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 Ã¢â‚¬â€œ 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 ELTÃ¢â‚¬â„¢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 30th BESIG conference: considering intercultural competence

2017-11-30

Chia Suan Chong reports on the recent BESIG annual conference, looking at the theme of intercultural communication in the plenaries and talks on Business English teaching.

10 Mindfulness activities for the classroom

2017-11-15

Chia Suan Chong looks back at her background in meditation and suggests ten different ways you can incorporate mindfulness training to the classroom.

IATEFL Brighton 2018: Days 2 & 3

2017-11-02

Chia Suan Chong continues to review her IATEFL Brighton experience with this blogpost.

Making the shift: ‘teacher as knowledge owner’ to ‘teacher as facilitator’

2017-10-12

As language evolves, what should we be teaching in the classroom? Chia Suan Chong finds out...

What’s the point of an IWB?

2017-10-04

In her blog this week Chia Suan Chong looks at the advantages and disadvantages of Interactive White Boards...

Thinking about being a writer?

2017-10-04

Looking to expand your career or share your experiences and knowledge? Want a challenge? Like describing techniques and ideas to others? If you have answered ‘yes’ to all three, then perhaps a writing career is for you. Kirsten Holt, Head of Pavilion ELT, shares some thoughts about how you can get started.

Doing business internationally : Key issues at BESIG Prague 2013

2017-09-26

Chia Suan Chong gives us her thoughts on the recent BESIG Prague 2013 conference, and asks whether increasing globalisation means native speakers will have to react to the changing language landscape?

What people think of ELT – Part 1

2017-09-20

This week, Chia Suan Chong looks at how the English Language Teaching profession is perceived by those outside the industry, and asks for your opinions on the subject...

What people think of ELT – Part 2

2017-09-07

In her blog this week, Chia Suan Chong gives her initial thoughts on the first part of her survey on opinions of English Language Teaching

Ten questions to ask yourself when setting up an activity

2017-09-07

Giving instructions and setting up an activity might seem simple but can be the difference between a task going well and going terribly wrong. Chia Suan Chong reminds us of ten questions we should ask ourselves so that we don’t tie ourselves up in knots giving complex instructions.

Evenings at IATEFL Liverpool and the failure fest

2017-09-06

Chia Suan Chong gives us the lowdown on her IATEFL 2013 experience, and reveals the real ending to her Failure Fest presentation...

What people think of ELT – Part 3

2017-08-24

In her blog this week Chia Suan Chong concludes her series on opinions on the English Language Teaching profession.

How much freedom should teaching practice allow?

2017-07-26

Following on from her last blogpost on how prescriptive a teacher training course like the CELTA ought to be, Chia Suan Chong asks how much freedom Teaching Practice should allow?

Three things to do to show your students you care

2017-07-12

Students come and go and our work continues. It's so easy for each class to blend into one another and for us to be repeating the same old stuff again and again. So how can we show our students that they are not just another class for us? Chia Suan Chong explores.

Impostor syndrome in teaching and how to deal with it

2017-07-11

What is impostor syndrome and why do many teachers suffer from it? As teachers, we are sometimes expected to be experts in so many areas that it is easy to feel like frauds. But sometimes, severe feelings of inadequacy can impact negatively on our careers and our lives. Chia Suan Chong, our ETp blogger, explores how we can start dealing with it.