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Conference talks and published articles

Conference talks

  1. What I’ve learned about supportive trainer talk – 43rd TESOL Greece Annual International Convention (2022)

2. Planning collaborative and reflective online lessons for adults and teenagers -55th IATEFL Belfast (2022)

3. Mixing Frameworks and Methods: Lesson Planning… with a Twist!LanguagEd day, online (2022).

4. Planning Jigsaw-viewing lessons. The whats, whys and hows. Educast online (2023)

5. An eclectic approach to teaching 1:1 grammar lessons. Notting Hill College – Innovation in Education 7. LEarning for the future. Reflecting, reviewing, revisioning. (2023)

6. Teaching (not testing) writing online. Second annual Online English Teacher Conference (EF) (June 2023)

7. Questions and Answers in the Language Classroom. EdYouFest 2023, Athens

Published articles

1.EFL magazine: Mistakes are learning opportunities (2021)

2.IATEFL TTED SIG best practices: A learning-centred approach to session evaluation (2021)

3.Gallery Teachers blog: 8 ways to help students generate ideas for an essay (2021)

4.ELTAS: A look at Pedagogical approaches to the teaching of formulaic language (FL). (2021)

5. IATEFL VOICES, issue 282: Improving students’ essay writing skills with checklists (2021)

6. ELTAS: Infobesity (2022)

7. ELTAS : Inter-ELTA member’s day PechaKuchas (2022)

8. Dublin TEFL: Self-observation as a tool for professional development (2022)

9. Teacher Trainer Journal: A critical analysis of my supportive trainer talk. (2022)

10. Modern English Teacher magazine, Volume 31, issue 5, page 58. Questions to ask ourselves about our teacher talk. (2022)

11. ELTAS: ELTA Rhine event: Teacher Beliefs  and CPD Beyond the Pandemic, with Simon Phipps. (2022)

12. IATEFL Voices. Issue 288, September/October 2022, page 21. My experience as a scholarship winner. (2022)

13. ELTABB Journal Teaching English and the Charm of the Dictogloss (2022)

14. Cambridge World of Better Learning Blog– Using micro-dictations to help students notice connected speech. June 11, 2023

15. Modern English Teacher magazine – Volume 32 | Issue 1 |page 29 . It works in practice: Surveys for higher levels. (2023)

16. YL TSIG – Inexperienced YL teacher? Observe and learn. | Feb 8, 2023 

17. YL TSIG (2) – CLick.Teach.Repeat.  | Mar 4, 2023 

18. Modern English Teacher Volume 32, issue 2 , March/April, 2023.

19. IATEFL 2022 Belfast Conference – Conference Selections. Edited by Deborah Bullock.

20. Modern English Teacher, Volume 33, issue 2, March/April, 2024. Jigsaw Learning with video.

ebooks

  1. The importance of post-CELTA development. Essay for More than a Gap Year Adventure. https://teflzoneracheltsateri.wordpress.com/2024/02/17/ebook-more-than-a-gap-year-adventure/
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