Welcome back to the series where Adam Simpson takes you through issues and things you may experience after completing an initial teacher training course. Over to Adam… This is the second in a new series of posts in which I’ll offer simple solutions to the most...
This is the first in a new series of posts in which Adam Simpson offers simple solutions to the most common problems for newly qualified language teachers. In your new career as a teacher, a key skill you’ll need to acquire – or enhance, or even develop – is...
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...
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...
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...
by Anthony Gaughan I recently started shaving with a straight razor. No, this isn’t going to be a post about how manly I am. It’s going to be about how I decided to make this change, and what this has to do with my becoming mistrustful of innovation as a force for...