On this page you’ll find…
- Teacher development listicles
- Teacher development posts
- Reflections on my teaching practice and about blogging
- Webinar and conference summaries
- Guest posts
- Some humour…
I hope you find something interesting/useful! If you’re looking for something specific then it might help to CTRL+F (I haven’t decided exactly how to order things yet!)
Development lists
15 ELT educators to follow on LinkedIn
12 conversation strategies worth teaching
16 ways to improve your whiteboard work
30 tips for developing teachers
12 tiny tips for writing lesson plans
15 ways I’ve developed as a teacher this year
30 activities inspired by game shows
20 great video sites for the EFL classroom
Teacher development
Steps towards materials-light teaching
Developing meaning-building skills in reading
Useful links: Project-based learning
1000 words on… correcting spoken errors
Integrating technology in the EFL classroom
EFL classroom management techniques
Training: Improve your whiteboard work
More creative displays and success criteria
Workstations for reviews (YLs)
General ideas for teaching pronunciation
Article for MET: Using Quizlet to engage teens
Highlighting success criteria to young learners
Planning tasks for young learners
Encouraging autonomy in teen classes
Tips for managing young learners
Insight into a synthetic syllabus
DipTESOL: Introduction to the phonemic chart
Top tips: Teaching at a UK summer school
Reflections
Peer observation and online teaching
Self-observation and online teaching
What are good working conditions in ELT?
Interactive whiteboards – some pros and cons
Evidence and (my lack of) accountability
Acoustic blur, soundshapes, speech streams
Subject knowledge, jargon, learners
My tree octopus fake news fail
Tweaking my young learner teaching
Reasons to explore your staffroom
Making things up… during observed lessons
Students that make my job easy
Classroom silence and digital natives
A rant about comprehension questions
Experimenting with the inner workbench (reblog)
Random realia and peculiar props
What I learnt from my first TESOL conference
Negative attitudes towards professional development
Some thoughts on authentic listening materials
Classroom organisation – some reflections
What were the last 10 teaching books you used?
Help please: Frayer models
Thoughts on teaching Vietnamese learners
Correcting pronunciation errors from Thai speakers of English
Guest posts
Student and teacher reflection journals Michael Walker
Flappy drills Nicky Salmon
Assessment capable learners in the primary classroom Kirsten Anne
Distance learning for teachers – is it right for you? Phil Wade
How to become an English teacher Nicky Salmon
Great formative assessment tools Kirsten Anne
5 great tips for new teachers Michael Walker
Blogging
Behind the scenes – thoughts on the blog
CPD Webinars and conference summaries
The value of gamification for language learning
Teaching English pronunciation for the real world
What about principles for materials development?
IATEFL 2017: Does feedback work?
IATEFL 2017: Developing teacher talk
IATEFL 2017: Integrating pronunciation
Teaching for Success Online conference
Research summaries
Research in brief: Alderfer ESL Program Assessment Tool
Research in brief: reading disruption of a textbook
Research in brief: critique of BICS and CALP
A planning matrix for research
Humour
