Skilling up for Management

Continued professional development (CPD) in ELT benefits the individual and the institution. Successful ELT management entails proficiency in ascertaining and delivering client and staff needs and managing time, finance, resources and quality control in order do so. This career progression may require upskilling in these areas and will form part of an individual’s negotiated and agreed CPD plan...

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New teacher abroad? Six vital teaching tips

As one term finishes and before we start the next, it's a nice time to reflect on not only the year just completed but also one's career to-date. After seven years of teaching English in five countries I can certainly say I've had a journey, and in the process learnt a lot about myself, the classroom, the English language itself and what it really takes to teach it effectively. Here are six tips which I hope will help encourage and guide anyone preparing to embark on their first trip abroad to teach English as a Foreign language or for anyone more experienced...

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Language Teaching - the soft skills bonus

Teaching English as a foreign language can often be an ingenious win-win activity for you as a teacher as well as for your learners. Sometimes underestimated and reduced to a year ‘off’ during which you speak your native language to impressionable locals whose culture you can discover in exchange which is far from the reality of professional language teaching, this job is in fact an excellent avenue for acquiring and honing a multitude of...

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