I am a DELTA qualified English as a foreign language teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer currently based in Brazil. I have taught English to adults and teenagers in Brazil, South Korea, Belgium and Costa Rica since 2007. I specialise in bespoke one-to-one lessons for business and exam students.
Along with Ilá Coimbra, I run the Raise Up! Project, arguing that ELT needs to stop excluding a wide range of social groups in coursebooks and materials. In this project, so far we have published two coursebooks and have more planned in the next few years.
In August 2018, I self-published my first ebook, entitled “How Was Your Weekend? 1001 Discussion Questions To Use With Your EFL/ESL Students” and my first coursebook series for FTD Education in Brazil, 'Our Languages', was published in 2021.
I am also a podcast consultant, including the ELTON nominated TEFL Commute podcast, IATEFL TDSIG’s Developod, and Seven Skills For The Future.
I am a former President and a co-founder of BELTA, the Belgian English Language Teachers Association, and I am Second-Vice President of BRAZ-TESOL and BRAZ-TESOL Brasília, and a committee member of IATEFL TDSIG.
In 2010, I started my blog, theteacherjames.com, on which I have continued to share lesson materials and opinion pieces. I am a very active member of the ELT community and regular present at conferences, both online and offline.
Glad to see you get as many responses as I do 😉
That particular map looks amazing – very colourful and fun.
Here are two ideas I have for using maps:
– Give each group a tourist map of a different city, the kind you would collect from tourist information. They decide on the story behind each of the places noted on the map, with no obligation for them to be the real stories.
– Give each group the same tourist map. Tell them you’re planning to visit the city, but you only have two hours. They have to decide what you should visit, in what order, and plan your route to make the best use of your time.
Hope you get some other responses at some point! Thanks for keeping the (Almost) Infinite ELT Ideas flag flying 🙂
Sandy
Thanks Sandy! This map comes from a board game that I had when I was a kid. I binned the game but kept the map 😀
Lovely ideas too!