Pavilion ELT blogs and vlogs

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.

With conferences being cancelled, schools stopping classes, and some industries struggling under the burdens of safety measures to stop the spread of Coronavirus, crisis management (CM) and having a principled and developmental CM plan becomes vital.

In this episode, Damien Herlihy looks at online reading and the type of online tools students can use to assist their reading at home. He also introduces the idea of ‘deliberate practice’ and how it might help our students become better readers.

When customers purchase a course, their exposure to your organisation isn’t limited to their classroom experience. Everything from your marketing to the course’s follow up influences the customer’s experience so understanding these journeys is vital.

In his second video for Pavilion ELT, Rubens Heredia shares 6 strategies he uses to keep high engagement levels in the classroom and prepare students for the world outside.

Following up on his first blog on why teachers might not want to manage, Gerhard Erasmus aims to help future and current managers develop their own road map to help them develop the skills and expertise needed to transition effectively into management. The post looks at skills that teachers have developed that can transfer into management, qualifications that can support the development of management skills, and how to utilise your current role as a teacher to develop the skills you will need as a manager.