by Tim | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog
This Sunday (the 15th of August) at 11 am GMT, we will be joined by friend of the shop Matthew Noble for a session titled ‘Reconsidering Reflection’. You can check what time the session will be in your local time zone here. The session is free and easy to...
by Tim | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog
Looking back One of the generally under-discussed issues mentioned here is unpaid planning time. We discussed this in our monthly ‘What’s going on with you these days’ session with Maria Glazunova. It certainly warrants more discussion, both in terms of how we can...
by Tim | Jul 24, 2021 | Blog
On Wednesday July 28th at 10am UTC (click here to see that in your local time zone), we will be back for our monthly ‘What’s going on with you these days?’ session. Our guest this time is Maria Glazunova, a teacher, author, and speaker from Ukraine....
by Tim | Jul 3, 2021 | Blog
Looking back Having Zhenya Polosatova on Talking Shop earlier this month was an absolute pleasure. We had some issues with recording during the session, so Zhenya was kind enough to record a second version completely unprompted. She goes in-depth about how to apply a...
by Tim | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog
Hello Workshoppers, On Wednesday, the 23rd of June, we are going to be joined by Teresa Bestwick for a ‘What’s going on with you these days?’ session. In these laid-back hangouts, we invite a guest to bring thoughts and questions based on whatever...
by Tim | Jun 10, 2021 | Blog
May was a busy month here at the ELT Workshop with two sessions and a new book to work on. Let’s take a look at some of what went on, what’s coming up and some of our cultural highlights from the last month. Looking back We came up with an idea for a new book in...
by Tim | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog
On Sunday the 13th, we’ll be joined by the wonderful Zhenya Polosatova for a session on reflective practice. Zhenya is a teacher trainer based in Ukraine. She runs one of our favourite ELT blogs: Wednesday Seminars. In her previous session, we learned so much...
by Tim | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog
If you’ve ever attended one of our ‘What’s going on with you these days…’ sessions, you’ll know the ‘game’ of Workshopping that we play at the start of each session. If your not has very simple, and not very gamelike, rules: Before the session we think of a category....
by Tim | May 22, 2021 | Blog
On Wednesday the 26th of May, we will be back for another ‘What’s going on with you these days?’ session. For these informal chats, we invite a guest to come armed with some thoughts and questions based on whatever is going on with them these days....
by Tim | May 9, 2021 | Blog
On Sunday the 16th, we’ll be joined by Mike for his long-awaited workshop on beliefs about online learning. With so many teachers thrown into online teaching in the past year, it is worth taking time to reflect on what we believe about it. Mike, alongside being...
