7 great teachers share the books that inspired them. The IATEFl Teacher Development SIG is currently hosting a series of blog posts in which some of my favourite English teachers are sharing lists of the ten books that have most heavily influenced their teaching careers. To show you how much I’m enjoying the posts, I’ve selected one title from each post and compiled them as a mini list here on Teach them English. Please take the time to check out the incredible books they’ve chosen (after all, I’ve chosen them here because they’re also some of my favourites). While you’re at it, also click here to see the other books they selected. The Language Teacher’s Voice by Alan Maley As chosen by Malu Sciamarelli Just recently, I found out how important the voice is for language teachers, and it made aware of the valuable asset that we put to daily use.
EAP Essentials: A Teacher’s Guide to Principles and Practice by Alexander, Argent & Spencer As chosen by Tyson Seburn About Language: Tasks for Teachers of English by Scott Thornbury. David Read. One of the other registered bloggers, Adam Simpson (blogging at has come up with the idea of a blog chain reaction in the lead up to the 2014 IATEFL conference. The idea is for each registered Harrogate Online blogger "to choose two or three of this year’s registered bloggers and introduce them on their blog. These bloggers then in turn choose other registered bloggers and interview them…and so it goes on until we all have a good idea of who will be blogging about this year’s event. " My first choice is David Read, and here are his answers to the blog challenge questions: Please introduce yourself Please introduce yourself My name’s David Read, I’m from the UK and work as Technology Director at the English Language Teaching Centre, part of the University of Sheffield.
Could you give us brief details about your session at IATEFL 2014? What areas of the conference are you interested in? What should your audience expect to learn? Do you blog? IATEFL 2014 – “Chain Reaction” interview with Sandy Millin. In the lead up to the IATEFL 2014 Harrogate conference, Adam Simpson has started a ‘chain reaction‘ blog challenge: “I choose two or three of this year’s registered bloggers and introduce them on my blog. These bloggers then in turn choose other registered bloggers and interview them… and so it goes on until you all have a good idea of who will be blogging about this years event.” I have firstly decided to interview Sandy Millin, with whom I attended my first IATEFL and who got me into things like blogging, using Edmodo and not using ten words where three will do when it comes to writing instructions!
She’s an inspiration to teachers and students alike. For this interview, I used the same set of questions that Adam gave me. Follow all the conference goings on at IATEFL online! Here are the questions and Sandy’s answers: Please introduce yourself My name’s Sandy Millin. Could you give us brief details about your session at IATEFL 2014? What should your audience expect to learn? Do you blog? Introducing the #IATEFL2014 registered bloggers: Christina Rebuffet-Broadus.
In the lead up to the 2014 IATEFL conference, I’m trying to start a ‘chain reaction’ blog challenge: I choose two or three of this year’s registered bloggers and introduce them on my blog. These bloggers then in turn choose other registered bloggers and interview them… and so it goes on until you all have a good idea of who will be blogging about this year’s event. So far I’ve kicked things off with this interview from Lizzie Pinard and this one from David Petrie. Today is the turn of Christina Rebuffet-Broadus… Please introduce yourself. My name is Christina Rebuffet-Broadus, I’m from Mississippi (USA), and I’ve been living in France since 2004. Could you give us brief details about your session at IATEFL 2014? It’s related to that little project just mentioned—a book on experimental practice written with Jennie Wright. Why are you interested in the area you’ll be presenting on? What should your audience expect to learn? Visit Christina’s blog for IATEFL updates. Do you blog? Introducing the #IATEFL2014 registered bloggers: David Petrie.
In the lead up to the 2014 IATEFL conference, I’m trying to start a ‘chain reaction’ blog challenge: I choose two or three of this year’s registered bloggers and introduce them on my blog. These bloggers then in turn choose other registered bloggers and interview them… and so it goes on until you all have a good idea of who will be blogging about this year’s event. Yesterday I kicked things off with this interview from Lizzie Pinard. Today I’m happy to introduce another IATEFL 2014 blogger; David Petrie… Please introduce yourself: Hi. My name’s David and I’m an EFL teacher, teacher trainer and blogger currently based in Coimbra, Portugal. I’ve been teaching for about 12 years or so now and blogging for just over three. Could you give us brief details about your session at IATEFL 2014?
I’m looking at the IELTS and TOEFL exams. Why are you interested in the area you’ll be presenting on? Exams drive pretty much the entire ELT industry. What should your audience expect to learn? I do blog. Introducing the IATEFL 2014 registered bloggers: Lizzie Pinard. It’s that time of year again when a lot of us turn our attentions to the International IATEFL Conference. This year’s event will be in Harrogate, a few short miles from my home town. I’m delighted to say that I’ll be attending this year, and trying to make a better attempt at blogging about the event than I managed last year! In the lead up to the conference, I’m trying to start a ‘chain reaction‘ blog challenge: I choose two or three of this year’s registered bloggers and introduce them on my blog. These bloggers then in turn choose other registered bloggers and interview them… and so it goes on until you all have a good idea of who will be blogging about this years event.
I’m delighted to kick things off with this interview from Lizzie Pinard from the ‘Reflections of an English Language Teacher‘ blog. Please introduce yourself My name is Lizzie and I’m an EFL teacher in Palermo, Sicily. Could you give us brief details about your session at IATEFL 2014? Do you blog? 10 things for participants to do before the #IATEFL 2014 Conference. Not many people know that my background is in business and economics. Not many people know this because it is a well-kept secret. Nevertheless, I like to dust off the Michael Douglas power-braces every now and then and get all business speaky.
With that in mind, here’s my list of ten go-getter strategies for the participant (with special relevance to all teacher bloggers) looking to maximize their IATEFL conference experience. 1. Go through the schedule of the event with a fine tooth comb This event is big; I mean, really big. Don’t go into it without a plan. 2. The IATEFL participants are starting to make this pretty easy for you by being quite vocal in the days leading up to the conference (check the official #IATEFL and unofficial #IATEFL2014 hashtags to see what I mean). 3. Let everyone know you’re coming. 4. Think how good it would be to know what’s going on in someone’s teaching life before you bump into them?
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