Professional Development / Teacher created materials November 11, 2013 Writing for First-Time Readers: My Creative Process (by Daniel Olsson) On November 17th at the ETJ Kansai Expo in Osaka Daniel Olsson, author of ELF Learning’s new TRW Reader series, will be sharing his experience of the writing process. Here he gives a brief... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development / Teacher created materials October 24, 2013 Behind the Scenes of Picture Book Writing (by Mari Nakamura) When I was a little girl, my father used to travel abroad often as a buyer of chemical materials. One evening before his departure I told him that I would miss him while he... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development / Reflection December 21, 2012 What I’ve learned and am still learning (by Ratnavathy Ragunathan) Note from Barb: If you’ve been over to the iTDi blog this week, you’ll know that the theme is What I’ve learned in 2012. I was thrilled when Ratna suggested a post on the... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Lessons Learned from Students / Professional Development November 11, 2012 What I learnt from my German Teacher (by Christopher Wilson) Let me start off by saying I was not a good German student. I found learning languages very hard at secondary school and only took German because I had to study a language and... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development / Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know October 28, 2012 XXIII Rules for Student-Centered Language Teaching (by John F. Fanselow) Note from Barb: 25 years ago, John F. Fanselow published Breaking Rules, encouraging teachers to really see what was happening in their classrooms, and then considering alternatives. John’s work had a powerful, positive influence on... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Personal Learning Network / Professional Development October 27, 2012 Little teacher me in the big ELT World (by Yitzha Sarwono) Note from Barb: I know that attending an international conference is a major decision for teachers — big conferences tend to require a serious investment of both time and money. Since some of you... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Personal Learning Network / Professional Development / Reflection October 19, 2012 The Myth of the Perfect Teacher Note: This post was originally published on June 26, 2012. On October 14th, I did a presentation at JALT 2012 in Hamamatsu with Chuck Sandy and Ozge Karaoglu, during which participants created this prezi.... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Personal Learning Network / Professional Development September 16, 2012 The floor is ours! TeachMeet is a life-changing experience. Those who have never taken part in one won’t understand what I’m talking about; those who have, are most probably hooked for life. To describe it briefly, TeachMeet is... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development June 27, 2012 More than six ways of motivating our students This week, the iTDi bloggers are talking about motivating students. As always, they come at the topic from different angles, and (as always) they gave me plenty of ideas to think about. Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development June 13, 2012 More than six ways of using technology in language teaching This week, the discussion question over on the iTDi blog is How do you use technology in your classes? I’ll be honest … I sort of expected that all of the posts (except for... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket