Varinder Unlu

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Varinder Unlu has worked in ELT for 34 years in all contexts from private language schools to further and higher education, teaching students of all ages. She has been in the roles of director of studies, academic manager and principal since 2002. Her current role is Teacher Training and Development Manager. She is also a teacher trainer for both Cambridge CELTA and Trinity TESOL, a materials writer and a conference speaker, and the co-founder and first coordinator of IATEFL’s Inclusive Practices and SENs SIG. She is now a committee member of Global Issues SIG.

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Addressing global issues in ELT

2025-05-15

Discover how addressing global issues in classrooms can empower students as responsible global citizens and foster critical thinking. In a recent conversation with some teachers, the topic of global issues came up and a few of them asked what it meant. This is not the first time teachers have not known what exactly is covered under the term of global issues. So, what does it mean and how can we help our teachers understand what they are and help them implement activities in their lessons to raise student awareness? Global issues refers to broad, real-world topics that impact people across countries...

Inclusion and diversity in 2024

2024-07-22

The article offers an assessment of the state of the English language world in terms of policies and practices with regard to equity and inclusion.

Varinder Unlu

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Addressing global issues in ELT

Inclusion and diversity in 2024

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