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Reflecting on reflecting

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Ceri Jones

[This post was also published on the British Council Teaching English blog. ] I’m two weeks into a new course with a new class and one of the questions on the BC blog this month got me thinking about how … Continue reading →

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The Image Conference

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Ceri Jones

This Saturday I am going to be attending and presenting at The Image Conference in Barcelona.  It’s the first event of its kind and I’m really looking forward to it.  If you click on the poster you’ll be through to … Continue reading →

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crowd-sourcing: technology in your classroom

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Ceri Jones

  This week I’m tutoring on an online teacher development course discussing the use of technology in the ELT classroom. To kick off we’re exchanging some information about our current or recent teaching contexts.  All the participants are teaching, or … Continue reading →

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talking dogme (2) looking back

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Ceri Jones

This week has been a fairly busy week, a lot of hours away from my computer screen for a change, and lots of walks in and out of shady Plaza Mina in the centre of old town Cádiz.  That’s where … Continue reading →

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talking dogme

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Ceri Jones

Tomorrow morning (Saturday, May 4), I’m attending a local teachers’ event at the Active Language centre in Cádiz.  The event is run by TEFL del Sur. It’s a relatively young association.  It was set up in 2011 and is spear-headed by … Continue reading →

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Following from afar

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Ceri Jones

This week the annual IATEFL UK conference is being held in Glasgow. I’m guessing I probably didn’t need to tell a lot of the visitors to this blog. For the first time I’m following from afar.  It isn’t the first … Continue reading →

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Looking back at Bilbao (1) teen angles from Chris Roland

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Ceri Jones

Here’s the first in a series of posts inspired by the TESOL Spain conference in Bilbao. Which in turn was inspired by the ever photogenic Guggenheim building right opposite on the other side of the river. After the conference one … Continue reading →

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Every lesson tells a story part two

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ceri Jones

This post was first published as the second part of a longer post about using narrative in teaching and learning. Part one talked about encouraging students to “tell the story” of their lessons. This part talks about how I experimented … Continue reading →

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Every lesson tells a story …

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Ceri Jones

[This post was initially written in two parts. Part two, which talks about using stories for teacher observations, can now be found here. ] I recently started a course with a class of intermediate, adult students.  One of the things … Continue reading →

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