The TeachingEnglish Blogathon 2013 has now begun!
English teachers from different countries will be sharing their ELT experiences with other teachers by blogging on the TeachingEnglish website with a chance to win some fantastic prizes!
1. What is the TeachingEnglish Blogathon?
Just what it sounds like - a blogging marathon. The TeachingEnglish Blogathon is an online event that brings together teachers of English to share good practice in ELT and find out more about blogging. Teachers of English will contribute to the TeachingEnglish blogging marathon from 1-28 Feb 2013.
The TeachingEnglish Blogathon aims to invite all teaching professionals, whether you are teaching at university or pre-school level, to discover trends in English Language Teaching. Moreover, this is a great opportunity to tell us more about how you use technology in your teaching and get inspired by ideas from other teachers.
2. What can you win?
1st prize is an all-expenses paid trip to Liverpool in the UK for the 47th Annual IATEFL Conference and Exhibition, the largest teachers’ conference in the world taking place in April 2013!
Other great prizes include a tablet and more!
Winners will be announced on 8 March 2013 on the Teaching English website!
3. What is a blog?
A weblog, more commonly known as a blog, is a personal web page made up of frequently updated pages. It is used to voice opinions, ideas, views and comments on a particular subject matter, interests or current affairs. People who create blogs are known as bloggers and the process of keeping a blog is known as blogging.
Some useful links:
Our favourite ELT Bloggers:
Please take a moment to read the ELT Blogathon guidelines and evaluation criteria before you start.
4. Where will the Blogathon take place?
On the British Council’s TeachingEnglish website.
5. What do you need to do?
Applications for the Blogathon are now closed. You can follow all the blogs on the TeachingEnglish website.
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