Anna Hasper

Anna Hasper is an experienced teacher development specialist and has been involved in English language teaching since 2002. She trained as a primary teacher and worked as an ELT teacher and DoS before moving to the Middle East. Over the years, Anna has worked as a teacher and trainer in a wide variety of contexts and roles. She is currently based in Dubai where she works as a CELTA tutor and assessor and designs and delivers training courses for Ministries and leading educational publishers. Alongside this, she is involved in course and content writing. She is super passionate about anything related to making better learning happen! Her research interests concern language teachers and language teacher educators' professional learning and educational psychology with an emphasis on social emotional wellbeing and motivation which is also the focus of her current doctoral studies. Anna’s passionate about educational psychology and teacher learning and runs: www.teachertrain.org

Writing end of year reflections – be kind to yourself!

For many of us another school year has just come to an end or is ending soon. One habit Anna Hasper has developed over the years is planning in some time, at the start of summer, to write down her end-of-year reflections. Here, she explains how she takes time to think back and self-reflect, but also why it is important to be kind to yourself.

Why do negative comments stick?

You've just finished your lesson and you felt it was really successful. But one student’s feedback was that ‘your lesson was boring’, and that is the one comment that sticks. Sound familiar? Here, Anna Hasper explores negativity bias, and what we can do to combat it when needed.

Yes. Sorry. No…. I’m saying no!

How many times have you said yes, when you actually want to shout no? We’ve all done it, but learning how to use no can profoundly impact both our teaching and our lives for the better. Anna Hasper delves into why it's crucial at times to say no, why it can be difficult, and some tips to grow the art of refusal.

Global Voices: A short story describing Anna’s unique experience

The author shares her teaching and learning experiences.

Managing emotional wellbeing during group feedback

Anna Hasper offers some practical tips on ensuring good support for student teachers. She encourages emotional agility, clear expectations, positivity and careful choice of words.