by Susan Holden | Jun 12, 2019 | All posts, CPD, Early Years, Lower Secondary, Primary, Upper Secondary
PCE memories – what remains? In many ways, a Pre-Conference Event (PCE) acts as a bridge between its participants’ ‘outside’ lives and what they are about to experience in the coming conference. In the days after that conference, it can often be forgotten, overlaid by...
by Dirk Lagerwaard | Apr 1, 2019 | All posts, CPD, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
Picture this scene: thirty teenagers, no coursebook and equipped only with a board marker… “Just make sure they all end up speaking in English” said the head teacher of the school where I was working in Spain. I was tasked with teaching communicative language lessons...
by Nick Bilbrough | Mar 1, 2019 | All posts, Lower Secondary, Primary
There can be very few informed people around the world who would deny that as a planet we are in crisis right now, and that there are many places in our world which must be considered as crisis hot spots. One such area is a place that I have come to know rather well...
by David Valente | Dec 1, 2018 | All posts, CPD, Early Years, Lower Secondary, Primary, Upper Secondary
The 7th ELT Malta Conference was held between 11 and 13 October 2018, organised by the ELT Council, a regulatory body within Malta’s Ministry for Education and Employment. According to Daniel Xerri, Chair of the ELT Council, the theme of ‘Multiple Perspectives in ELT’...
by Vinnie Nobre Jhony Balisa | Oct 7, 2018 | All posts, CPD, Early Years, Lower Secondary, Primary, Upper Secondary
Drivers for CPD in YL ELT In the Brazilian context, we often hear academic managers say that inexperienced teachers should work with young learners because it is an easier job and they do not need so much experience, language proficiency or knowledge about the...
by Fiona Mauchline | Jun 6, 2018 | All posts, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
In the last few years, there has been increasing pushback against the idea that secondary English classes should be fun, and that we need to foster creativity. Although ‘be more demanding’, ‘focus on quality language input’, ‘be thorough rather than entertaining’ are...
