The Native Speaker Legend
Much has been recently said and written about the divide between teachers of English (or of any other language) native vs non-native and, clearly, this is a discriminatory divide that […]
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 […]
Online Teacher Development Works Best – 15 Reasons Why
This post was originally written for Nik Peachey’s Learning Technology Blog and it has been reproduced here with his kind permission. I’ve started this article with quite a bold statement, […]
My Learning English journey
For the May #ELTchat challenge, I am handing over our blog to one of my Business English students, Adrian, who has managed to develop a host of helpful learning strategies to use outside the classroom, independently of his teacher. Adrian has travelled a long distance from studying in a fairly […]
A week away…A week together…
Our guest post this month was written by Dina Dobrou, a teacher who followed our CELTA course in July 2010 and who was one of our first trainees who took to Twitter like a duck to water! Dina’s post is an account of a week of free Professional Development which […]
The Power of Words
Every day we transmit and receive thousands of messages in many ways – language is just one of those ways. Words are the means we use in order to communicate with others and process incoming information. But how do words affect the quality of our communication, and more importantly, how […]