Matthew Noble

Matthew Noble, USA, Adult, Training, TEFL

Matt found his calling in English language teaching as a volunteer instructor at an ancient Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka in 2004. He completed his CELTA in Bangkok, Thailand the following year and went on to teach at language centers, corporate headquarters, elementary and high schools, test prep programs, and as a private tutor for the next 6 years abroad.

In 2011 he came home to earn an EdM in TESOL from Boston University while also teaching English to low-income immigrants in the Boston area and leading online seminars on Reflective Practice for teachers. ‘Teacher learning’ being a primary focus of his graduate work, Matt was thrilled to become a CELTA trainer and carries this enthusiasm with him into each and every course. In his free time Matt enjoys listening to world music, reading mystery novels, and engaging social media.

Muddles into Maxims - currently offline
An ELT blog; a fun and functional place for me to share some of my thoughts and reflections on the training I help facilitate and the teacher learning I witness as a course tutor on an intensive initial certificate course (and trainer learning, too!). Also, thoughts/ideas/reflections on related teaching matters.

Theme: education, teacher training, celta, tefl, efl

Miguel Angel

Miguel Angel, Spain, Adult, English as a Foregn Language

English language teacher and course coordinator at Centre d'idiomes de la Universitat de València. Interested in applying new technologies into the classroom.

Mike's Teaching Notes
My personal view on English Language Teaching with resources, news, materials, activities related to it.

Theme: ELT, TEFL, ESL, TESOL, TIC, EFL

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Isabela Villas Boas

Isabela Villas Boas, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Brazil

Academic Superintendent of Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil; MTESL degree from Arizona State University and Doctorate in Education from Universidade de Brasilia. Lifelong learner and eager to connect with educators from around the world.

TEFLing
A blog that discusses current issues related to Teaching English as a Foreign Language, linking theory and practice.

Theme: TEFL; ELT; TESL; TESOL

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Thomas Strasser

Thomas Strasser, Austria, All Sectors, EFL, TEFL, New Learning Technologies

New Learning Technologies Researcher, EFL-teacher, (student) teacher trainer at Vienna University of Teacher Education, EFL-textbook author, author of scientific articles/monographs (Social Media, Web 2.0, New Learning Technologies).

Learning Reloaded - currently offline
Useful links, posts, blog entries for EFL-teachers and people interested in new learning technologies in general.

Theme: Web 2.0, social media, TEFL, EFL, TESOL, PLE, LMS, VLE, ePortfolio, new learning technologies, educational apps

Francois Oosthuizen

Francois Oosthuizen, South Africa, English, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

I have been teaching English for more than 5 years now and I have had the privilege of teaching students from a variety of different countries all over the world.

I have taught Beginner, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, and Advanced students from more than 15 different countries (including Germany, Russia, Korea, Japan, China, Angola, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Thailand, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina). I have a passion for teaching. When I am not teaching, I enjoy writing a blog for English language learners.

Free English Lessons
My blog offers free grammar and vocabulary lessons for the English language. It also highlights common mistakes that learners of this language make. A new lesson is written and posted each day and features a simplified explanation as well as an exercise that the student can do by posting to the comments section.

Each comment is approved by the teacher and thorough feedback is provided with regard to the answers. Students do not need to sign up in order to leave comments. Furthermore, each lesson also concludes with a section of relevant vocabulary from the lesson.

Facebook Page

Theme: english, lessons, grammar, vocabulary, common mistakes

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Richard Whiteside

Richard Whiteside, UK, Primary, Secondary, English Language Teaching

In ELT since 2002, worked in Portugal, Poland, Spain and Kazakhstan, mainly for IH. Now doing MA Educational Technology and TESOL.

I'd like to think I help people learn English
It started as a medium for a sort of journal tracking my first attempts at using a class blog, but them morphed into my musings on ELT and associated bits and bobs. Now as I'm doing a masters I will be posting things associated with that and anything else education related that takes my fancy!

