teacher training & CDP

Cambridge DELTA: is it worth it?

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In this post I summarise my experience with Cambridge DELTA, which unfortunately has been mainly negative, and I explain why I would recommend to enrol in a Master’s Degree instead.

Leaving for Sofia, Bulgaria

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In a couple of days I will be leaving to attend a 5-week intensive Delta module two course at AVO Language School in Sofia. I have been working on the distance part in the last month (including my experimental practice and first drafts of LSA1), but the bulk of the course will be while I

Delta Module 2

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After a long hiatus since my Module 1 exam, I have finally started Module 2. I will be working on it all through the summer, and hopefully will have my certificate by September. The good thing about it is that it is helping me to feel motivated again — a lack of motivation is what

My #tdsigcarnival contribution: peer observations

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This post is in response to TDSiG request to share teacher development success stories as part of their 2018 Web Carnival. In my experience, one of the most successful and useful TD activities we do where I teach are peer observations. In this post, I would like to explain why. 1: Quick and easy tricks

Delta module 1 exam is over

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Some impressions after sitting Delta module 1 exam.
After more than 15 months of preparation (while also working full time), I finally sat module 1 exam last Wednesday. Of course I can’t say anything about the result, as I will not know until next February, but I just wanted to note down some impressions I have had after doing the exam.

My beliefs as a teacher: learning and teaching

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Today I would like to discuss a deeper aspect of my beliefs as a teacher: how I assume we learn a language, and how this affects what I consider effective teaching. What follows is a list of beliefs I gathered from observing myself and from analysing how I myself learned my second (and third) language.

My beliefs as a teacher: role of the learner

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As part of the post series on my beliefs as a teacher, today I would like to discuss the role of the learner as I see it from where I stand. I will try to make this as generic as possible, even though I believe the role of a 4-year-old child is very different from that

My beliefs as a teacher: role of the teacher

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As part of the post series on my beliefs as a teacher, today I would like to discuss the assumptions and principles about my role and aims as a teacher. As everything else, I am sure these ideas are in constant change, so that if I was to re-write this post in a year or even

Realisations

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I am writing this quick post to share a realisation I came to this week. After one year of worrying and studying for Cambridge Delta module 1, I finally feel it’s paying off. Even if I won’t pass the exam in December, I recently saw the fruit of all my hard work, which makes it

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