Autumn/November 2011 - Vol 25 No 3
now available!
Dear Everybody,
Welcome to the last issue of Volume 25.
As I write, we have gentle September sunshine in the UK, a lovely start to Autumn. I hope your weather is similarly kind!
We have lots of great articles in this issue!
Our first one, on page 2 will help you run a practical workshop on challenging participant behaviour. It uses mini case studies. On page 4 you will find a summary of four traditions in teacher training/education, useful whether you are starting off or are more experienced as a teacher of teachers. The article on page 9 also makes use of case studies. It is designed to offer a tool for teachers in India to develop and change.
If you work on short intensive pre-service teacher training courses where trainees have to teach two different levels of practical classes, then the article on page 13 will help you review the different ways of changing teaching practice groups.
Argentina is the setting for the article on page 15 which brings out astonishing differences in perceptions between co-operating teachers and student teachers on their practicum.
Using inspirational quotations in language teaching and on teacher training courses is the focus of the short article on page 19.
A very interesting piece of research on the use of picture books with language learners of all ages is the focus of the article on page 20. I learned a lot from this work.
My own tips on page 24 are designed to help those who always wanted to teach adults but who now find themselves teaching teenagers. This might be you or might be the teachers you work with.
Our usual news column is on page 8, article abstracts are on page 26 and thumb nail descriptions of relevant books are on page 27.
I always love to receive your article submissions, adverts, and letters and emails so please do keep them coming!
All good wishes and happy reading!
Tessa Woodward
The Editor
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Opening plenary IATEFL conference
by Tessa Woodward
Tessa Woodward, the editor of The Teacher Trainer journal, gave the opening plenary at the IATEFL conference in Harrogate, UK in April, 2010. The topic was "The professional life cycles of teachers". Below you can watch Part 1 of her plenary.
Part 2 (approx. 45 minutes) of Tessa's Opening Plenary is available on the IATEFL web site. Please follow this link to continue viewing.
Tessa was also the October 2009 guest writer for the BBC Teaching English web site. And the subject was all about being a teacher trainer! You can still see her articles on the 'Guest Writer' section:
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/am-i-ready-be-a-teacher-trainer
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/how-be-a-trainer
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/tessa-woodward.
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