Meet David Pepper, Trinity Dip. TESOL graduate
David Pepper completed the Trinity Dip. TESOL in 2012. Here, he explains why he took the course and how he has developed as a teacher. Why did you take the Trinity Dip. TESOL course? I never planned to have a long term career in EFL. When I left industry; burnt out, disillusioned and […]
NEW EVENTS at Oxford TEFL Barcelona: Colingo!
As well as the One day TEFL Taster Workshop, this month Oxford TEFL will be launching a new series of events for English students and EFL teachers. Colingo events are based around a group activity which will focus on team work, decision making, role play, creative thinking and project management.Each participant will learn to recognize […]
We Are Connected! George Chilton
The aim of this workshop is to provide the teacher with a range of educational technology tools. Together, we will examine technology designed for in class collaboration, and also to help connect the students with English outside the classroom. With the right activities we can use technology to challenge and motivate students, encouraging language production […]
Paper lesson plans: “Security Theatre” in ELT?
A nice video by Anthony Gaughan. A common feature of many initial teacher training programmes is a strong emphasis on detailed paper-based lesson planning. Whether this actually increases teacher preparedness to teach is questionable. Prompted by a TED Talk on Security Theatre and risk assessment, AnthonyI suggests that focusing on anticipating problems and trying to […]
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