Category Archives: CPD

Technology and CPD

Posted on 21/11/2009 by alexcase
Posted in CPD, Teacher training, Technology | Tagged | 1 Comment

From Inside Inside Teaching Part One- On Observations

Posted on 15/10/2009 by alexcase

From the fabulous book by Tim Bowen and Jonathan Marks “I bet you’ll have a fit when you see how I teach” (a teacher on being observed) pg 1 “What our observers say to us after our lessons reveals more … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, ELT publishing, Lesson observations, links, Peer observations, Teacher training, The Marxist TEFL Group | Tagged | 4 Comments

Does better pay really lead to better teaching?

Posted on 15/09/2009 by alexcase

I’m not talking about schools offering better pay and therefore being able to recruit better teachers, because if the whole industry got the standards that we occasionally demand that wouldn’t work. What I want to discuss is a school giving its … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, Dodgy TEFL school owners, Job security, Teaching English in Korea, Teaching English in the Middle East, TEFL, TEFL pay | 26 Comments

My PLN (personal learning network)

Posted on 29/08/2009 by alexcase

is JR East, whose Yamanote Line takes me smoothly between Maruzen bookshop near Tokyo Station and Kinokuniya bookshop in Shinjuku, therefore keeping me in enough TEFL books to keep me learning something new forever- and all without needing to ruin my … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, personal learning network, Teacher training, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL | Tagged | 7 Comments

Rules, patterns, words and conclusions

Posted on 23/08/2009 by alexcase

At last, an ending to the series of posts that started here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here* several blogging decades ago on the book by Dave Willis. My chief objections to the approach suggested in the … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, Dave Willis, PPP (Presentation practice production), TBA (Task Based Approach), Teaching methods and methodologies, TEFL reviews, textbooks | Comments Off on Rules, patterns, words and conclusions

Some nice quotes from the last ELTJ

Posted on 16/08/2009 by alexcase

As promised, proof that I do pay some attention when reading TEFL magazines: A possible explanation for why Mr Bean and TEFL go so well together: “An adult learner has noted that what [textbook character] Arthur and learners in the … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, ELT Journal, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, links, Mr Bean, TBA (Task Based Approach), Teaching teenagers, Teaching young learners, TEFL heroes- Jeremy Harmer, TEFL reviews | Tagged | 1 Comment

Some new ideas about CPD in ELT

Posted on 22/07/2009 by alexcase

From July’s MET, and now here on my “CPD portfolio”* The aptly named article “CPD” by Keith Harding has some interesting ideas I hadn’t come across like a Self-SWOT Analysis and a snap-shot observation, but the really weighty matters are … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, CPD, Diploma in TESOL, ELT publishing, Lesson observations, modern english teacher magazine, Peer observations, Teacher training, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL qualifications, TEFL working conditions, TEFL workshops | 5 Comments

Can teacher development make you happy?

Posted on 06/07/2009 by alexcase

I’m reading The Developing Teacher by Duncan Foord, the latest title from the always interesting Delta Publishing (get hold of free TEFL books like this yourself by clicking here) and it popped into my head that teacher development does provide a … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, Delta Publishing, ELT publishing, Lesson observations, mentoring, Peer observations, Teacher training, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TESOL | Comments Off on Can teacher development make you happy?

Guest piece- Blogging for teacher development

Posted on 28/04/2009 by alexcase

By Darren Elliott, TEFL.net Book Reviews contributor and the man who inspired my 15 Tips for People Attending TESOL Conferences “I can remember my first email account. It’s still out there somewhere, full of spam. I also remember running all … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, links, Onestopenglish, Teacher associations, Teacher training, TEFL, TEFL blogs, Twitter | Tagged | 3 Comments

The TEFL mentoring experiment has begun

Posted on 23/04/2009 by alexcase

It took a while, but after reading Louise Lee’s guest piece calling for an online system of TEFL mentoring, we leapt into action (well, staggered to our feet like we had a makkoli hangover) and a mere 2 months later … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, links, mentoring, Teacher associations, Teacher training, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL forums | 2 Comments