Erzsébet Ágnes Békés

Erzsébet Ágnes Békés is a teacher trainer and teacher-research mentor currently residing in Ecuador. As a volunteer, she taught English in Ethiopia and the Amazonian jungle. Now a retired language teacher, her main interests include supporting the publishing efforts of classroom practitioners and promoting the ‘decentring’ of ELT, which aims at empowering teachers in low- and middle-income countries. Email: [email protected]

Scaffolding the publishing efforts of teachers

The article describes the benefits of writing book reviews. The goal is smart and achievable, and the resulting article is evidence of your ability to evaluate and write.

Building an international learning community – and a village school

By contributing a small fee, a group of teachers have formed a worldwide, online community which meets regularly to create materials, discuss teaching and raise money to build schools.