Tom Garside
5 education predictions for the new normal - what have we learnt so far in 2020?
The phrase is on the tip of everyone’s tongue - the new normal - it’s coming, but what does it mean? In order to define where we will be in
Tom Garside
- May 8, 2020
- 7 min
5 assumptions commonly made about 'NNEST's, and one way to win the native speakerism battle
If you are an English teacher whose first language is (shock, horror!) not English, you will probably have experienced some kind of
Tom Garside
- Apr 10, 2020
- 4 min
In this cut-and-paste world, does copyright still matter in education?
Everyone does it (yes, even you…) - we have a class to prepare for 30 students, and ten minutes of our lunch break left to copy a worksheet.
Tom Garside
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
Why are there no internationally accredited TEFL qualifications for non-native speaker teachers?
The global English language teaching industry has developed hugely in the past decade, with the quality of provision rising fast in a wide
Tom Garside
- Mar 20, 2020
- 4 min
Online teaching CAN replace ‘the real thing’
I read this article this morning, from a teacher in quarantine in Italy, teaching her students online and facing a set of common struggles.
Tom Garside
- Mar 18, 2020
- 3 min
CoVid-19 - Take a moment to be kind...
This is a personal one. Yes, we're living in interesting times, but can we just take a moment to think about our friends, students and
Tom Garside
- Aug 26, 2019
- 5 min
5 questions every teacher should be prepared to answer at a job interview
Any job interview can be a stressful experience, and school interviews are no exception. Here are some of the most common questions asked...
Tom Garside
- Aug 19, 2019
- 5 min
The many faces of English pronunciation - Why does(n’t) accent matter in TESOL?
This article focuses on the positive aspects of the different sounds that Englishes use: accents, and benefit to ESL language learners
Tom Garside
- Aug 12, 2019
- 6 min
Development Strategies and Standards for International Higher Education settings
International Higher Education is a complex setting which often entails a lot of conflicting elements: culture clash, academic expectations
Tom Garside
- Aug 5, 2019
- 8 min
The rules of engagement: Ways of increasing student focus through tasks and activities
No matter what you teach, student engagement is a major challenge in every classroom. Learning increases when students are engaged
Tom Garside
- Jul 29, 2019
- 6 min
Online and in-service teacher training: The future of ELT training
In order to facilitate improvements in teaching which continue to have an effect after a visiting trainer leaves the building, we need to ta
Tom Garside
- Jul 15, 2019
- 8 min
What Language Centres should be looking for in new Teachers
How can a Language centre be sure that it is getting a teacher that can get results from the students? There is a set of core skills!
Tom Garside
- Jun 10, 2019
- 6 min
Where West meets East: Avoiding culture clash in Chinese Higher Education
Economic forces often precede changes in international education, with regional development affecting how and why students travel overseas
Tom Garside
- Jun 3, 2019
- 3 min
TESOL needs context! Considering local education settings in teacher training and development
Imagine you were retraining as a teacher of Mandarin to Speakers of Other Languages (MSOL), to meet the growing international demand for thi
Tom Garside
- May 20, 2019
- 3 min
After the TEFL Cert - what next? Teacher Education doesn’t stop with a first certificate
So you’ve finished your teacher training course, and are ready to go out into the world of teaching. Maybe you have a job lined up, maybe
Tom Garside
- May 13, 2019
- 5 min
Barriers to bridges: enabling teachers to kickstart their own development
In-depth, lasting Continuous Professional Development activity is often seen as either a luxury or a chore for public school teachers, as
Tom Garside
- Apr 15, 2019
- 4 min
The risks of 'individualised learning' in the digital age
While at the Future of ELT conference at Regents university the other week, a talk by Philip Kerr got me thinking about a buzz word that see
Tom Garside
- Apr 8, 2019
- 4 min
10 steps to sustainable teacher development Part 2: Sustaining development through content.
Having looked at how to set up a sustainable teacher development project, how can we ensure that what is delivered in face-to-face developme
Tom Garside
- Apr 1, 2019
- 5 min
10 simple steps to sustainable teacher development part 1
Preparing the soil - TESOL qualifications tend to be seen as discrete products leading to fixed outcomes