by Taylor Veigga | Feb 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
After reading Rodrigo Sigoli’s article about the Cambridge Train the Trainer, I decided it would be suitable to have my first post of the year about my experience taking the course. I haven’t written here in ages and hopefully this will be a reminder to use this blog...
by Taylor Veigga | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you are reading this, you are a teacher that seeks professional development. This text is an example of free professional development; so are websites like this one, twitter and Facebook groups such as BrELT. There is also another type of professional development...
by Taylor Veigga | Feb 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s been a long time since I last posted. I have been very busy, but I will try to post here more often. I feel happy and energised, and I’m convinced this will be a great year for us all. The lesson When it comes to teaching English, I think features of...
by Taylor Veigga | Oct 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
That’s a question I get a lot. I haven’t posted here in a while and have certainly been less active on Twitter. I’m still pretty active on Facebook, though, especially at BrELT, a network of teachers I love to help moderate. Since my last post,...
by Taylor Veigga | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last June the world met the woman formerly know as Bruce Jenner. A star was born in a white bustier corset. Caitlyn Jenner Vanity Fair Later on, the docu-series I am Cait premiered on E! at the end of July. Journalists and commentators say that we have reached a...
by Taylor Veigga | Jun 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
‘Not everybody can be an entrepreneur’, you probably heard this before way too many times. It’s almost like entrepreneurs are a special, genetically-modified type of race. Not everybody can be an entrepreneur because not everybody wants to be an entrepreneur (and...
by Taylor Veigga | Jun 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
I can’t remember exactly how old I was, 19, maybe 20. I’d been working there for about a year and it was my first registered job, which means that I was a trainee teacher before. This was a place that I really liked to work at. The atmosphere was great, I got along...
by Taylor Veigga | May 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last week I was in Toronto for TOSCON15. I decided that I should attend more conferences this year and this was the perfect one for a number of reasons that I explain later in more detail. I also gave a talk about one-to-one teaching, the first I give away from home....
by Taylor Veigga | May 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
I remember this student I had, Claudia. She was a woman in her early fifties, elementary level, the kind of student who passed with flying colors, except she passed the same level over and over. As strange as it may sound, Claudia always and only took the beginner...
by Taylor Veigga | May 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
The other day I got involved in a heated debate on LinkedIn. I was promoting the interview I did with Marek Kiczkowiak and there was this person was way too aggressive. I decided not to reply anymore given the nature of the arguments, but some great people were...
