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Why I brought back the foreign language lesson to the CELTA
Many Celta trainers I know have taken the foreign language class out of their Celta timetables in favour of other more ‘practical’ input sessions such as classroom management. But looking back at the...
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Devil’s Advocate vs Anthony Gaughan on Lesson Aims & Plans in Teacher Training
This series is inspired by a conversation between Mike Hogan and myself about examining the controversies in ELT. We wanted to consider the different positions taken by different members of the...
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My IATEFL Glasgow Diary Part 5 – Anthony Gaughan on the Se7en Deadly Sins of ELT
Tuesday, 20th March 2012, Glasgow Conference Centre. IATEFL Day 1 The first coffee break was spent gawking at the size of the exhibition hall this year, and greeting old friends and online friends who...
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The CELTA Trainer’s Diary Part 8 – Loop Input
The 8th Day of the CELTA was about introducing the trainees to the Lexical Approach and the idea of language existing as chunks, rather than individual pieces of vocabulary strung together to make...
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