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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
