BOSTON 2014 C13 CELTA OCTOBER 20 - NOVEMBER 14

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Comment by Matthew Noble on November 13, 2014 at 11:01am

Sincere apologies to you, trainees, for my bad, bad modeling of responsible and professional TIMING as I have kept you late in Input Sessions several times over the course of these four weeks. It's hypocritical of me to expect you guys to finish YOUR lessons on time in a consistent and principled fashion without also doing this myself.

I also realize that you've got very, very little time to prepare for lessons and depend on every minute during the day to work on your stuff. My stealing that from you in order to deliver the input sessions I'm scheduled to give within specific time limits is wrong of me - so please accept my apologies!

Comment by Matthew Noble on November 13, 2014 at 8:45am

A book of YL activities (expandable from 5 minutes, of course...)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6s45WWdJGrcQnRuMHQzTFRlWHM/view?u...

Comment by Matthew Noble on November 11, 2014 at 10:33pm

Sorry, I've got one more! But this in your file to read, or, perhaps more realistically, to skim n' scan and find something that grabs you and dig into that, when and if you feel like it. Anyway, it's 'Uncovering Grammar' and it's very engagingly written, including tasks and stuff to do. You also may noticed the same author popping up: Scott Thornbury. He's great, a guy who literally wrote the book on the CELTA and is great at making things make sense for teachers.

That book is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6s45WWdJGrcSlBhSHpDYzRlNTg/view?u...

Scott's blog is great, too: http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/index/ If you find an interesting blog post on there, don't stop there: the comment threads are often the best part, and are well-populated by the best and more turned-on minds in ELT.

Comment by Matthew Noble on November 11, 2014 at 10:25pm

Another book, one that can hardly be described as 'light reading' but is in fact far more accessible than it might at first appear, is "Conversation: From Description to Pedagogy". This one, Nina, might help get at some of those 'nooks and crannies' that seem to exist behind and/or beyond 'the grammar box'...

That's here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6s45WWdJGrcTmhiTk41SlJJZFk/view?u...

Comment by Stefan Piscitelli on November 11, 2014 at 10:16pm

Free PDF of Richards' Teaching Listening and Speaking, from Theory to Practice.

Comment by Matthew Noble on November 11, 2014 at 9:53pm

This afternoon Nina asked about good resources for developing more overall language awareness (making this thing we're teaching, our native language, more of a 'known known'). If only the CELTA had an extra couple days and we could do more of our own language study, eh? Well, in lieu of that, here are links to a) a good read for that and b) a course on the site you'll be receiving a free year-long membership to with your TH CELTA pass letter (and enrollment in one course is free with that membership too!)

a) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6s45WWdJGrcV045ZE5sZmhOcnc/view?u...

b) http://www.cambridgeenglishteacher.org/courses/details/18606

Cheers

Comment by Matthew Noble on November 10, 2014 at 9:58am

The basics (soon to be updated!) of online teaching resources and edtech use in ELT...:http://celtatrainer.wordpress.com/internet-edtech-input/

Comment by Stefan Piscitelli on November 9, 2014 at 9:13am

Here's an idea about what you'll need when applying for jobs:

CV with a recent photo
Copy of Passport
Copy of University degree
Copy of TESOL/TEFL certificate (must have completed at least 100 hours)
Reference letter from previous teaching post (if applicable)

Comment by Stefan Piscitelli on November 8, 2014 at 10:23pm

via npr: Five Great Teachers On What Makes A Great Teacher http://n.pr/1q8MZyU

Comment by Maëlle Kervarec on November 7, 2014 at 3:50pm

How important is pronunciation?!
http://www.britishinstitutes.it/

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