Showing Up for Teachers: Coaching and Mentoring – Divya Madhavan

Photo by Clark Tibbs on Unsplash Here we present the first part of Divya Madhavan’s plenary speech from IATEFL 2023 in Harrogate.  We ELT teachers lean on each other an awful lot. It is essentially how we grow as teachers. There are more traditional disciplines in...

Review: Thus Spoke an English Teacher

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash   “Thus spoke an English Teacher: Professional Development Reflections for English Teachers” written and recently published by Bruno Albuquerque, is a collection of chapters that do exactly what the author sets out to do from...

Celebrating the UN’s International Mother Language Day

Photo by Kane Reinholdtsen on Unsplash Unesco’s International Mother Language Day has been celebrated since 2000. The purpose is to celebrate that each language brings to the multicultural world we live in. In its website it is stated: “UNESCO believes in the...

Five Ideas for Engaging in Professional Development in 2024

To all our TDSIG members, Happy New Year and happy holidays! As the new year gets underway, we wish for peace and joy around the world. May your 2024 be productive, collaborative, and meaningful! To start off the year, here are five ideas for engaging in professional...