TDSIG Blog
IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Ana Garcia-Stone
The fourth speaker we'd like to introduce to you is Ana Garcia-Stone. Ana works for the British Council in Madrid, Spain. She is an experienced teacher trainer, having trained teachers in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Vietnam and India since 1996. She also teaches young...
IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Phil Keegan
We’re very pleased to introduce you to our next featured speaker from at the TDSIG Day at IATEFL (Monday, April the 13th incase you haven't already marked your calendars!). Phil lives in Istanbul and works for Oxford University Press as a Teacher Trainer. He has...
IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Conrad Heyns
This week our featured writer is Conrad Heyns, who shares some very elegant thoughts on peer observation, feedback and the complex question of quality assurance. Happy reading! Peer Observations Conrad Heyns I have been a teacher and a teacher trainer for over 30...
IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Karen Waterston
Welcome to our new series of blog posts! This time we'll be featuring the speakers who will be presenting as part of the TD SIG Day on Day 3 of IATEFL, Monday the 13th of April. Our first featured speaker is Karen Waterston. Karen has been teaching for 25 years and...
INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT THORNBURY
SCOTT THORNBURY BY DIVYA MADHAVAN I’ve just had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Thornbury, whose name was one of the first ones I heard when I became an ELT teacher. How did I first hear of Scott? In a small English bookshop in Vienna. I was struggling with...
Adam Simpson’s Round-Up
This is our final post in this wonderful series of Ten Books that have inspired the teaching practices of various colleagues in the ELT community. Adam Simpson is our author for this elegant round up that echoes the work of all our other contributors as well. Adam...
Ros Wright’s Top 10 Teaching Books
We're starting the week with an ESP-slanted post from Ros Wright. Ros is a materials writer, teacher and teacher trainer specialising in English for Medical Purposes. Twice President of TESOL France, Ros is currently a member of the IATEFL Conference Committee and...
Chuck Sandy’s Top 10 Teaching Books
We are very honoured to have Chuck Sandy, Community Director of the International Teacher Development Institute, as our writer on this series. Chuck is a teacher, teacher trainer, author & educational activist with 30 years of experience in the US, Japan and...
James Taylor’s Top 10 Teaching Books
James is originally from Brighton, UK and has taught English as a foreign language to adults in Brazil, South Korea and Belgium. Currently based in San Jose, Costa Rica, he teach adults at Centro Cultural Britanico. He the current President and a co-founder of BELTA,...