Reconsidering the Role of the Teacher
by Michael Fletcher As a zealous, overly-confident, but ultimately well-intentioned newly qualified teacher, I cherished the responsibility of attending parent’s evening, primarily due to the sense of significance it afforded […]
Book Review: Why NNESTs? by Erzsebet Bekes and Marcela Carrasco
Book Review: Why NNESTs? by Erzsebet Bekes and Marcela Carrasco Thanks to Silvana Richardson’s plenary talk at IATEFL 2016 conference in Birmingham, the issue of discrimination against NNESTs in ELT […]
Covert Syllabus: What Else Do We Learn From Textbooks?
Covert Syllabus: What Else Do We Learn from Textbooks? A chilling ice-breaker It is the beginning of a new term and we start to plan the first lesson of the […]
What’s Your Teaching Identity? Book Review
What’s Your Teaching Identity? Book Review Why do English teachers need to have a fully-fledged identity both as professionals and as members of the human race? How does a strong […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Flora Debora Floris
Phil Wade Interviews: Flora Debora Floris Flora Debora Floris is a lecturer at the Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia where she teaches general English and language teaching methodology courses. She […]
7 Business Benefits of Learning English
7 Business Benefits of Learning English More than 7,000 languages are spoken around the globe but out of all of these, English is the universal language – the language that […]
EFL News From Around The World
EFL News From Around The World Welcome to our weekly “EFL News From Around The World” news section, bringing you the latest happenings from the world of English language teaching. […]
Teach English in Ecuador: A Brief Guide
Teach English in Ecuador: A Brief Guide English is a global language, a true Lingua Franca, and this applies to Ecuador as well. The government is keen on improving the […]
The 50th Annual IATEFL Conference
The 50th Annual IATEFL Conference The date for the 50th Annual IATEFL Conference is soon approaching. Some 2,500 delegates, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors are already booked in to attend this […]
Copernicus Goes To Indonesia
Copernicus goes to Indonesia This month your Copernicus columnist is in Indonesia. I’m here as part of my “Global Communication and Science” project, helping to facilitate an exciting collaboration between […]