Monthly Archives: May 2015
8 further things I learnt during my first proper ELT job
First of all, I can promise I won’t write this sort of post until the end of time, going up to ‘things I’ve learnt during my nineteenth week as an English language teacher!’ ! It just so happens that, since … Continue reading
CELTA Week Four (better late than never!)
So, it is now over 10 days since I finished my wonderful CELTA course and I have finally managed to finish my post about the fourth and final week of the course! As I have a chronic habit of starting … Continue reading
First week teaching post-CELTA: 9 things I have learnt
I promise that my post about my fourth and final week of my CELTA is very nearly finished, but in advance of that, I thought I’d write a quick summary of my first week teaching – although it was a … Continue reading
#firsttimeteaching – and #myfirstblogchallenge!
‘First time teaching’ was a blog challenge I first noticed on Joanna Malefaki’s blog – for once, it wasn’t her setting these brilliant blog challenges, but her acquaintance Theodora Papapanagiotou. I noticed Joanna’s post for this challenge on Saturday 9th May, one day … Continue reading
The magic of Berlin, according to one of my students
Considering I called my blog ‘Berlingo’ so that I can write about both ‘lingo’, or rather, English Language Teaching, and about my favourite city, I thought I had better get some more Berlin-related content up here! This is a piece that … Continue reading
CELTA Week Three…the end is (very sadly!) nigh
You know the drill…I can’t control myself…. CELTA Week Three Day Eleven: Monday 27th April The One Where We Squished 12 C1-level Learners Into A Room Designed For Only 6! Monday morning began in a strange way for me: I … Continue reading
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