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
Γιατί οι Έλληνες καθηγητές Αγγλικής γλώσσας χρησιμοποιούν Companion? Μήπως γιατί υπάρχει μεγάλη παράδοση των λυσαριών και έτοιμων σημειώσεων – τα θυμάμαι δα από το σχολείο. Αν και ποτέ δεν είχα κάποιο τέτοιο βιβλίο, θυμάμαι κάποιες συμμαθήτριές μου να τα χρησιμοποιούν κατά κόρον. Αργότερα, τα είδα να ανορθώνουν το κεφάλι τους […]
A coursebook evaluation checklist The best known textbook evaluation and selection book was written by Alan Cunnigsworth in 1995 – that’s several years ago but, still, within the communicative approach […]
<![CDATA[You all know the great board game of Trivial Pursuit . I just love this game and have had lots of fun playing with friends, although, it must be admitted that the cultural bias of many of the questions makes it a bit more difficult if you are playing in […]
<![CDATA[There is a specific activity I often use in creative thinking skills workshops which works wonderfully well. I learnt it from T.Richards, during a lecture in Athens some years ago (pls see note at end). It's called the “Yes, and…” activity In this activity, one person, or the teacher even, […]
<![CDATA[ Translation Portals Translatum (the Translation Vortal) – By far the richest Greek site dedicated to translation. Worth exploring the many threads to share and learn Translatio – A more recent addition, this Greek site covers different but equally interesting areas-the site also offers free space if you would […]
Ισως να προσέξατε την ανακοίνωση που έχω στην αριστερή στήλη σχετικά με τα δωρεάν μαθήματα που προσφέρει το CELT. Για όσους δεν είναι ενήμεροι, να το ξαναπώ: Προσφέρουμε δωρεάν μαθήματα για τις ανάγκες των προγραμμάτων επιμόρφωσης καθηγητών. Αυτό είναι πολύ σαφές και όλες οι πληροφορίες δίνονται με πολύ καθαρό τρόπο στην […]
Aς συνδεθούμε μέσω Twitter Το Τwitter είναι μια υπηρεσία micro-blogging. Χρησιμοποιώντα; μέχρι και 140 χαρακτήρες (μαζί με τα διαστήματα) γράφεις ένα μήνυμα. Tα παρακάτω μηνύματα είναι επιλεγμένα τυχαία. Το Twitter […]
<![CDATA[A great week for me (September 14-20) as this was the first time I was participating in an online course on the Moodle platform. The course was organised by SEETA (South Eastern Europe Teachers Associations) The topic was “Teaching without Technology” with Scott Thornbury as the tutor and, by the end of the […]
Here are a few of the comments from the Twitter conversation with Ken Wilson that led to this post. I have written about companions before but thought that this blog post might be useful to a lot of educators who have never seen them, never used them, as well as […]
Well, I guess many educators have read this post which was sent to me via e-mail. I cannot even remember who first sent it to me. The email contained the […]