Omniscient teachers versus ‘those who can’t do, teach’

Thomas studied English and history at the University of Vienna, Austria, and later, political education at the Donau-Universität Krems, Austria. He has a Master’s degree in English and History and holds an MSc in Political Education. He has been teaching for more than 20 years, mostly in BHAK St Poelten, Austria (an upper secondary business college for students aged between 14 and 19); and since 2022 at the Centre for Business Languages and Intercultural Communication at the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. He is interested in teacher training, teaching English as a working language and in CLIL. He has recently got involved in e-learning and in facilitating the online learning process.