new stuff
This is just a short note to update you all on some new things you can find here now. BASIC TRAINING is an ongoing series at sharing in straightforward and low-tech ways how to go about teaching,...
View Articledogs, disasters and dodgy grammar rules – teaching the passive
A 20-minute exploration of how conventional treatment of the”rules” for using the passive voice (as, for example, presented in coursebooks or standard student grammar books) misses the chance to...
View ArticleCelta Hamburg Podcast Episode 2
I just made a short podcast for my current Celta trainees up here in Hamburg, where I talk a bit about our general approach to training, teacher talk, language grading, task-setting, work management...
View ArticleCelta hamburg podcast episode 3 – practice made pointless
I took a few minutes to record some thoughts about the past week on my current Celta course for my trainees, focusing on the question of what makes good controlled practice. I focus mainly on the...
View ArticleUnplugged Radio Episode 4 – this time, it’s personal
In this 15 minute episode, I talk about my teaching career and the developmental opportunities it has afforded me along the way. I recorded this mainly for my current trainees but if you like what you...
View ArticleUnplugged Radio Episode 5 – teaching without terminology
Hello! This is Anthony Gaughan for Teacher Training Unplugged Radio. In this episode I’d like to talk about focusing on form in the language classroom, and how not to waste time on it. Let’s get...
View ArticleSo 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...
View ArticleSo you want to be a Celta trainer? Part 2: getting your feet in the starting...
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...
View ArticleSo you want to be a Celta trainer? Part 3: Ready…?
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...
View ArticleSo you want to be a Celta Tutor? Part 4: Set…
This is a series of posts on the ins and outs of becoming a Celta trainer. You can find the previous posts here: part one, part two, part three. Pre-course? The purpose of the pre-course training...
View Articlea question of trust
There is a basic relationship of trust that needs to be in place for a student to learn from a teacher, and for a teacher to teach a student. The student must trust that the teacher offers useful...
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