On Training up to Become a Cambridge CELTA tutor
Many of my Delta Diploma graduates and even CELTA graduates, often ask me if we would train them up so they can become CELTA tutors. This is a post to help them […]
CELTA Fully Online
The COVID-19 pandemic has, in just a few short weeks, managed to change the face of education and to bring remote teaching into the picture. Where teachers used to believe […]
Teaching styles and lesson outcomes
<![CDATA[ This is the first of a series of guest blog posts from members of my online ‘family’, my PLN. I am thrilled and honoured to have Marjorie Rosenberg write […]
The Giant Storymaker – Ideas for a Hundred Million Stories
<![CDATA[Storytelling is one of the most important acts of communication. Every day, in our contacts with friends, relatives, colleagues and acquaintances we share stories, anecdotes – things that happened to […]
Are you ready to go beyond your comfort zone?
<![CDATA[ Once an English teacher has put a few years of experience under their belt, they often come to a point in their teaching career where they are beginning to feel the need for further professional development. This is a stage akin to the intermediate learning plateau that learners of […]
Making Big Books with Children
I have been writing about Making Big Books for a very long time – since a first short article for a local teachers’ association newsheet in the late 90’s. Later, a slightly different version, addressed to ELL teachers and pre-school and primary school teachers in the US, appeared as a […]
Working with Coursebooks: Gathering Intelligence, Making a Choice
These are the handouts from a talk I presented to the members of TESOL Greece in 2007. I have copied-pasted them directly from Word so the layout may not be fantastic […]