This is part three of a series of posts on the ins and outs of training to be a Celta trainer. You can find part one and part two by clicking on those blue links you have just read past. Go ahead and catch up; we’ll wait for you. The training plan? So, you have […]
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So you want to be a Celta trainer? Part 2: getting your feet in the starting blocks…
This is part two in a series of posts describing and giving advice on the process of training to become a Celta trainer. You can catch up with Part 1 here. The training process? How you are trained will be the same whichever centre you train at. There will be a difference in how this […]
So you want to be a Celta trainer? Part 1: getting to the starting line
Who says so? You do. You have been asking for help and advice on social media about the ins and outs of getting trained up as a Celta trainer. This gave me the impetus to collect what I know and what I think about this area in a series of blog posts. This is for […]
going by the book
I think even the most rabid of coursebook critics, amongst whom I count myself, would concede that, on the whole, published course materials have been getting better over time. New examples of unsuccessful work will always come to light, and older gems will always lead us into the fallacy that “they don’t make ’em like […]
Dogme is not “just good teaching”
Usually when (it) is so simple we say, “Oh, I know that! It is quite simple. everyone knows that.”But if we do not find its value, it means nothing. It is the same as not knowing. – Shunryu Suzuki in “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” – I am not sure when exactly it started, but at […]
is teaching child’s play?
Q: When is a train carriage not a train carriage? A: When it is a classroom. This is the substance of a conversation I heard on the train recently. Initially I only vaguely listened while trying to concentrate on my book, but the conversation began to grip my attention and I transcribed it. Names, while […]
ELTChat Summary: what makes a good teacher trainer? (26 September 2012 9pm GMT)
This is a summary of an ELTChat for the benefit of the #ELTChat community What do you get when you pose a question like this to a bunch of committed teachers and teacher trainers? Before anything else happens, you get an argument about definition of terms. 09:01pm @victorhugor: What’s the difference between teacher trainer and […]
Basic Training series going online
I am starting a new series of pages with the title Basic Training, where I will be summarising and illustrating some fundamentals of language classroom work (at least, as far as I see it!) Initially I thought about doing this mainly to support my CELTA trainees but then I thought that it might be generally […]
My first guest bloggers – my students
Earlier today I unexpectedly had the opportunity to cover a teaching practice slot on our CELTA course. As I was watching one of my trainee teachers working with a recording of a book-club discussion about Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, I started to think about what I could do next with the student group […]
Guest Post: Breaking The Law In The Language Classroom (On Phil Wade’s blog)
You can check out my guest post on a blog belonging to the Mighty, Mighty Phil Wade by following this link: Breaking The Law In The Language Classroom – Anthony Gaughan It’s just me getting all self-righteous about the wanton lack of respect for copyright in our photocopy-addicted profession – and some classic 80s heavy […]