Theme: ELT, TEFL, TESOL, english, education, EFL

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Arjana Blazic

Arjana Blazic, Croatia, Secondary, English

High school English and German teacher, avid user of new technologies, committed to lifelong learning, with a passion for travel.

Traveloteacher
A blog about teaching with technology, collaboration, international student and teacher exchanges, field trips, educational projects and... travelling.

Theme: web 2.0, collaboration, EFL, TEFL

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Clarissa C. S. Ryan

Clarissa C. S. Ryan, USA, TESOL

I have an MA in TESOL from California State University, East Bay. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

Talk to the Clouds
I blog about teaching English as a foreign language/teaching English as a second language, educational technology, learner autonomy, professional development, personal development, world Englishes, and other topics.

I have another blog for English learners at Readable Blog.

Theme: ELT, TESOL, TESL, TEFL, English, edtech, linguistics

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Evan Frendo

Evan Frendo, Germany, English, Adult

Teacher / trainer / author specialising in business English and English for specific purposes.

English for the Workplace
Sharing thoughts with teachers and trainers of business English and ESP.

Theme: business english, english for specific purposes, ESP, EFL, TEFL, TESOL, ESL, workplace communication

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Marisa Constantinides

Marisa Constantinides, Greece, Further, English Language, TEFL, TESOL, Teacher Education, ICT

Marisa Constantinides is the Director of Studies of CELT Athens and is responsible for the design and implementation of all the programmes offered by CELT.

Marisa's main qualifications related to teaching are the RSA Diploma in TEFLA (DTEFLA), a precursor to the Cambridge DELTA Diploma, and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading in the UK. Her involvement in Teacher Development Programmes started at the Hellenic American Union where she ran workshops for colleagues and State School Teachers, then with Longman Publications running numerous training seminars for them all over Greece.

From 1982 to 1989, she trained teachers for Mrs.Gina Pagoulatou-Vlachou's school. During that period she also collaborated with the PALSO Federation, designing and running the first series of organised courses for language schools owners and their teachers in Greece.

From 1989-1993 she ran CELT with partners, training teachers and teaching adults on general and ESP courses, and as of September 1993, Marisa has been running CELT Athens on her own, mostly training teachers of English and supporting Diploma in Translation candidates.

Marisa Constantinides has written materials for children (Basic Grammar Workbooks 1, 2, & 3 published by English Schoolbook Publications), activity books for Cambridge Exams set texts, and numerous articles on Language, Foreign Language Teaching and Education.

TEFL Matters
Some thoughts on Language Teaching, Language Teacher Education & New Technologies.

New blogger. Nominated in 2009 Edublog Awards
- Best New Blog
- Most Influential post
- Best individual Tweeter (educator)

Theme: ICT, teacher development, TEFL, TESOL, ESL, education, methodology, teaching, teacher education, teacher training

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Victor Hugo Rojas B

Victor Hugo Rojas B, Peru, Secondary, Tertiary, Adult, Teacher Education, Teacher Training, TEFL, EFL, Curriculum

I am Associate Professor of Language Education at UNE and Assistant Professor at UNMSM. I have been teaching English and French over 24 years. I teach a wide range of courses from beginning English to under/post graduate lectures, seminars and workshops on TEFL.

My research field is foreign/second language acquisition and learning, the impact of teaching EFL in PERU, e-Learning, distance education, among others.

ISSUES CONCERNING TEACHER EDUCATION
This blog has been created to share pedagogical experiences on EFL teacher education, pre- and in- service teacher training, and some research. Reporting updated teaching and learning issues from different context around Peru and abroad.

Theme: teacher, foreign language education, teaching, learning, theory, approach, method, procedure, lesson, methodology, strategy, techniques, syllabus, materials, visual aids, convention, congress, workshop, course, ICT, moodle, blogging

Shelly Terrell

Shelly Terrell, USA, Germany, All Sectors, Education Technology, ELL

I have taught beginner, intermediate, and advanced English Language Learners of various ages, cultures, and backgrounds. I started teaching college students and high school students for the University of Incarnate Word in Texas with great success. Currently, I teach English to children, teens, and adult students in Germany.

