Pavilion ELT Vlog from Damien Herlihy

How often do your think about your professional development (PD)? What do you really think about doing PD? We interviewed a couple of teachers recently to get their perspectives on PD amongst other things. How do their experience and opinions compare with yours?

How comfortable are you with using Zoom? Would you say you’re a Zoom advanced user? Don’t worry if you aren’t, in this vlog post, we focus in on Zoom to look back at familiar tools with fresh eyes. You might even discover some new ways to use Zoom to teach language you haven’t thought of yet!

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.

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.

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.

In this vlog post for Pavilion ELT, Damien Herlihy continues his professional development (PD) series. In this episode he focuses on instructions - why they can go wrong and how to get better at giving them.

In his first vlog of 2021, Damien Herlihy kicks off his new series on professional development (PD). In episode 1, Damien looks at what teaching skills should make it onto your PD calendar in 2021.

Many learners fall into the habit of writing a new word down once and never going back to look at it again. In this vlog post, Damien Herlihy looks at ways to make the vocabulary they learn more memorable whilst providing a framework for learners to decide on what new English words are important for them.

In this vlog post, Damien Herlihy examines the way we teach grammar from a different perspective and discusses whether we should be using a rules- or reasons-based approach. He follows this up with ideas of some writing tasks learners can do online to consolidate the recommended approach.

In this episode, having already focused on reading, writing and listening skills as part of The Internet as a Virtual Textbook series, Damien Herlihy turns his attention to virtual speaking practice to motivate students to use English orally beyond the confines of the (online) classroom.