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Gerhard Erasmus

Gerhard Erasmus started blogging for Pavilion ELT in December 2019. He moved over to blog for the new look Modern English Teacher in January 2022 where he will continue to write about teaching and management issues, ways to teach pronunciation and other teaching/teacher training techniques. Gerhard has been involved in ELT management since 2006 as senior teacher, academic manager, and director of studies. He is currently based in Taiwan where he is Director of Studies and Course Director at a language school and teacher training centre. He is also a Trinity Certificate TESOL, TYLEC, and Trinity Diploma TESOL tutor. Alongside all of this, Gerhard is Coordinator of IATEFL LAMSIG (Leadership and Management Special Interest Group) and draws lots of his inspiration from the connections he has built with managers and leaders in ELT from across the globe. His management interests involve learning and development of managers, specifically those starting their careers as teachers, and it is also the focus of his current Educational Doctorate studies.

Young Learner Exams – Who is it for?

Every month, I make a short video that we post on our social media. These are mostly to promote the school, but also to provide some guidance for parents and teachers. A few months ago, I did a video on young learner exams, and how they are interpreted. Quite a few school owners and examiners messaged me saying they disagree with what I had said. Now, I was quite happy that they were actually watching the videos, but felt many had missed the point of what I was saying. So, with the full intention of being somewhat confrontational, this...

Value or valued? Are you dating or married?

In a recent consultation session with a school manager, I used an analogy that came to me at the time, and I am going to re-use it in this blog. She was upset about lack of development of a teacher she had employed. In the recruitment process, this teacher stood out as better prepared than all the other candidates. She felt it was an easy choice in the recruitment process but now feels the teacher has failed to live up to the high expectations she had had of them. There was some conflict between them, and I was ‘hired’...

Grammar me this, grammar me that

Before we get started, please do not take any of the examples in this blog as evidence of anything. They are purely to get you to rethink grammar, and grammar teaching, and obviously, to have a bit of light-hearted fun. For evidence, do read a little further. Now, let’s get right to into it. Do you agree with the following statement. If you do, can you think of another example. If not, why not? Walk cannot be used as a noun unless you add an ‘ing’ (Walking is good for you) or an article like ‘A walk in the park’ or...

Organisational cycles – Is it a new year yet?

A new year, of whatever kind, is often a time of celebration, a fresh start, plans for the coming year, but at times, it can mean despair and confusion. Here, Gerhard Erasmus looks at how different cycles in your organisation can mean a ‘new year’ for different people you work with at different times, and how you can best address their needs.

Morphology and Syntax: What do we teach and assess vs What do they learn

Gerhard Erasmus was a decade into his teaching career before he heard the word morphosyntax. Here, he explains why thinking about grammar as morphology and syntax opened up a whole new teaching world to him, as he explores what this means in practice.
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