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ELT Journal 1992 46(2):144-152; doi:10.1093/elt/46.2.144
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Pepys into a TEFL course

Keith Richards

Keith Richards is a lecturer at Aston University where he is the Director of Studies at the Language Studies Unit. Before joining the Unit he worked in Europe and the Middle East as an English teacher and as an ESP consultant. He is particularly interested in conversational discourse, the relationship between training and education, and the methodology of distance education.

This paper addresses a problem which faces trainers on preparatory TEFL courses: the need to ensure that participants lacking teaching experience are able to foreground important features. It suggests that asking participants to learn a foreign language and keep a diary of their experiences can help to overcome this problem and can provide valuable material for workshops and discussions. Using examples taken from such diaries, the paper indicates some of the key issues identified by diarists and discusses the implications of these. It also indicates a number of incidental benefits to trainers and participants and concludes with suggestions for workshop activities.


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