TEFLtastic was started about five and half years ago just as somewhere for me to put links to my articles etc elsewhere, and only accidentally became an actual blog. Despite almost going back to that original purpose recently due to how much stuff I’m doing elsewhere (at least 5 articles and 12 worksheets a month, editing TEFL.net reviews, plus some stuff for MET), 2012 turned out to be quite an eventful year on the actual blogging front. Most notably, there were two quite convincing threats to sue, one of which was eventually settled to both of our satisfactions and the other of which I haven’t heard about for a while. There was also plenty of conflict with other TEFL course providers of varying amounts of dodginess.
Here are some possible highlights from the actual blogging I did manage in 2012:
Conflicts with TEFL course providers
What’s the definition of a dodgy TEFL course?
Thinking about a course with TEFLINK?
Cambridge CELTA and TEFL International – a comparison
An odd reaction by a TEFL course to bad publicity
A review of the CMUTEFL course
How many leading TEFL courses can there be?
Trinity course joins the online BS party
News/ Issues
Is a TEFL diploma worth more than an MA?
Can performance related pay work in TEFL?
The first two attempts at TEFL crowdfunding fail
Should IH and the BC get out of Syria?
The Association of CELTA-qualified Teachers
Is the British Council competing its way to oblivion?
Interviews
Me vs Vicki Hollett on functional language and ELF
A London summer school with no classroom
Jill Hadfield on materials, technology, theory and practice
An interview with the new management/ ownership of Unitefl Thailand
An interview with TEFL blogging pioneer Aaron Campbell
Teaching
Does reading help speaking more than listening does?
The modernist approach to authentic texts
Another reason not to listen to your students too much
Use Recall Analyse – my variation on PPP/ TTT
see the post below for my lighter stuff from 2012.
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