TDSIG Blog
Beyond the Communicative Approach – A TDSIG Workshop for November 2019
Has a focus on communication drawn our attention away from expression: the inner process of turning an idea into language, which then emerges as speech? Is mastering expression what actually leads to mastery of a language? When your classes ‘go well’, is it because...
My IATEFL experience by Adi Rajan
The memory of IATEFL 2019 may be fading, but TDSIG still have something to share with you! We were very happy to welcome the winner of our Michael Berman Scholarship Adi Rajan at the 53rd annual conference in Liverpool. Here are his reflections on the week. I have to...
TDSIG Member Offer: Being a Teacher Trainer course with Sheffield
Find out about an interesting teacher training course being run by The University of Sheffield and how TDSIG members can get a special offer!
Teacher development online – smart, sexy, sensible or same as it ever was?
Back to the Future is the conference theme for the upcoming Innovate ELT conference in May in Barcelona. Duncan Foord looks at the impact of the internet on Teacher Development past, present and future. By my reckoning we TEFLers have had 20 to 25 years of online...
TDSIG competition: win a place on a Teacher Development course
We’re teaming up with Oxford TEFL in this competition for a FREE place on a Teacher Development course – TDSIG members find out how you can be in with a chance to win!
#TDSIG #COMPETITION: InnovateELT 2019
TDSIG MEMBERS: Win a free standard entrance to the Innovate ELT Conference on May 17th and 18th 2019 in Barcelona! This exciting conference marks five years of new ideas, collaborations, and connections between teachers, students, publishers, writers and other English...
We’re looking for new TDSIG Committee members!
We currently seek two individuals to fill two positions on our Committee beginning in January 2019. The term for each of these volunteer positions is 3 years, though committee structure is reevaluated each July, so movement between roles and/or responsibilities during...
The IATEFL Experience Part Two – By Gerhard Erasmus
The second in our three-part series looking at IATEFL 2018 through the eyes of our scholarship winner – Gerhard Erasmus
The IATEFL Experience Part One – By Gerhard Erasmus
The first in a three-part series looking at IATEFL 2018 through the eyes of our scholarship winner – Gerhard Erasmus