I recently finished my Master’s thesis, Closing the Achievement Gap of High School English Language Learners through Online Technology, and will be receiving my Master of Arts in Education with a Specialization in Curriculum and Instruction for English as a Second Language in November 2009. Since 2000, I have also worked as a free lance web designer, content writer, and editor.

Teacher Boot Camp
Ideas and challenges for integrating technology and sound pedagogy in the classroom in order to create a learning environment accessible to all learners.

Theme: education, technology, edtech, esl, efl, tefl, elt, esol, ell, elearning, web2.0, web3.0

Betty Wong

Betty Wong, China, BNU

College student majors in educational technology, co-founder of SocialLearnLab.

Betty's Neverland - currently offline
College life in BNU, sociallearn.

Theme: edtech, ESL, TEFL, EFL, e-learning, language learning, sociallearn

Jeffrey Hill

Jeffrey Hill, France, Further, English

Born and grew up in Plymouth, UK. Studied Spanish at Liverpool University. Taught in Spain for 2 years. Lived in Le Havre, France, since 1981. Teacher of English at the Normandy Business School.

The English Blog
Internet resources, reviews, news, tips and trivia for learners and teachers of English.

Theme: english, efl, esl, tefl, tesol, elt, language, linguistics

Howard Vickers

Howard Vickers, Bolivia, Adult, Foreign Languages

Director and founder of Avatar Languages - Online language school offering 1-to-1 lessons in English, Spanish and other languages. We use web 2.0 tools for the online classroom, such as Google Docs, whiteboards, Skype and virtual worlds.

Avatar Languages Blog
Language learning blog: innovative ideas for teachers and students of foreign languages.

Theme: languages, online, interactive, web2.0, foreign languages, esl, efl, elt, tefl, teaching, eteaching, elearning, distance learning, google docs, skype, virtual worlds, second life, online whiteboards

Karenne Sylvester

Karenne Sylvester, Stuttgart, Germany, Adult, EFL, ESOL, TEFL, TESOL, ESL

I’m originally from Grenada in the Caribbean. I’ve lived and taught all over the world and currently I’m based in Stuttgart, Germany as EFL teacher, teacher-trainer and materials writer. My specialities lie in using new media and technology in the language classroom and developing communicative speaking skills.

Kalinago English
This blog is aimed at TESOL teachers. This is where I give teachers the “skinny” on education conferences, workshops and teacher trainers, provide teaching tips (including using technology) and offer lesson plan ideas.

Themes: teacher training, lesson plans, technology education, elearning, conferences, workshops, teaching, lesson tips, english, tips, tricks, ideas

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Jonathan Lecun

Jonathan Lecun, Wales, UK, Adult, EFL

I am the founder of UK Teachers Online, an online English language teaching tuition service. I currently live and work in Cardiff in Wales (UK).

I am a qualified EFL (English as a Foreign Language) instructor with over 13 years' teaching experience. I have worked with adult students both in the UK and abroad in a variety of areas. My specialisations include teaching academic English, Cambridge exams and teaching speaking fluency skills.

UK Teacher(s) online - currently offline
The blog contains reflections about teaching EFL to adults both online and in general as well as using Ning to create community learning for the students who generally study one to one with a teacher.

My other interests in the blog are with synchronous online instructions using webconferencing and the Smart Notebook Interactive Whiteboard software. I am interested in making contact with other online teachers in general and specifically EFL teachers.

Theme: ESL, EFL, TEFL, TESL, Ning, Smart Notebook, adult education, synchronous learning

Seth Dickens

Seth Dickens, Italy, EFL, Secondary, Adult, English

I am an EFL teacher and teacher-trainer working in North Italy. I am particularly interested in ICT and training language teachers how to incorporate technology into their teaching in simple and practical ways.

This blog is a space for the occasional thought or to share web based tools which might be useful in language teaching.

DigitaLang
Discussing how to bring ICT into the language classroom.

Theme: tefl, efl, ict, technology, it, esl, tesl