From Houston to Building 5 Schools across Europe with Ron Morrain
Today’s guest is Ron Morrain. Ron and I chat about his background growing up in Texas, and the challenges he’s had to overcome in…
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Foreign Language Acquisition – The Challenges of 2020
challenges of 2020 As a new decade dawned on 1st January 2020, there was a huge wave of hope that filled many with positive…
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Interview with Rachel Paling
Promoter of Brain-Friendly Learning and Founder of Efficient Language Coaching By Sharyn Collins Rachel, first of all, many thanks for taking time out of…
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Marjorie Rosenberg’s Journey in EFL
by Marjorie Rosenberg When I first came to Graz to take part in a programme for opera singers in summer 1975, little did I…
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Interview with Steve Hirschorn
by Sharyn Collins 40 years teaching and training, specialist in the history of ELT methodology, mentor to countless teachers and trainers, still innovating…
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Coaching, Language Coaching and Neurolanguage Coaching
By Rachel Marie Paling In the autumn of 2018, the IATEFL BESIG Annual Conference took place in Iasi, Romania; the perfect opportunity for teachers,…
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Why Educators Should Think More about The Brain in the Learning Process
By Rachel Paling Over the past eight years I have been training language teachers worldwide to become Neurolanguage Coaches®, bringing neuroscience or knowledge about…
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Where I Teach: Southern Umbria
by Cinzia di Loreto I feel I am very fortunate to be an English teacher in my home town of Terni, situated in Southern…
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Accommodating Dyslexic Learners in the EFL Classroom
by Jonathan Owen “All students are entitled to attend and participate in foreign language classes. Thus today’s foreign language educator … has the task…
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Teaching at an English Summer Camp in South Korea
By Raquel Thoesen The summer of 2014 looked a bit different for me than for most other university students back home. It took place…
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