Jo Gakonga

English language teacher and teacher educator. Founded - online support for trainee English teachers. Teaching Fellow at Warwick Uni

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Whether you're a trainee, novice teacher or don't know much about TBL, then this will give you an accessible overview. If you're a teacher educator and DO know about TBL, you might still find the way she equates Cert courses like CELTA with a TBLT framework. See what you think :)

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If you've got a bit of time on your hands and you’re interested in Task Based Learning, I've got an interesting presentation for you from the Queen of TBL- Jane Willis. (1/2)

https://t.co/IwyerJByyk

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what a Director of Studies might be looking for when they interview candidates for a teaching job. If you're thinking about applying for a job anytime soon, this should be useful! (3/3)

https://t.co/CeNq3VcvtG

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Gabriel Leslie, a Director of Studies in a private language school in the UK got in touch with me recently after a spate of interviews with potential teaching staff, who had done 'TEFL' certificates, rather than a course such as CELTA or Trinity Cert TESOL, that- (1/3)

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-have 6 hours of observed and assessed teaching practice.

I thought that his POV was probably a useful one for some of you in the early stages of your career, so we recorded an interview where we talk about- (2/3)

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This blog post has some thoughts on the vagaries of article use with bodies of water and a lovely activity to practice articles (who doesn't have problems with them?!) in the context of geographical features. No prep, high output- see how it goes and let me know!

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I get a lot of feedback from teachers that they LOVE ideas for activities, so here's one for you.
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They've been a fantastic group and you'll definitely be hearing more about their video making and what they plan to do with it over the next weeks.

The next cohort is in October – could this be YOUR time? DM me if you’d like a chat about how this could help your career.

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There's a little bit of sadness in the air today because the current cohort of Video Creation for Educators has finished (although they will still be in my alumni group, so it's not goodbye).

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It's called TEFL Lessons and it's a subscription site, but it does have 100+ FREE materials and I notice that they've got a Summer Sale on at the moment, so if you like the free stuff, now's a good time to sign up for more – check it out: https://t.co/GlWVgHoFj0 (2/2)

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This week- my internet trawling threw this up and I think it's great. (1/2)

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Fiddling around with this new technology, I came up with a bit of an interesting insight, that I think is hugely useful for teaching. Have a look an let me know what you think.

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I'm quite pleased with myself about my new video this week, so don't miss it! It's all about bad days- and it's got not one but TWO useful classroom ideas that I've put together with a bit of help from Chat GPT.
https://t.co/ABROhAgXqz

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My first offering for you today is one on listening. It's an easy activity with little preparation required but with great value in helping learners understand better- especially if you do it on a regular basis.

https://t.co/JqHOJvtGcX
#ESL #ELT #TESOL #EnglishLearning

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What are three of the most common mistakes that learners make? Have a guess and then watch this video that gives you three ideas for correcting them.
Three error correction ideas for CELTA trainees and novice teachers: https://t.co/GuxLzbrlKv

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Check it out! https://t.co/B8abWTlP0u (2/2)

#Englishteaching #EnglishLearning #ESL #ELT #EFT #TESOL #TEFL

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If grammar is an area of your teaching that you feel a bit insecure about, I can help! My Grammar for Language Teachers course has helped thousands of trainees and teachers just like you get their head around the terminology that will help YOU to help your learners. (1/2)

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How much do YOU know about the passive voice? This video is based on an IATEFL talk that Jonathan Marks gave a few years ago and it might have a few things in it that you'd never considered about the passive before!
https://t.co/rQqFS4xiA6

#teachingtips #ELTtraining #ESL #EFL

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I’m an experienced CELTA tutor and thousands of CELTA trainees have taken the course and rave about it. Other CELTA tutors in centres all over the world recommend it, too. Check it out here: https://t.co/JJh4LrM8Rc

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If you’re thinking about teaching English, or you’re in the early part of your career, being able to ANALYSE the language you know well is often a headache and something new teachers feel insecure about. (1/3)

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How are you going to explain how things work to your learners? ‘It just sounds right’ doesn’t really cut it! If you’re in this position, check out my Grammar for Language Teachers course. (2/3)