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Chia Suan Chong

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Chia Suan Chong blogged for English Teaching professional for 8 years, every fortnight, writing her final post back in September 2019. During her time as a blogger, she wrote 173 blog posts, writing from 5 different cities – through holidays, through changes in her career, through 3 periods of maternity leave. She took on different roles as she continued to blog as a teacher, a teacher trainer, a communication skills trainer, an intercultural skills trainer, a writer, a freelancer and an educator and her blogs reflected those experiences as well as discussing controversial and topic issues in ELT and reporting back from conferences. Fascinated by the interplay between culture, language and thought, Chia is now an intercultural skills trainer, materials developer and author. She continues to write for Pavilion ELT’s magazines and had a long-running column in ETp called "Not Only But Also". She is also the author of Successful International Communication (published by Pavilion Publishing and Media, 2018), and is now based in York.

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The Future of (Business) English teaching and BESIG 2016

Looking back on the talks and workshops at the BESIG Munich conference, Chia Suan Chong considers the direction that (Business) English training is taking in an age of global communication.

Critical thinking skills in the classroom: Socrates, Bloom and De Bono

Expanding on her article in the newest issue of ETp, Chia Suan Chong looks at how we can systematically incorporate the developing of critical thinking skills in the classroom using the frameworks of Socrates, Benjamin Bloom and Edward de Bono.

And the ELTon goes to…Winners of the ELTons 2019

On 10th June, the ELTons awards, often referred to as the Oscars of ELT, were held in London. Chia Suan Chong talks about the six category winners and shares her experiences as red carpet interviewer for the event.

What does it mean to be fluent? – to the layperson

In a first blogpost in a new short series, Chia Suan Chong looks at what fluency, and being fluent in a second language, means to the layperson.

Are you encouraging a growth mindset?

Do your students define success with a grade? Does negative criticism make them want to give up? Chia Suan Chong looks at the differences between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset and asks several questions to help teachers reflect on the mindset they might be encouraging in the classroom.

Five ways to deal with challenging students

We’ve all had the experience of that student whom we found difficult to deal with. Chia Suan Chong looks at five ways to deal with challenging students.

The misuse of silence

In her blog this week, Chia Suan Chong listens out for the sound of silence...

Ten things to do in class after the holidays

Are you stuck for ideas of how to break the ice and motivate your students on the first day of term? Do you need a handy set of activities that can be carried out with minimum preparation and will help students get to know each other and their teacher better as they work together this term? Chia Suan Chong helps you get back into the swing of things on your return from the holidays.

Mindfulness in the classroom

In her latest blog post, Chia Suan Chong asks whether you, as a teacher, have ever taught with an active, open attention to the present?

Lesson ideas for Day One

In her blog this week, Chia Suan Chong welcomes in the new year by looking at some of her favourite lesson ideas to try with new classes.

Give yourself a pat on the back

As we approach the beginning of a new year, our personal stock-take of the previous year can sometimes be full of regrets, doubts and self-criticism. Chia Suan Chong, our ETp blogger, offers us eight important questions we can ask ourselves to help us give ourselves credit for the things we’ve done, no matter how small they may seem.

How do you choose to spend your students’ time? (considering ELF)

What do we do with the limited time our students have in our classrooms? What do we prioritise? What do we consider more important? Chia Suan Chong urges teachers to consider ELF when making those decisions.

Top ten tips for writing notes

Expanding on her column in Issue 117 of ETp, Chia Suan Chong offers us ten tips of how we can take better notes - a skill that will come in handy both for teachers and for students.

The role of a TEFL teacher

Are TELF teachers inflexible and prescriptive when it comes to waxing lyrical about the role they should fulfill..?

Meta Communication – Communicating about communicating

We talk about how we use language to our students but do we talk about how we communicate? How can communicating about communicating help our students in their lives beyond the classroom?
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