Category "SLB Professional Development"
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SLB Professional Development
You can listen to the episode, or follow links to your preferred podcast platforms, here. Many thanks to Nick White, Matthew Ellman and Geoff Jordan for their contributions. NB: all views expressed on the podcast are the individual opinions of […]
While the COVID-19 crisis continues, we at SLB are endeavouring to substitute cancelled classes for other paid work for our freelance members and associates. Here, Mariam Panosetti contributes a blogpost about a unique experiment in English for medical workers: a weekly ‘live’ […]
A free SLB webinar! Friday March 20, 2020, 17:00-18:30 CET With Anita Derecskei, James Venner & Sean Hutchman A video of this webinar is now available here. This week in Spain, a lot of teachers have had to make a […]

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 […]

This piece was written in cooperation with ‘What If Spirit’ and is published simultaneously on their blog. What does the introduction of digital technologies into classrooms mean for curricula? Will it require a complete overhaul of current educational approaches? What can we […]

Teaching 1-to-1 English online: challenges, opportunities and some practical advice for getting started 12.00 (CET) Saturday 26th May The accessibility, individuality and flexibility of online platforms is pulling more and more language learners away from traditional settings. But what does […]

On Saturday November 25th 2017 in Barcelona, SLB’s Tom Flaherty hosted an interactive workshop on action research. Here Tom explains what he understands by the term. What is action research? Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice […]

In SLB we believe that it’s crucial to know your rights as a language teacher in the private sector in Catalunya. To clear up some topics such as the role of unions, the convenios and the right to collective bargaining […]

SLB member Tom Flaherty shares his thoughts on why he decided to join. This article is part of a series of blog posts commissioned by SLB to have its members explain their reasoning behind joining the organisation. If you haven’t […]

See What Our Members Have To Say… In 2014 we started out as a cooperative designed for teachers & translators who work for themselves but who need access to opportunities, professional development, materials and other key services. All this is done […]