Today I have the pleasure (and the time!) to chat with my colleague Jane Delaney,
member of the Cambridge English Presenters Team who will be delivering the talk
"Getting it right in the Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools
Speaking Test" at the Cambridge Experience Gijón , next Saturday 27th
of March at Hotel Tryp Rey Pelayo.
Jane Delaney is a primary school teacher, and lives in
Tarragona. She is an experienced Examiner, Examiner Trainer and Teacher Trainer
for Cambridge English and runs the British Council Examinations Centre in
Tarragona. She has given many workshops and sessions on Teaching Younger
Learners, and has written various materials. She is particularly interested in
CLIL and getting children and teenagers to speak and write.
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| Jane Delaney, delivering a presentation at the Cambridge Experience Zaragoza 2011 |
Hello Jane! Can
you tell us why did you decide to go into English language teaching?
Well, I was a teacher in England, and wanted to travel
a little bit and see more of the world before I “settled down”. I worked in
Turkey and then came to Tarragona 20 years ago, and here I still am!
Who or what
inspires you?
My children, my students, the weather. Seeing learning
taking place in unplanned moments.
What's your
all time top-tip for English language teachers?
Be flexible. Don’t follow your lesson plan or course
book slavishly. The best learning takes place in the little moments outside the
plan.
Do you have a
favourite ELT website?
A gadget you
can't live without?
My computer and mobile phone, unfortunately.
And finally,
why do you think teachers should see your talk?
Hopefully you might learn a few more activities to do
with your teenage PET students to help them through the Speaking Test!
Thanks Jane! It has been a pleasure to chat with you!
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