Most of us are familiar with the idea of ELT as a global industry. But while it is not uncommon for teachers to move around and work in various countries and contexts, grasping an understanding…
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Strength Through Solidarity – English Teacher Worker Group Chile
IN NOVEMBER 2019, a month into the Chilean uprising against massive inequality, I published an Open Letter to the English Teaching Community in Chile. ‘Chile has woken up’ I wrote, ‘and we have the duty…
Time to talk about … Beating the Binary
When my new boss ordered me to change my appearance at my first day on the job in a new country, I knew the rest of the year would be an uphill battle. I was…
Time to talk about … jumping ship
In this interview Phil Longwell talks about his research on how teachers have handled the Covid-19 pandemic, positive psychology, and why he’s jumping ship. We’re publishing this to coincide with the final Time to Talk…
We need to talk about…flexibility
Employers believe that the fixed, temporary, zero- and short-hours contracts that dominate many workplaces today give them flexibility. And this flexibility helps them to plan, predict costs, and save money. How such flexibility helps workers is…
10 Things I Learned About Precarity
In August 2018 Richard Smith of the Centre of Applied Linguistics at Warwick got in touch to see if I’d be interested in writing a key definition of ‘precarity’ for the ELT Journal. So,…
Five steps to leave ELT
To kick off the new year and Blue Monday take a look at this article by Aileen Bowe: Five Steps to Leave ELT. The article is one of three in the second issue of ‘The…
The Well-Being Talking Shop
Pour yourself a glass of wine. Sit down. Put your feet up. It’s time to relax. Put some music on. Forget your worries: the classes, the planning and marking, the commuting. Take some time for…
Time to talk about … contracts
I signed a 6-week contract. One of the lead teachers said he didn’t need a contract as he was an ‘old hand’ and ‘had it on trust’ he’d have work through the summer. But he…
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