Edulingo 1st Anniversary
ELT Teachers as Professionals
May May Win
2 July 2022
ELT Teachers as Professionals
Outline
• Key terms
• Professionalism
• What it takes to be a professional
• What it takes to be an ELT professional
• Professional development pathways in ELT
Key Terms
• ELT
• Teacher
• Professional
Key Terms
ELT
• ELT – English Language Teaching
• TEFL – Teaching English as a Foreign Language
• TESL – Teaching English as a Second Language
• TESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Key Terms
Teacher
teacher (n) a person who helps others to learn
• https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/family-community-higher-education-partnership/48939
Key Terms
Professional
• professional (n) someone who does a job that requires special
training, education, or skill : someone who is a member of a
profession
• https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/professional
Professionalism
What it takes to be a professional
Attributes of Professionalism
• Competency
• Reliability and accountability
• Honesty and integrity
• Self-control
• Flexibility
• Respect for others
• Professional image
• https://www.accaglobal.com/an/en/student/sa/features/being-professional.html
Professionalism
What it takes to be an ELT professional
• British Council CPD Framework (2015)
• Cambridge Competency Framework Statements (2018)
• European Profiling Grid (2011)
British Council Cambridge
• Planning lessons and course • Learning and the learner
• Understanding learners • Teaching, learning and assessment
• Managing the lesson • Planning language learning
• Using language learning resources and
• Knowing the subject materials
• Managing resources • Managing learning
• Teaching language systems
• Assessing learning • Teaching language skills
• Integrating ICT • Assessing language learning
• Taking responsibility for professional • Language ability
development • Language knowledge and awareness
• Using inclusive practice
• Using multilingual approaches
• Promoting 21st century skills
• Understanding educational polices
and practices
British Council Cambridge
Stages of development Stages of development
Integration Expert
Engagement Proficient
Understanding Developing
Awareness Foundation
Professionalism
Practising
professional
ethics
Belonging to a
Long-term
professional
training
community
Professional
Professionalism
Knowledge Skills
Attitude
Professionalism
Subject
Knowledge matter
Pedagogy
Teaching People
Skills skills skills
Willingness Taking actions
Attitude to learn (self and others)
Professional Development Pathways
Training
activities
Individually
Inquiry
guided
activities
activities
JM Lieberman (2006)
Professional/ Career Development Pathways
https://pathfinder.academy/careers/professional-development/
Professional Development Pathways in ELT?
Subject
Knowledge matter
Pedagogy
Teaching People
Skills skills skills
Willingness Taking actions
Attitude to learn (self and others)
ELT Teachers as Professionals
Self-reflection
• Where are we now?
• What’s next do we want to do?
• What are our opportunities and challenges?
• What could we do?
Some digital resources
• British Council Professional practice pathways
• https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/taking-
responsibility/pathways
• British Council Teaching English
• https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk
• BBC Learning English: The Teachers’ Room
• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bbc+learning+english+the+teachers%27+room
Cambridge Continuous Professional Development for teachers
• https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/professional-development/
• ELT Concourse
• https://www.eltconcourse.com
• Olha Madylus’s Blog
• http://www.olhamadylusblog.com
• Willy’s ELT Corner
• https://willyrenandya.com
Some online courses
• Future Learn
• https://www.futurelearn.com
• Coursera
• https://www.coursera.org
• Harvard Free Courses
• https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free
Some professional communities
• IATEFL
• https://www.iatefl.org
• TESOL International Association
• https://www.tesol.org
• Asia TEFL
• https://www.asiatefl.org
Some journals
• ELT Journal
• https://academic.oup.com/eltj
• English Teaching Forum
• https://americanenglish.state.gov/forum
• RELC journal
• https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/rel
References
• British Council Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework (2015)
• https://www.britishcouncil.in/sites/default/files/cpd_framework_for_teachers.pdf
• Cambridge Competency Framework Statements (2018)
• https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/172992-full-level-descriptors-cambridge-
english-teaching-framework.pdf
• European Profiling Grid (2011)
• https://www.eaquals.org/wp-content/uploads/The_EPG_-_PDF_publication_final.pdf
• https://egrid.epg-project.eu/sites/default/files/files/EGRID-Guide-EN-web.pdf
• Lieberman, J. M., & Wilkins, E. A. (2006). The professional development pathways model:
From policy to practice. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 42(3), 124-128.
• Richards, J. C., Richards, J. C., & Farrell, T. S. (2005). Professional development for
language teachers: Strategies for teacher learning. Cambridge University Press.
• Professional Development for Language Teachers
• https://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/49111/sample/9780521849111ws.pdf
• https://pathfinder.academy/careers/professional-development/
