The Cambridge CELTA Pre-interview Task
One of the frequent questions asked by potential candidates directly to us or via social platforms and groups is how to do well on their pre-interview task and what it’s […]
Teaching Assessments Online during the CELTA
In this second blog post contributed by Sara Katsonis, a trainee on the same online/blended CELTA course which was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing restrictions, lockdown and inability to […]
Online TP’s – Online Teaching – My thoughts
The post below has not been edited in any way and is a letter sent to me by one of our recent CELTA trainees – her group started online but […]
Are you Ready to be an Online Teacher?
The future of teaching may well be online, despite the fact that face-to-face teaching has so many benefits. Advantages of online teaching Online teaching poses many challenges to the teacher […]
The elusive present perfect continuous in the passive
Image from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Jewels_of_the_United_KingdomIn all my years as a teacher, I have been reading about the elusive present perfect continuous in the passive as a classic example of that which […]
#ELTchat 9 years in
N.B. A shorter version of this post originally appeared in the Garnet Education Blog The story behind #ELTchat Back in 2010, a bunch of us TEFL people thought that we […]
What is your Distance Delta Course Like?
Most people think of a platform like Moodle or a course where you log in, read/study material left by your tutors and write your responses in a discussion forum but never get to talk to anyone. Most distance courses are. Such courses suit many teacher candidates very well. They […]
Θέλετε να εργασθείτε το καλοκαίρι στην Αγγλία;
Για όσους ενδιαφέρονται για μια εκπαιδευτική καριέρα εκτός των συνόρων μας. Τα τελευταία χρόνια, η επικοινωνία μας με τα κέντρα διδασκαλίας σε άλλες χώρες και ιδιαίτερα σε καλοκαιρινά προγράμματα, έχει […]
CPD in your pajamas
This is an article I wrote with Shaun Wilden in July 2017 and am including a short introduction just to put new friends in the picture of how these particular ideas came to be and how we navigate our careers and learning these days. I met Shaun in 2010, when […]
Visualising Process Writing
<![CDATA[Reposted from my CELT Athens blog My new infographic Some time ago, I started trying to learn to make infographics and had an idea for a poster showing a possible lesson following a process orientation to writing. The infographic took quite a bit of work to do. Process was less […]
