About me



What do you need to know about me? Well, if you're interested in this blog, odds are you work in EFL or education so let's start there. :)

I've been working as an EFL teacher in Turkey for since 2000. I initially did my teacher training in Barcelona, Spain and Turkey was the first stop on an international adventure of language teaching and travelling. 11 years on, I'm still here as over the years, the desire to teach language has overtaken the desire to travel.

I currently work with children in a private primary school but I have worked with adult learners as well, teaching both general English and prep classes for exams like IELTS, TOEFL and FCE. As a teacher, I believe in promoting learner autonomy and critical thinking skills and I see effective use of technology and taking a leaf out of the Dogme ELT/Teaching Unplugged book as the way to do this.

Beyond that, I have a growing interest in drama in class and I have a growing ambition to work in teacher training (check out the Presentations & Workshops page to see what I've done so far). I see self-development as a key to becoming a successful teacher and blogging is a big part of that for me (but you'll have to read more about that on the About This Blog page!)

If there's anything else you want to know, keep reading the blog. You can also connect with me on Twitter (@DaveDodgson) and find me on Google+

A few relevant links of a more personal nature:

4 comments:

  1. Hi teacher Dave, Nice to meet you!
    I'm a learner of English, being happy when I found this blog. I joined at some sites for the purposes of my knowledge and just fun:) thanks!

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  2. Hello Dave,

    I am a TESOL teacher educator in South Korea. I came across your blog via a Facebook link to http://burcuakyol.com/2011/10/six-reasons-why-you-cannot-be-a-bad-teacher/. The title of your blog caught my eye because I am also a reflective blogger. I've even presented on the concept of using blogging as a reflective tool for teacher development. I'm happy to meet another reflective teacher in the blogospehre.

    I'm happy to make your acquaintance and look forward to reading your blog.

    Happy blogging!
    Josette

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  3. Hi Josette,

    Thanks for commenting here. I strongly believe blogging is a great way for teachers to develop. I know it's not for everyone but I always try to get colleagues to at least read a few blogs. Then maybe they'll comment, then maybe they'll start writing one.... ;)

    By the way, I tried to look at your blog but the page wouldn't load..

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  4. Hello Dave,

    Thank you for going through the effort of finding me! Sorry about the link to my address. I'm trying to work that out now.

    I see that you are as enthusiastic about bringing other teachers on board as I am. On that note, I am about to add you to my blogroll :)

    Now that I finally understand how Twitter works, my community of reflective teacher/learner bloggers just got bigger. It is very exciting!

    When I try to post using my tokenteach.wordpress.com address, I am denied. I was having this issue last night and tried another option. I wonder if there is some disconnect between blogger and wordpress. I just had the same problem...hmmmm?

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