Our Spring 2010 Webinarium has been launched!

ETO community thanks all of the teachers who participated in our first webinar! As we look forward to improving the quality of our webinars, your continued support and participation is greatly valued.

The first webinar is the beginning of a series of webinars on Integrated Approach to ELT – Teaching in the 21st Century. This webinar aimed at equipping teachers with the know-how in the area of training pronunciation. The participants were introduced to some major textbooks available on pronunciation teaching, the methods of developing authentic English articulation and intonation, as well as ways... Read more »

Dear Colleagues,

Greetings to you from the ETO community! We appreciate your desire to dedicate this year to growing professionally and becoming more competitive in today’s world. At the time of this economic crisis professionalism and integrity are becoming inalienable attributes to success. The root of the word crisis can be roughly translated from Greek as “turning point in a disease” used as such by Hippocrates himself.

All of us find ourselves at some turning point in our lives, whether personally or professionally. A turning point can reveal our true character and determine what tomorrow will be like. What does the future have in store for us? Today we can choose despair o... Read more »

Last Saturday we finished the seven-week course on “How to be a great English teacher,” which, from my perspective, has brought about a number of positive developments. I will speak briefly on just a few.

First, the teachers were given the opportunity to teach mini-lessons on particular topics and get their teaching evaluated. I believe that peer evaluation is more valuable than any other type of evaluation for it allows more honest feedback and generates a sincere desire to help one another in the task of teaching. Read more »

This week we focused on making a user-friendly, high-quality handout. As a student I remember those filthy, poorly printed pieces of paper that we had to use for our English classes. Of course, the resources were limited and the teachers were doing the best we could, but today, seven years after my graduation, I ask myself if the quality of handouts has changed. How much time does an average teacher put into selecting and making neatly-looking handouts for the students to use as guidelines for the lesson? Honestly, do we ever even consider what materials we are using for the class? Read more »

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