Monday - February 24th, 2020
Event date:
Monday, February 24, 2020 - 10:00
We are delighted to announce that PronPack is now available locally in the Czech Republic from englishbooks.cz !
Wednesday - March 8th, 2017
Event date:
Saturday, March 4, 2017 - 13:15
Peter Medgyes brought to TESOL Spain a quirky plenary which somehow managed to be poetic, theatrical and intellectual at the same time. The performance amused and enchanted the audience, myself included – I thoroughly enjoyed it. However, it left some puzzled as to what it was about. As one teacher commented to me, ‘What is ELF, and why is it important?’.
Wednesday - March 8th, 2017
Event date:
Sunday, March 5, 2017 - 13:30
TESOL Spain 2017 finished up with a compelling plenary from Silvana Richardson on native-speakerism and bias in ELT. She covered the topic from many angles, but out of all of them, I would just like to focus on one – the use of the phrase “native-speaker teachers” as a pull-factor in advertising language courses. Why has this come to be seen as a good thing - if indeed it has been?
Wednesday - October 19th, 2016
Happy to see a review of our website in IATEFL Voices Issue 253, by Jennifer St.John of the University of Ottawa. Here are a few excerpts
As a contributor, I wrote a video script storyline and accompanying page spreads in the Cambridge English Empower C1 book, to highlight functional everyday English and provide listening practice, i
Tuesday - March 8th, 2016
Event date:
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 09:15 to Sunday, March 13, 2016 - 14:15
We're off to the north of Spain this weekend for the 39th annual TESOL Spain convention, which is taking place in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Mark will be presenting a complete pronunciation workout.
Event date:
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 09:15 to Friday, July 17, 2015 - 16:30
Location:
Bridgewater House, Manchester
Tuesday - November 18th, 2014
Event date:
Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 18:00
For myself and many other ELT professionals, Stephen Krashen is a legend. In the words of Wikipedia, for instance ‘He is credited with introducing various influential concepts ... including the acquisition-learning hypothesis, the input hypothesis, the monitor hypothesis, the affective filter, and the natural order hypothesis’. So naturally, he is a big pull at a conference.
Tuesday - November 18th, 2014
Event date:
Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 10:00
Carol Read’s plenary at TESOL France was titled, ‘Reflections on How to be a Highly Effective Teacher’. I’ve seen her give a number of conference presentations, but for me this was the best – a broad view of the field underpinned by good references, and a vivacious delivery.
Wednesday - July 9th, 2014
In a profession of many specialist interests, it's important to keep the big picture in mind in order to maintain a balanced and proportional outlook. Enthusiasms are great, but need to be kept in context. With this purpose in mind, I have been developing conceptual maps of aspects of ELT - so it's beginning to turn into an atlas. Click below for:
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