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Professionalising global TEYL practices – Focus on diversity and inclusion

Professionalising global TEYL practices – Focus on diversity and inclusion

by Akemi Iwasa | Dec 9, 2021 | All posts, CPD, Early Years, Lower Secondary, Primary, Upper Secondary

I have always believed that by learning another language, children and teenagers can discover new ways of understanding the world and of expressing themselves. They can explore their own and others’ cultural identities and reflect on and question certain values and...
Sharing early English reading experiences at primary school

Sharing early English reading experiences at primary school

by Wendy Arnold and Shelagh Rixon | Sep 2, 2021 | All posts, Primary

The co-facilitators of the IATEFL YLTSIG September 2021 mini course share their personal and professional experiences of early English literacy development. Wendy’s experiences While carrying out a long-term action research project on graded readers at a primary...
The 2021 IATEFL YLTSIG Virtual Pre-Conference Event

The 2021 IATEFL YLTSIG Virtual Pre-Conference Event

by Gail Ellis | Jul 4, 2021 | All posts, CPD, Early Years, Lower Secondary, Primary, Upper Secondary

While there have been talks at IATEFL conferences that have focused on the use of students’ own language(s) in the English language classroom, this PCE represents the first time that an IATEFL SIG has dedicated a full day to plurilingualism. This virtual event was...
Teaching IELTS exam preparation with upper-secondary English language learners

Teaching IELTS exam preparation with upper-secondary English language learners

by Melih Duman | May 1, 2021 | All posts

As the age of students taking the IELTS exam has been lowering in various contexts for some time, this blog post tackles the timely challenge of preparing older teen learners for exam success. I am going to share my top 15 practical tips based on my IELTS exam...
Principled primary English teacher education – Be the guide by their side, not the sage on the stage

Principled primary English teacher education – Be the guide by their side, not the sage on the stage

by Lise Bell | Mar 1, 2021 | All posts, CPD, Primary

After three decades of teacher training and development work on primary ELT projects in diverse contexts, I’ve found that the impact of teacher education is often challenging to establish. Despite receiving lots of positive feedback from participants, if our...
Using apps to promote play-based learning in early years English

Using apps to promote play-based learning in early years English

by Jake Whiddon | Dec 1, 2020 | All posts, CPD, Early Years

On completing my initial ELT training in 2003, I moved to China and was immersed in classrooms of children learning English, where I discovered that the methodologies on my (adult-orientated) ELT course were not suited to young minds. Even back then, I noticed just...
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