Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Every year at the IATEFL Conference, we are asked the same question: “What is the difference between the TD (Teacher Development) and TTEd (Teacher Training & Education) SIGs (Special Interest Groups). It is not a surprise that...
Photo by Hannah Olinger on Unsplash As an ELT practitioner with over 18 years of experience, I have experienced days when I walked out of the classroom feeling that I had performed poorly or when I thought to myself, I could have taught that grammar part differently....
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...
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...
Adam Simpson is back with the next post in our series that focuses on how to maintain your professional development after you’ve qualified to teach EFL. Here he shares his reasons for a drastic change to the accepted norm of teaching: not giving your...
We continue Adam Simpson’s series of posts on areas for professional development for after you’ve completed your CELTA. This time he takes a look at the tricky topic of getting students to get on with their homework Homework… now there’s a tricky subject...
