Teacher Bits

These are my thoughts and ponders as an EFL teacher.

Foreign Language Lessons in CELTA – Why I agree One of my teacher trainers posted on her blog about why bringing Foreign Language lessons back into the CELTA timetable benefits trainees. Since I’ve been teaching, so many of these points ring home. I remember the Japanese and Chinese mini lessons she did for us and how eye-opening they were. The things I learnt from the course had only sunken in when I started teaching and now, I can appreciate even more of what she was trying to teach us. So far, I have managed to remember and achieve or at least be aware about almost all of the points raised for this argument. The great thing is, the points are just as relevant for group lessons as they are for one-to-one lessons. Read more…