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What’s happening, where I’m at now, March 2019
Today it struck me out of the blue that I used to have a relationship with writing. I loved it, I obsessed with it, I detested the struggles of the process, I spent hours and hours at night figuring...
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Leaving Japan means leaving an amazing ELT zone. I’m in awe of how much teachers here invest themselves and their time into their professional development, into professional development of others...
View ArticleSelf-initiated Teacher Support: Owning Your Professional Development (1/3)
It’s been 10 days since I left Japan. I said my goodbyes and lived through that pain, yet there is still a lot to reflect on and share here, things more practical and ELT-related. I’ll start by...
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Below is part two, Discussion, of my article on self-directed teacher support systems. You can read part one, Introduction, in this post here. ***** DISCUSSION ***** At the beginning of the academic...
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Final reflections on self-initiated teacher support project: what worked and...
Below is the final part of my long and likely not super exciting article based on the project I carried out with and for my colleagues in 2018. My idea was that teachers don’t need to rely so much on...
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Say no more, my way is the silent way, or the most effective way to blog again
***** Good morning everyone! Today I have no voice Quiet class – for me But not for you =) If you have any tips for me how to return my voice – please share OK Is it ok if I wear a mask? YOU can...
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Questions we ask ourselves
Xin chào! In the seven months I’ve been living and teaching in Vietnam, I’ve accumulated questions that seem to me tough to address. Coming from the professional stability that Japan offered into the...
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Ahead of the curve
Last time I was in a class full of students was on January 15th of this year*. After 3 months of online teaching (and yes, I can and will call that teaching!), I will soon be back in school for my...
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The Unblocking
It’s quite ironic that this is the message WordPress is greeting me with after a year-long separation, considering the title of my upcoming post. “Sometimes you focus too much on what is blocking...
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Blooming.
Prompted by recent posts on Russian ELT-related social media by my colleagues Vera and Veronika, I want to, no, I need to give myself a gift of self-recognition and appreciation. A pat on the head,...
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