Damien Herlihy

Damien Herlihy has been a vlogger for Pavilion ELT since December 2019. His vlog posts draw upon his experiences as a teacher, teacher trainer and school owner, and take into account what his teachers have found most useful as well as his own learning experiences. His vlog posts have been in a number of themed series including: professional development; how methodology books have influenced his teaching practices; and the internet as a virtual textbook and cater to teacher and teacher trainers working in face-to-face, classes, teaching live online or doing a mix of the two in hybrid teaching. Damien has been teaching English for a little over 20 years, with 8 years of running his own language school in Thailand. He is a former IELTS-examiner, an award-winning teacher, and following his Masters in Teaching English as a Second Language, is also an online teacher, a journal article writer and a conference presenter. Alongside all of this, he has also been working on a website for students of English called English Riot and regularly writes blog posts, makes YouTube videos and produces a podcast for the site, and has juggled a move back to his native Australia. You can find out more about Damien at his website: www.englishriot.com.

Ten games your teenage students will enjoy in the ELT classroom

Games are a great way to engage teenage language students, and offer a whole host of different benefits. Here, Damien Herlihy dives into ETpedia Teenagers to explore 10 games your teenage students will enjoy.

Mastering Instruction Giving in Young Learner Classrooms

How can you deliver clear and effective instructions to young learners? Here, Damien Herlihy dives into ETpedia Young Learners to explore how you can master giving instructions to avoid confusion and chaos in your young learners classroom.  

How to win gold in ELT recruitment

How can you ensure you are making the right choice when recruiting a new member of staff? Here, Damien Herlihy dives into ETpedia Management to explore how you can win gold with your recruitment practices and get the right fit each time.

How to pick the best vocab for your class in ten easy steps

There are over 600,000 word families in English, but students don’t need to learn all of them. Here, Damien Herlihy dives into ETpedia Vocabulary to explore how you can select vocabulary to teach in the classroom.

Ten ways to improve your teaching observation

A bad observation can damage the teacher and the observer. So how can they be improved? Damien Herlihy dives into ETpedia Teaching Training to suggest 10 things you can do before and during the observation to prevent disaster.