Posts Tagged ‘teachers’

Why Recognition Matters

May 14th, 2010

Teaching Village has been nominated for another award! This time, it’s as one of the Lexiophiles’ Top 100 Language Teaching Blogs. This is the post where I would normally thank them for the award and give credit to my guest authors, who are largely responsible for any recognition Teaching Village receives. However, I just did [...]

30 teachers from 16 countries (and counting!)

Apr 19th, 2010

by Barbara.

24 comments

Earlier this month, I awoke to a lovely message telling me that Teaching Village was the TEFL Site of the Month. While always thrilled to get an award of any kind, I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I wasn’t sure what this award was for (I’m still sort of new to this blogging business). [...]

Lessons Learned from Great Educators

Dec 15th, 2009

by Barbara.

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This post is in response to Shelly Terrell’s wonderful blogging challenge, Lessons Learned From Great Eductators. She tagged other teachers to share stories about teachers who influenced them, and I’ve been enjoying reading those posts (you can find links to the response posts in the comments at the bottom of Shelly’s original post). I sort [...]

Why I Love Teachers

Oct 5th, 2009

by Barbara.

22 comments

There are teachers, and there are Teachers. I respect anyone who steps into a classroom, but I adore educators for whom teaching is as much a vocation as a job. Why?