Cambridge Train the Trainer
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...
Professional development : who pays the bill?
If you are reading this, you are a teacher that seeks professional development. This text is an example of free professional development; so are...
A lesson on connected speech – Intermediate/B1 onwards
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...
Where have you been?
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,...
We need to talk about Caitlyn – Breaking down a deep-seated cultural taboo
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...
Teaching online with Jack Askew
‘Not everybody can be an entrepreneur’, you probably heard this before way too many times. It’s almost like entrepreneurs are a special,...
What to do if you are dismissed
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...
My experience attending TOSCON – The TESL Toronto Spring Conference
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...
How to promote student autonomy
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,...
Teachers and social networks
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...
Equity in ELT
I am proud to announce today’s episode, our very first interview here on ELT TV. Marek Kiczkowiak has been my number one choice since I decided to...
Smile, you’re being watched – tips on how to survive being observed
My very first blog post was about how two experiences with lesson observation changed my life and shaped me into the teacher and the trainer I am...
Taylor is a Trinity CertTESOL and DipTESOL tutor, teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer and editor. She holds a BA in Languages, a specialist degree in Media-Education, the CPE, and Delta. Taylor’s main interests are pronunciation, English as a Lingua Franca and language ideologies. An active member of the ELT community, T. has been a pedagogical coordinator for BrELT since 2015 and is IATEFL PronSIG Joint Webinar Coordinator.
