How can teacher educators help non-NETs develop their identities as language Ts?
Ans: Reflective practice & empowering strategies should be included in teacher training programmes to support & promote identity development.
Find out more in this week’s infographic summary!
A week ago, on Friday Jan 20th, Emma at @dublintefl emailed me to let me know that I have passed the @TrinityC_L#DipTESOL exam, which I took on Fri Nov 25th (9 weeks ago) at @LanguageT Nottingham exam centre with Angela & Marius. 🙏🏼 Thanks so much for your support!
Typically on the money post on edtech and sustainability from Phillip Kerr.
"think of the countless tonnes of [edtech hardware which has] ended up in landfill, mostly in countries that never used these products...."
After reading @vanderviana's book Teaching English with Corpora, I made a list of online corpus tools that either (a) I didn’t know, or (b) I wasn’t really familiar with before reading the book. I made this thread to spread the word about some of them to other language teachers.
First blogpost of the year! New Year’s resolutions lesson idea + downloadable worksheet. Ideally for: B2 conversation classes.Includes a commentary and links to posts written by Fatime Losonci, @michaelegriffin and @anthony_schoch which I found useful. https://t.co/uaLJ4dI7UQ
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VII Jornades Multilingües (Multilingual Teachers' Day) Plenaries & workshops in Catalan, English, French, German, Italian & Spanish. Register here: https://t.co/00YcemAuQQ
Joining the @elt blogging world with a post about using @OpenAI to create language teaching materials. My 2022 take, inspired by a 2012 @thornburyscott blog post.
https://t.co/XUk59pFwdr
If you were recommending a #grammar reference book to new teachers, which would you choose and why? Reviewing a grammar guide for ELTs atm - wondering what your favourites or go-tos were.
#ELT#TEFL#TESOL#ESOL#EAL#ESL#teachingenglish
Join me online for the closing event of Sharing Materials’ "Born to Inspire!": Teaching English intonation: priorities & approaches, Nov 19th 5pm GMT. Tickets:
https://t.co/pbCVUTX9au
Good to see this receiving attention in the mainstream media. Mainly focussed on England but equally applicable on a broader national and global scale. #phonology#accents#pronunciation#esl#tefl#DipTESOL
Here´s another great post from the Arda in ZPD blog looking at how he designed a lesson based on intrusive sounds. Useful ideas for #Delta, #DipTESOL or just #phonology teaching in general. 👍https://t.co/8YQNksrmpu
New course dates added due to popular demand!
We're pleased to announce that applications are open for our next Trinity Dip TESOL course.
Come and study with us at DublinTEFL, no matter where in the world you are right now.
#elt#DipTESOL#Delta#ESL#teachingenglish
If you're interested in TBLT, there are some interesting webinars coming up in the next couple of months with @andrearevesz@masatoshi_sato and Jonathan Newton https://t.co/CW5Bh68AG5
Still time (just!) to get your application in.
If you're feeling like this academic year is the year you change things up and really develop both your teaching and your career, our #DipTESOL could be just the thing for you. https://t.co/UemgkTofZq
#ESL#ELT#TEFL#Delta