Guest teachers

ELT is a many splendoured thing

eleanor_occena — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:21:59 +0100

Today, I gave a lecture on Test Qualities (Bachman and Palmer, 1996:19-36) in my 7:00 a.m. Test Design class using a power point presentation.

Function and Competence

eleanor_occena — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:42:19 +0100

I’m back from the course I took in the beautiful city of Puebla de los Angeles, a two-hour drive from

Training the trainer course to develop teachers to teach competences

eleanor_occena — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:55:40 +0100

I’m away from my workplace so I beg you all to forgive me if I'm not as fast as I should be attending to my blog! I

Eleanor Occena - Interview

eleanor_occena — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:50:52 +0100

The teaching English Team interviewed me about my views on ELT and teaching in Mexico.

Eleanor Occena - Biography

eleanor_occena — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:45:21 +0100

I am Eleanor Occeña and am the third Guest Teacher on Teaching English. Please call me Ellen. I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A, of Filipino parents.

Inspiring teachers to read good books

laxman_gnawali — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:49:45 +0100

I often hear from my colleagues that maintaining reading habits (i.e.

Happy Teacher’s day!

laxman_gnawali — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:48:33 +0100

Today was a different day for me because I am a teacher. I have been a teacher of English for more than twenty years. And every year this day adds fuel to my life as a teacher.

Teachers working in under-resourced situations

laxman_gnawali — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:25:23 +0100

In Plymouth, my teacher Tony Wright used to talk about JIJO’s: jet-in-jet-out people.

Teachers as social change agents

laxman_gnawali — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:04:35 +0100

It goes without saying that teachers are responsible for the change that takes place in learners.

Setting up a teacher association

laxman_gnawali — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:29:55 +0100

Continuing my discussion on teacher networking, in my last blog I wrote about setting up teachers’ clubs in a single school or in school cluster areas.