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Continuing Professional Development

Even experienced teachers need to invest in professional development to ensure their knowledge and skills are current and their students' needs are met. Below is some of the training I have undertaken.

Certification and CPD Courses

2024

Teaching English Grammar in ContextUniversity College London (UCL) (in progress)

How to Create an Online CourseThe University of Edinburgh (in progress)

Corpus Linguistics: Method, Analysis, InterpretationLancaster University (in progress)

2023

Introduction to Applied Linguistics and TESOLUniversity of Leicester, completed in June 2023

2022

Understanding IELTS: Speaking, British Council, completed in August 2022

Understanding IELTS: Listening, British Council, completed in August 2022

Understanding IELTS: Writing, British Council, completed in August 2022

Understanding IELTS: Reading, British Council, completed in July 2022

2021

English Grammar for TeachersUniversity College London (UCL), completed in December 2021

English Pronunciation in a Global World, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, completed in October 2021

Summer Course in English Phonetics, University College London (UCL), completed in August 2021

Phonetics Workshop for Parents, International Phonetic (H.K.) Association, completed in June 2021

IPA Pronunciation Course in European Languages (French, Spanish, German, Italian), International Phonetic (H.K.) Association, completed in March 2021

2019

Jolly Phonics, Certificate of Professional Development, CPD College and Jolly Learning, completed in November 2019

Teach English Now! Teaching Language Online, Arizona State University, completed in June 2019

2018

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate (with a specialisation in Teaching English to Young Learners and Teaching Test Preparation Courses), University of Toronto, completed in December 2018

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate, Arizona State University, completed in March 2018

2017

Professional IPA Teachers Training Course (Passed with Distinction), International Phonetic (H.K.) Association, completed in December 2017

2015

English Grammar and Style, The University of Queensland, completed in October 2015

Grammar for Teachers: Language Awareness, Cambridge University Press, completed in August 2015

Conferences

2023

The 8th Annual Future of English Language Teaching Conference 2023, Trinity College London and Regent's University London, 10 June 2023

2022

The 7th Annual Future of English Language Teaching Conference 2022, Trinity College London and Regent's University London, 11 June 2022

2019

Teach English Now! Conference, Arizona State University, 2-3 May 2019