Pavilion ELT blogs and vlogs

Trust between teacher and students; teacher and manager; leader and team (and even in the team) is the glue the holds organisations and relationships together… and is a key characteristic of leadership. So, how can you build trust? And, can there ever be too much trust?

A lot has happened since we had to start teaching remotely. In this video, Rubens looks back and thinks about what we’ve learnt from our experience teaching English during the pandemic and how it can be useful as we start teaching in ‘the new normal’.

Flexibility and the ability to respond to student needs are essential qualities of the experienced teacher. In this blogpost, Gerhard Erasmus asserts that they’re just as essential in business and strategic planning.

In episode 4 of the Internet as a Virtual Textbook Series, Damien Herlihy focuses on reducing student anger with listening lessons in the English classroom.

Does the staff member running the non-academic side of a school really need an ELT background? Here, Gerhard Erasmus looks at the scope of non-academic management – and how an understanding of the other areas of the school feeds forward and back into the academic team.

Now that we’ve managed to start teaching online without training all of a sudden, it’s time for us to think about how to select games, texts and videos to make lessons more interactive, communicative and fun. In his fourth video for Pavilion ELT, Rubens Heredia shares 5 ways to improve the quality of online English lessons and engagement of students, using communicative methodology, free online tools and authentic materials.

In times of change or crisis, we should look at the future and how it needs to look to avoid crises or better deal with them. The Critical Incident Technique can identify workplace problems, plot a way forward to prepare individuals and organisations better whilst creating reflective practices.

In this episode, Damien Herlihy’s taking pause from his regular topic of ‘The Internet as a Virtual Textbook’ to discuss the challenges he’s been facing – along with everyone involved in the ELT profession due to Covid-19 – and what he’s learnt so far.

The current shift to online classes has brought with it a steep learning curve for many teachers, but could it bring about changes for the better? Gerhard Erasmus offers a framework of analysis for the uptake of technology in the classroom and schools.

In his third video for Pavilion ELT, Rubens Heredia shares his tips to help you feel better prepared for online teaching and more confident to choose apps for online English lessons.