I train TEFL teachers at CELT in Athens Greece and online - our main courses are Cambridge CELTA and Delta. I interact with educators from all over the world through social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and through blogging
In the first blog post of this series on discipline, I looked at some of the causes of unruly behaviour in the classroom and got started on the path of what teachers can do proactively! I think that one of the best quotes I always remember, is one by my […]
Having discipline problems? Which of these learners are your learners? Made with wordle.net – the words in the word cloud have been taken from http://www.disciplinehelp.com/ But why do students behave […]
<![CDATA[ The discussion started on this blog with my “Dear Plagiarist” post, continued, rather heatedly, on Facebook, then was picked up by Sue Lyon Jones’ article on plagiarism on Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto’s Teaching Village blog where she explained some of the basics of the law related to this issue. Today, Sue picks […]
<![CDATA[Sue Lyon Jones, alias @esolcourses, who maintains a free website for learning English called ESOL Courses, Free Lessons Online, put up the following status update on Facebook which touches upon this important subject. Read the update and Lindsay Clanfield’s (@lclanfield) story which follows. Lindsay’s story is sweet vindication of what […]
<![CDATA[Did you miss us today (Wednesday)? We know some of you turned up for lunchtime chat. Sorry we’re all at IATEFL enjoying the conference and getting ready for our symposium toDAY!!!!!!. We’d love you to join us online. We’ll be holding an #eltchat from 15.50 to 18.20 GMT on the […]
<![CDATA[ Continuous professional development through social networking March 22nd from 15.50 – 18.20 in Gala 1 Room For some of us, it will be the first face-to-face meeting. Here is what I mean: I have worked as a co-moderator with Barbara Hoskins-Sakamoto for more than a year now and, although […]
The Cambridge DELTA has become a qualification which many seek to consolidate their career in English Language Teaching and to be promoted into positions of responsibility as senior teachers, heads of ELT departments, and much more. It is a course that really does produce reflective teacher practitioners who can also […]
The #ELT chat topic on Wednesday, 15th February was on Monitoring, Feedback and Debriefing: when and how to do it. These issues in teaching are of equal importance just as practising any other skill in class. As this could be a sensitive issue, the teacher has to be really careful […]
Concerned and worried about the huge drop in registrations in a failing/failed Greek economy, reducing the number of compulsory coursebooks, workbooks and the like, is beginning to be a consideration for some foreign language school owners locally. The parents of younger pupils can no longer afford the high cost of […]
Η ανησυχία για τίς εγγραφές που όλο και μειώνονται, για τους μαθητές που οι γονείς παύουν να στέλνουν στα συνοικιακά κέντρα ξένων γλωσσών – άλλοτε φροντιστήρια – αλλά και τα παράπονα για τα πολλά και ακριβά βιβλία που αδυνατούν πλέον να τα αγοράσουν οι γονείς, άρχισαν φαίνεται να βάζουν σε […]