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MO39 · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: Teacher Training info

I'm applying online for a job as a teacher trainer in Mexico. Though I've been an ESL/EFL teacher for many years, I've never been a teacher trainer. In order to fill out the application and not come across as a dunce, I need to do a little homework. I'd be grateful for any suggestions as to websites I could consult that deal with the jargon and basic principles of teacher training.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject:

Maybe we could study together- I'm also going through the teacher trainer application process. And it's a handful.

Justin

Dragonlady · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:40 am Post subject:

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tedkarma · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:17 am Post subject:

Try searching for "teaching methodology" and PPP and ESA.

Those should give you a start anyway.

cyberphi · Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

Hi,
I'm a teacher trainer (CELTA). Here are some ideas for publications to look at ...

The Teacher Trainer: more a magazine than an academic publication, but it sometimes carries useful articles on ELT training. The website doesn't seem very useful (do you have to subscribe to get into it?)

EL Gazette: a general ELT paper you're bound to have seen, but there are sometimes interesting things in there re training.

ELT Journal: Much more slanted towards academic / research, but some useful articles have appeared on training issues.

The International House magazine (not sure if you can get it outside the IH world) - lots of good stuff, mostly on CELTA training / general teaching things.

IATEFL has a teacher training SIG (special interest group). Website here: www.dudeney.com/iatefl/ttedsig
(TESOL may have something similar)

Other than that, you could contact Cambridge ESOL and/or Trinity College London, as both have 'training up' schemes for new trainers - those handbooks might give you some general guidelines as to what's expected of trainers / what the training process might involve.

Good luck!

GambateBingBangBOOM · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 2021 Location: Japan

How are you doing these internet searches? If you use google's scholar site, then you can find a tonne of information (but of course, it's all in the form of scholarly articles).

Just click the 'more' tab above the search window in google and go to scholar.