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• PGCEi Module 1: Educational Aims and Values

  By Pete on September 20, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  I’ve written a bit about why you should do a PGCEi but not much about the course content. So, here it goes… The first module of the PGCEi (Nottingham) was on the aims and values of education in international contexts…. Read More ›

• 23 Ways to Use a Text in Your ESL Classes

  By Pete on August 24, 2020 • ( 9 )

  

  Reading. One of the big four, along with elephants, lions and rhinos. Or is it listening, speaking and writing? Who knows. Either way, my question for you is: when was the last time your students were actively learning a new… Read More ›

• Review: Rosenshine’s Principles in Action

  By Pete on August 22, 2020 • ( 13 )

  

  Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction (POI) is a list of research-based strategies which teachers can apply in their practice. The list of 10 principles (whittled-down over time) could be considered ‘core skills’ for teachers. They’ll no doubt be familiar to… Read More ›

• Materials writing news and views, August 2020

  By Pete on August 20, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  *Opens hands expressively* Hello everyone, and welcome to this month’s update. *Does cup holding/triangle hand thingy in front near belly* My name’s Pete, and today … Ahhh you’ll get what I’m going on about in a minute. New releases Sarah… Read More ›

• Review: How Global Capital is Remaking International Education

  By Pete on August 19, 2020 • ( 7 )

  

  The full title is … How Global Capital is Remaking International Education: The Emergence of Transnational Education Corporations. In this Springer Brief publication from 2019, Hyejin Kim considers the impact of corporate interests in the international education sector. Kim focuses… Read More ›

• 15 ELT educators to follow on LinkedIn

  By Pete on August 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  If you’re fairly new to LinkedIn as a teacher/writer then here are a few suggestions for who to follow. Some of these people are on Twitter too, but I come across them more on LinkedIn as my feed isn’t as… Read More ›

• Reflection: Steps towards materials-light teaching

  By Pete on August 10, 2020 • ( 6 )

  

  Me, Matt and Tiago chatted about lots of topics at the first Bangkok ELT Books n’ Beer session last night. Great fun! The topic of materials-light teaching and dealing with emergent needs came up. Tiago is on a Celta to… Read More ›

• MA, PGCEi or Diploma?

  By Pete on August 3, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  Question from a reader: I’m after some advice. I can’t decide which professional development course to do. I have a CELTA plus five years’ teaching experience and I’ve been thinking for a while about doing a DELTA or Dip. Then… Read More ›

• Guest post: Student and teacher reflection journals

  By Pete on August 1, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s been a while since a guest post on ELT Planning. Michael Walker is a PGCEi-qualified teacher who has spent a while teaching EAP at a university in the Republic of Korea. In this cool post, Michael describes the impact… Read More ›

• Finding work as an ELT author

  By Pete on July 26, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  I haven’t shared any tips for new writers for a while, not since my post on how to find commissioning editors. So, here it goes. There’s nothing wrong with building connections at big publishers like Pearson, Macmillan, CUP, OUP, NGL… Read More ›

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