I've really been meaning to post up this presentation, done at TESOL Spain earlier this year, and finally have had a chance to run throu...

One of the luckiest things to ever happen in my life was being taught by Professor Hein at MLS in the US. It was his boundless energy, crea...

Making the simple complex or Making the complex simple? This post is part of a teacher-training workshop on using the web2.0 platf...

Dear Latin American Readers, You might be in luck... IATEFL have one more scholarship available, check the link(s) below and apply ASAP! T...

Oh, To be a Teacher Trainer! In the relatively recent past, Cambridge ESOL redefined their policies regarding the hiring of Course Tutors fo...

For the first time ever, the annual BESIG conference will be held outside central Europe and instead will take place in one of Poland's ...

Alex Case of the TEFLtastic blog has just set up a mentoring experiment / forum on the TEFL.net website . Go check it out and sign up if yo...

I have another great secret. My students are incredible people. They are bankers, managers, managing bankers; they are CEOs and CFOs, web ...

Last week I had a lovely time working with a group of English language teachers who came to the VHS in Ludwigsburg for a workshop enti...

If you've been reading my blog postings for a while now then you'll already know that I'm a big fan of slideshare and even have ...

Cardiff says hello to the world: Biggest global teaching event ever! On April 1st, 2009, over 1600 teachers and academics from around the wo...

At the British School in Tumbaco, I once had the brief and unfortunate experience of working for an arrogant pig ( no longer employed there...

A quick scan of my micro-sized office will reveal the remnants of a business English conference: brochures and catalogs on the floor, my ti...

As I strolled into the Haus der Wirtschaft I was immediately struck by two things: the gorgeous setting amidst statues and art pieces and th...