Teacher Talks, a chat with Volkan Iner
In this podcast I’m sharing my teaching experiences, philosophy of teaching and much more. Volkan nicely summarised my motto as “Don’t Let Perfect Stop You From Being Good Enough”! Happy watching 
And if you liked this interview, checkout Volkan’s Instragram account with about 184 talks.. with teachers!
Looking back to move forward…
If COVID-19 has a silver lining, is it definitely the learning opportunities this shock-event has provided us with as ELT teachers and teacher educators, even in 2021. This year most of us started with more awareness and knowledge about online education and teaching live online, but personally, I feel I’ve come out with more knowledge, […]
Zooming in on Wellbeing
In this ELTeaTIme episode for Macmillan Education, I join -with my South Africa Rooibos tea, Nathan Waller and his fruity Strawberry and Raspberry. Together we explored wellbeing, social and emotional learning and mindfulness in teaching and learning (both for teachers and students) and shared some tips to help promote and integrate wellbeing in the language […]
Macmillan Life Skills Day – Some excellent ideas
Today expert speakers provide free online thought-provoking talks and practical activity-filled workshops to help you introduce life skills, such as critical thinking, time management and many other soft skills into your ELT classroom. Check out the Macmillan site below and have a great life skills Day!
Struggle Means Learning: Difference in Eastern and Western Cultures
If you are interested in the concept of teaching ‘grit’ and developing students’ mindset to deal better with perceived failure, then you might like to read this post. What do you think should we tell students that learning doesn’t come on a golden plate and get them used to the fact that ‘struggling’ means ‘learning’?
Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit
As Dweck already mentioned, being successful does not depend on your innate talent or IQ and Duckworth takes it a step further: it’s all about “grit”… Well-worth watching and food for thought for us teachers!
Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes
An excellent summary of why mistakes are invaluable in teaching and learning. If you are not convinced yet… make sure you read this Edutopia post. Happy reading!
Diversity – Lesson plan for World Down Syndrome Day
The 21st of March was World Down Syndrome Day and this lesson was prepared for Speech and Language therapy students on how to deal with people with down syndrome. Even though the video is in English and Spanish but has subtitles, it is worth working with if you are interested in materials on diversity. Thanks […]
Overcoming the Fear of Being Wrong
Being wrong and making mistakes often provides the richest opportunity for learning, but sadly many of our students fear making mistakes and doing things wrong. Our role as teachers is to allow them to be wrong and make them see how powerful making mistakes really is. Here is some background reading on how to help […]