All posts – YLT

1 June, 2017 Virginia Parker All posts CPD Lower Secondary Upper Secondary

Preventing Plagiarism in Secondary ELT – A Case for Learner Training

Virginia Parker Plagiarism is, unfortunately, a part of just about every secondary English language course, no matter in which country you work, and no matter if your context is a language school, an international school,...

1 May, 2017 Shay Coyne All posts CPD Lower Secondary Primary Upper Secondary Comments 6

IATEFL YLTSIG Pre-Conference Event: 21st Century Values Education in TEYLs (Glasgow, 3rd April, 2017)

Shay Coyne The theme of the 2017 YLTSIG Pre-Conference Event (PCE) was Values Education, an area increasingly in the spotlight as we become more globally interconnected. The YLTSIG PCE did more than just showcase Values...

31 March, 2017 Rachael Pooley All posts Lower Secondary Upper Secondary

Raising Secondary Learners’ EDI Awareness in Closed Contexts – Challenges & Opportunities

Rachael Pooley In this blog post, I share experiences of teaching secondary young learners in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Having taught in various contexts in Asia for 15 years, these two particular learning and teaching...

3 March, 2017 Chris Storrs-Fox All posts

Tips for Managing Young Learner Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development

Chris Storrs-Fox “Speak English? Good. Got a clean(ish) shirt? Good. You’re hired!” So goes many people’s perception of job interviews for YL English teachers in Southeast Asia, where L1 English speakers can apparently walk...

2 February, 2017 Katherine Bilsborough All posts Lower Secondary Upper Secondary Comments 10

Choice in the Secondary ELT Classroom – Reflections & Suggestions

Katherine Bilsborough I started thinking about Choice in explicit terms a couple of years ago. Whenever I’m researching aspects of learning or teaching – for a writing project, a teacher training event, or a blog...

2 January, 2017 Rachael Harris All posts Lower Secondary Upper Secondary Comments 4

Inclusive Secondary ELT – Promoting The ‘Feel-Good’ Factor

Rachael Harris The term ‘well-being’ has always seemed a tad wishy-washy for a northern British lass like myself so I’m using ‘feel-good’ in this blog post instead. For me it’s more concrete, more to do...

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11 November, 2016 Liz Hibberd All posts Comments 2

Teaching Children English in ‘The Jungle’

Liz Hibberd For the month of September 2016, I volunteered with the Unofficial Women and Children’s Centre in ‘The Jungle’ refugee camp located in Calais, France. The Centre is based in a large, blue double...

27 September, 2016 David All posts Comments 2

Primary English Language Teacher Development for True Plookpanya, Thailand

Early last month, I facilitated a series of teacher training workshops for True Thailand Communications as part of the group’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. “Plookpanya” is Thai for ‘growing wisdom’ and this project provides teacher...