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November 17, 2014

Teaching Online: 5 Small Things

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5 Small People


After a month of teaching online some of the small differences, for both good and bad, are starting to make themselves apparent.  In this blog I look at 3 things that I need to work on and 2 advantages that I need to keep exploiting.

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Published on November 17, 2014 06:13

November 3, 2014

Looking Good Online

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After just over two weeks of being an online English teacher things are looking pretty good with a lot of lessons very quickly learned.  Of course, this might all just be an example of me fooling myself.

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Published on November 03, 2014 11:07

October 18, 2014

A New Dawn


by Stephen Greene

A new job teaching English online heralds new challenges and a change of pace and at the moment I'm just focussing on the positives.

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Published on October 18, 2014 03:13

May 18, 2014

Map of the Urban Linguistic Landscape

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News of our exciting new collaborative project to develop a database of photos from around the world to demonstrate our Linguistic Landscape.

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Published on May 18, 2014 14:03

May 7, 2014

BRAZ TESOL 2014

BRAZ-TESOL 2014, the best yet?
by Stephen Greene

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A look back, with my own personal highlights, at what many people are calling the best BRAZ TESOL conference in many a long time.

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Published on May 07, 2014 17:38

February 4, 2014

Revisiting (but not reinventing) the ELT mantra


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I was reading a forum thread the other day, when someone posted the following comment, 'If EFL teachers read a bit more, they wouldn't try to keep reinventing the wheel'. Perhaps you are one of many who agree with this sentiment. I kind of do, but I'm not sure if that's necessarily a bad thing.

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Published on February 04, 2014 15:30

December 12, 2013

E-Moderator Course Reflection - Week 4

E-Moderator Course Reflection - Week 4
by Stephen Greene 

 


My reflections on the last week of the E-moderator course run by the British Council.  Next stop: training online!

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Published on December 12, 2013 18:25

December 2, 2013

E-Moderator Course Reflection - Week 3

E-Moderator Course Reflection - Week 3
by Stephen Greene 

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The end is in sight, but this week was the hardest so far.  My reflections on Week 3 of the E-moderators Course.

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Published on December 02, 2013 11:56

November 24, 2013

E-Moderator Course Reflection - Week 2

E-Moderator Course Reflection - Week 2
by Stephen Greene

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Week 2 reflections of the E-Moderator's course run by the British Council for online teachers and trainers.

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Published on November 24, 2013 02:08

November 16, 2013

E-Moderator Course Reflection - Week 1

E-Moderator Course Reflection - Week 1
by Stephen Greene

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 Reflections on the first week of the E-Moderator's course run by the British Council for online teacher trainers.

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Published on November 16, 2013 06:32