What is TDLive?

TDLive is a members-only meet up with an expert in our field for a one-hour chat where participants can ask questions, comment & share their ideas with the guest. Lives happen at least every two months, usually on a Sunday.

Forthcoming sessions:
Sunday, 21 September, 14:00 (UK time): Vinnie Nobre
Thursday 2 October, 17:00 (UK time): Divya Madhavan
Sunday 9 November, 14:00 (UK time): Taylor Viegga
Sunday 21 December, 13:00 (UK time): Open Panel with Thom Kiddle, Michelle Worgan, Taylor Veigga, Vinnie Nobre and more!

To join upcoming TDLives, look out for the registration information arriving in your inbox. If you’re not a TDSIG member but you’d like to become one and benefit from these lives, please sign up for membership via your IATEFL account.

What were our previous TDLives?

Michelle Worgan

In July 2025, Michelle Worgan joined us to chat about all things young learner and inquiry-based learning.

Michelle Worgan is an educator and primary materials writer based in Spain. With a career spanning twenty-five years, she is passionate about young learner teaching and strives to help and support teachers to empower their students. She runs a teacher development programme on inquiry-based learning in ELT and she also develops resources to support teachers with this approach. Michelle is currently joint events coordinator for the IATEFL Young Learners & Teenagers SIG.

Leonor Corradi

Leonor Corradi joined us in May 2025 to discuss planning as a tool for professional development.

Leonor is an English teacher with a Master’s degree in Education and Teacher Training (Surrey University, UK), and a post-degree in Education and ICT. Former member of the Foreign Languages Team at the National Ministry of Education, in charge of English, lecturer in Didactics at teacher training colleges, and coordinator of state plurilingual schools in the City of Buenos Aires. She has extensive experience as a materials designer and coursebook writer, and is an academic consultant for different educational institutions and Ministries of Education.