Pavilion ELT blogs and vlogs

How often do you reflect on your teaching or the success of your students’ learning? In this episode of his professional development series, Damien lifts the lid on action research (AR), looks at the fundamentals of AR and suggests how to find your own AR project.

With the new semester and new school year starting, it offers us the opportunity to have a new take on New Year’s resolutions. Here are my twelve. Simply because there are twelve months in a year. It’s another shot at trying to make those resolutions work.

What kind of feedback do you give your learners? Does it improve their grades or overall ability? Watch this vlog to get tips on correcting mistakes more effectively and how that can help learners understand their performance and then really improve.

It is almost inevitable that as a trainer or manager, at some point you will have to have a difficult conversation with a trainee or a teacher, or even a student! This post looks at how to approach difficult conversations and get the most out of them.

Good classroom management doesn’t just happen during the class but before and after as well. In episode 4 of his professional development series, Damien Herlihy takes you through a rollercoaster of a lesson to help you find ways to keep your classes on track and get the most value out of your lessons.

Starting off just after an initial qualification is exciting, and the thrill of being in the classroom is a great experience. For many teachers, the new insight into grammar and vocabulary continues to grow, but even for Diploma candidates, pronunciation often remains a challenge.

What kind of feedback do you give your learners? Does it improve their grades or overall ability? Watch this vlog to get tips on correcting mistakes more effectively and how that can help learners understand their performance and then really improve.

In episode 3 of this professional development series, Damien Herlihy looks at a range of storytelling techniques to engage your learners in the English language classroom.

Whatever your role in the ELT industry, understanding exactly what service you offer and how that meets your customers’ needs is vital. But how can you do this effectively? We reveal how having a value proposition can greatly enhance your ability to match what you do to what your customers want.

Do you ever feel like you end up spending more time planning lessons than you would like to? In his latest video for Pavilion ELT, Rubens Heredia shares five tips to help you plan lessons more quickly and effectively.