards”
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