TDSIG Blog
Introducing the SIG Day speakers
We're counting down to IATEFL 50 in Birmingham next month. You may be doing the same – with the full details of the presentations now available on the IATEFL website. With something in the region of 500 sessions – that's five hundred talks, workshops, plenaries,...
Countdown to the PCE 2 – Marek Kiczkowiak
Counting down to IATEFL 2016 Here is the second interview as we count down to our IATEFL 2016 Pre-Conference Event. This time we have Marek Kiczkowiak, originally from Poland but having lived and taught in many places – England, Spain, Costa Rica and the Netherlands...
Countdown to the PCE 1 – Suzanne Antonaros
The Teacher's Voice at IATEFL 2016 The IATEFL Teacher Development SIG Pre-Conference Event – The Teacher's Voice – takes place this year on Tuesday 12 April at the Digital Humanities Hub at the University of Birmingham. As we count down the days and months (now only...
The Teacher’s Voice – the TDSIG PCE at IATEFL 2016
The Teacher Development SIG Pre-Conference Event for IATEFL 2016 is The Teacher's Voice. On 12 April we invite you to join us for a series of talks and Open Space discussion to celebrate the teacher's voice. We're delighted to be joined for the day by Marek...
A tale from Tuzla
By Elma Velić Bešić Being a teacher carries a lot of weight and responsibilities, as well as joy and laughter, long hours and many unsolvable problems, great and bad days, but mostly a lot of paperwork. I read somewhere that if you want to work in administration with...
Accountability: are we developing?
CPD ideas that may keep you moving by Marcela Cintra One of the biggest challenges in English language teaching is guaranteeing continuous professional development. Often times, teachers complain about the demands of the teaching profession and the lack of time...
My interview with Adrian Underhill
By Tyson Seburn The TDSIG pre-conference event at this year's IATEFL in Manchester was well into its afternoon activities. Our main speakers had problematized and illuminated; our attendees were putting into action the law of two feet; and our Divya was a half-dozen...
Accountability: are we teaching?
The TDSIG Blog is up running again after a busy #IATEFL Conference this year. Huge thanks to all our readers who have been sharing the posts and, especially to those who got in touch with us, we love hearing from you! We are very proud today to showcase the writing of...
Problematizing for teacher development
by Tyson Seburn The highlights of our TDSIG PCE day for me were inspired by its overarching theme from the morning talks which fueled much of the afternoon Open Space sessions: the development that can derive from problematisation. Why? How? Yes, those are the...