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Category Archives: Individual members
Things can always get better – teaching associations change lives (Božica Šarić-Cvjetković)
I live in a small town in Serbia and I’ve been teaching English as a foreign language to young learners for more than ten years. I still teach in the same school where I first got the job, in a … Continue reading
My life-changing professional development journey (Elena Matveeva)
I have been teaching English for almost 20 years now. I used to teach Business English at a university, worked as a freelancer for a couple of years and now I am a teacher and academic director in one of … Continue reading
IATEFL membership for personal and professional development (Latsouck Gueye)
In today’s society, changing faster than ever, teachers are faced with the challenge of how to adapt to changes in the field of methodology as well as technology to design courses that cater best for students’ needs. In this process … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Associates, scholarship winner, teaching association
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IATEFL: Dream and Reality (Syke Annamma Kumaran)
I heard the acronym IATEFL for the first time only in 2010 at the age of 32, which was 8 years after finishing my M.A. in English. I was attending the 41st annual international conference of ELTAI (English Language Teachers Association of … Continue reading
Posted in Individual members, Scholarship winners
Tagged Asia, photographer, scholarship winner
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From Checklist to Reality Check: The Never-ending Nature of Professional Development (Wiktoria Parysek)
Last year, after completing the input portion of my CertIBET with Helen Strong (IATEFL BESIG’s Events Coordinator) I made an action plan for my future as an English instructor. If you’re a CELTA graduate or have completed any kind of … Continue reading
Me, myself, and I…ATEFL (James Egerton)
Teachers’ associations. 5 years ago. Say what you see: dull, pointless, port, tweed. The ‘hindsight revisionist’ in me would love to say that I was just setting off on my teaching career at this point, but the raw reality is … Continue reading
My 4 Cs of IATEFL membership (Clare Maas)
Conferences I attended my first IATEFL conference in 2008. I was in awe and overwhelmed at the same time. I tried to attend as many sessions as I possibly could, which kind of back-fired and meant I went back to … Continue reading
A Freelancer’s Perspective on IATEFL (by Julie Moore)
A freelancer in the gig economy I started my career some 25 years ago as an EFL teacher, working in private language schools in Greece, the Czech Republic and the UK, but for the past 17 years or so, I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged freelancer, lexicographer, materials writing, MaWSIG, writer
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How IATEFL shaped my journey (by Gerhard Erasmus)
Like many other teachers around the world, my route into ELT was poorly planned and probably a little haphazard at best. I came to Asia having quit a career I did not enjoy back home and with little in terms … Continue reading
Simon Greenall
Simon Greenall is a long-time member and past president of IATEFL. He very kindly agreed to be the first individual member featured on the blog. We’d like to feature posts by members from across the organisation, especially (but not exclusively!) … Continue reading