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David Dodgson

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David Dodgson blogged for Modern English Teacher over 4.5 years up to the end of 2021. During his time as the MET blogger, David wrote 52 posts spanning his teaching and managerial experiences across 3 different countries and 3 different jobs and drawing on his 20+ years in ELT. Throughout his career, David has worked in Kazakhstan, Bahrain, Turkey and Gabon, gaining experience with young learners, adults, EAL students and exam preparation classes, and holds an MA in EdTech and TESOL and the Trinity DipTESOL. When he finally returned to the UK, he relished the challenge of teaching in the UK for the first time as EAL Coordinator in a leading independent school, which was reflected in some of his more recent posts. David still continues to write, so expect to see articles from him in the new-look MET, as well as in publications like MET, ETp and TESL-EJ. You can find his personal blog here. His interests include supporting learning with technology, and teacher self-development. He also uses digital games as authentic materials for language learning, and blogs about it at eltsandbox.wordpress1.com. David believes that writing articles and blog posts allows you to be part of the wider ELT community, provides a platform to share and reflect on your experiences and to learn from others by engaging with the world of ELT beyond your own personal teaching context. So above all, his advice is to "write on"!

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A timely reflection on blogging and its benefits

Why is blogging useful for professional development (PD)? Is it still relevant today? In the last four and half years, David Dodgson has written 52 fantastic blog posts for MET. In his sign-off post, he reflects on how blogging can be a vehicle for PD and on his time writing with us.

Why Oracy Matters for Language Learners

Education programmes around the world promote literacy as a learning goal, but what about oracy? What does ‘oracy’ mean anyway? Our latest MET blog post explains what oracy is, why it is important for language learners and how it can be used in practice.

Moving Forwards: Positive Directions in ELT

Having now moved back to the UK after working internationally for almost 20 years, our resident blogger David Dodgson takes time this month to look at current trends in ELT. In particular, he focuses on two positive trends that must continue to develop as our profession moves forwards while also highlighting work that still needs to be done.

Who are you? Exploring identity in the ESL classroom

With a new academic year starting in many parts of the world, it is time to meet our new classes of English language learners. So, who are our new learners? In this blog, David discusses what ‘get to know you’ really means and how it can set the tone for a course of learning.

The Other Side of Feedback

Having focused on making the most of the feedback we receive in last month’s post, David Dodgson this month turns his attention to an equally important part of the process – giving feedback. He discusses some of the pitfalls to avoid when discussing an observed lesson and advocates a seemingly simple but subtly skilled approach to ensure teachers get the most out of the process.

6 Tips for a Top Teaching CV

In the second post in his series on career development, MET resident blogger David Dodgson offers some advice on expanding and putting together your CV ready to grab the attention of potential employers. Drawing on his own experience as a recruiter and an applicant, he discusses what to include, what to highlight, and how to present it. As always, your comments and tips are welcome in the comments.

Reviewing an Unprecedented Year in Language

2020 was an unprecedented year, and this was represented in the language that dominated the news and our daily lives. In his first blog post of 2021, David Dodgson shares an intermediate+ lesson idea based on the 2020 ‘Word of the Year’.

Getting full on feedback

In this month’s post, MET blogger David Dodgson considers the importance of feedback and the role it plays in our professional development. He considers experiences in his own teaching context, focusing on why we at times disagree with the feedback we receive and how we can make the most of such discussions to feed further development.

Action Research in Action

In his fourth and final post in our series on bringing research into the classroom, David Dodgson gives an example of a small-scale research project he engaged in with his own learners and discusses the impact the experience had on his classroom practice.

Remote Reflections – A term of online teaching

The last few months have brought unprecedented challenges and changes to the way we teach and learn. In this month’s post, blogger David Dodgson reflects on some of the successes and difficulties of this term and how they might affect his future teaching.

Staying in the loop with feedback cycles

Remote teaching has impacted class dynamics around the world. Communication may be limited to written comments and the occasional interactions possible in live lessons. So, I reflect on how using a variety of feedback has been key to maintaining class relationships and improving online lessons.

7 Tips for Establishing a Remote Teaching Routine

Many teachers across the world are facing a drastic change as schools close and learning shifts online due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Here, David Dodgson shares 7 tips on managing your online workload and taking care of yourself while doing so.

How are notebooks still a thing in 2020?

We live in an age when technology opens up all sorts of beneficial learning possibilities: access to multimedia materials, instant file or note syncing, collaboration that knows no borders... and yet, the humble notebook remains a classroom staple.

Number Crunching – Data and Assessment

Love it or hate it, assessment is part of almost every language course. Here, David Dodgson explains why he's learned to love it - and how he uses test scores to track progress, support students, and keep stakeholders focused on the bigger picture.

Bringing Research To Your Classroom

In his first post as Modern English Teacher resident blogger, David Dodgson considers how we can make use of research as part of our development. He looks at barriers to using research, how to overcome them and how to make research part of our CPD.
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