Teacher Training Unplugged Radio Anthony Gaughan

In this episode, Anthony discusses the importance of eye contact in the classroom and plugs his free eBook (which you can get here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/603648 )

Music - "Go" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/Go

Anthony talks about how struggle and problem-solving are useful in teacher training, and also discusses some issues around topics often considered ritualistic: reducing teacher talk, and task-before-text workflow. He also provides some closing tips to his Celta trainees on handling the Focus on the Learner (FoL) written assignment workload.

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Music - "Go" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/Go

Anthony talks about things to consider when creating controlled practice tasks in order to keep them meaningful and useful.

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Music - "Go" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/Go

Anthony talks about his teaching career and the developmental opportunities it has afforded him along the way.

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Music - "Go" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/Go

Anthony talks about problems with labelling parts of speech when focusing on form in a language lesson, and suggests a simple alternative.

The text along with illustrations can be read here: http://wp.me/p2DMwG-or

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Music - "Go" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/Go