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Globe: A Virtual Home for English Language Educators around the World English Language Teacher (ELT) Professional Development is often a top -down process directed from education ministries using trainers or key experts to run workshops and deliver training sessions. One of the problems with such a blanket approach can be that content does not always meet the

In this recent article for ELT Action, Marjorie Rosenburg looks at the different ways in which individuals in the classroom approach learning, and  discusses how we can use varied methodologies to make sure that we reach them all.  Embrace the Differences It is a given that different learners perceive, process, store and recall information in

Sustaining Development in Language Education In language teaching and teacher development, input is king. i+1 has become a mantra for language teachers trying to enable their students to move from where they are to where they want to be. Short-term, intensive training courses are still the preferred mode of teacher development, despite overwhelming evidence that

“2020 is going to be an epic and memorable year”, one of my trainers enthusiastically proclaimed after a few glasses of champagne at our Christmas do.

I believe we – English teachers should do our best to help our planet recover. In 2017 I contributed to the BC publication “Integrating Global Issues in the …

If teaching means delivering information, leading discussions and helping students do exercises, it is time to rethink teaching processes for the online environment.

Yet another turn in my career came with the global pandemic. With face to face teacher training projects cancelled, I have decided to tap into my very old idea…

COVID-19 started with a bang for me and high stakes drama that led me across 3 continents in 2 days. I started with a large group of colleagues stuck in a hotel…

This article describes TransformELT’s role in helping to develop a policy initiative by the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education, with the support of the British Council, to…

“Teach online? Oh no, I could never do that. It’s just not the same as being in the room with everyone.” Until very recently this was a phrase I’d heard more times than…