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The SLB Podcast Ep 5 – Vicious Circles and ‘The Great Toad’ with Scott Thornbury and Geoff Jordan – Show Notes

As well as writing, speaking and editing, Scott Thornbury teaches on TESOL programmes at the New School.  Some of his key publications include: About Language (CUP 1997) Uncovering Grammar (MacMillan Heinemann 2001) Teaching Unplugged (with Luke Meddings) (Delta Publishing 2009) The […]

The SLB Podcast Ep 4 – Precarity (Know the Ledge) – Show Notes

Please go here to listen to the episode as well as all the other episodes of our podcast. Itunes/Apple Podcast ratings really help us, so we’d be much obliged if you could go there and leave a rating/review. Section with […]

Full report – “ELT in Barcelona: The current state of affairs”

Earlier this year James and Melanie, two SLB members, conducted an online survey.buy singulair generic //rxnoprescriptionrxbuyonline.com/singulair.html over the counter It looked at teacher demographics, teaching background, working conditions and teachers’ reflections on the ELT industry. Here is an open access […]

The SLB Podcast Ep 3 with Mike Long – Show Notes

The episode can be listened to here, with further links to the usual podcast directories. To enter the competition for a discounted place on our TBLT course starting November 8 2019, please email us the answer to the question at […]

Key findings from our ELT in Barcelona survey

What? Earlier this year James and Melanie, two SLB members, conducted an online survey. It looked at teacher demographics, teaching background, working conditions and teachers’ reflections on the ELT industry. If you’re reading this, you might be one of the […]

The SLB Podcast Ep 2 – Show Notes

The episode can be listened to here, with further links to the usual podcast directories. Thanks again to ELT Planning, Mura Nava and Paul Walsh for their questions. The final selection for the SLA ’11’, with positions left open for […]

SLB news September 2019: TBLT, free materials, and more!

This blog has gone a long time without an update, but lots has been happening at SLB – read on to find out the SLB news September 2019! New edition of our TBLT course At the end of 2018 we […]

Pitching services for ELT freelancers: a SLB webinar

On Saturday June 1 2019 we held an open webinar on pitching services for ELT freelancers, entitled ‘Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf’. Why this title? Well, it referred to the fear that selling to clients often instils in […]

Open webinar: “Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?”

At SLB, one of our main objectives is to improve the technical abilities of our members. In practical terms, this means regular in-house training and plenty of more informal opportunities to share ideas. However, from time to time, we open […]

Our TBLT online course: the whys and wherefores

This post was written by course tutor Neil McMillan and originally published on learn.SLB. The latest iteration of our course can be found here. At SLB we’re very much looking forward to March 2019 and the first run of our […]

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