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Whether you're a novice teacher or a bit further down the road, there's plenty here to help you develop your practice.

Communication Activities

  • A popular (and growing) resource with loads of practical ideas to get your learners motivated, engaged and speaking in class

Ideas and Resources for Busy Teachers  

  • Useful links to some of the best teacher training and development resources the internet has to offer

Grammar Quirks

  • A short series of videos about some interesting oddities in the language

Teacher Training Resources

  • Looking for inspiration? Ideas for TP feedback and more

Mentoring Resources

  • Practical lessons from a near-peer mentoring programme
Be a grammar teacher rockstar!
£125
ELT-Training's signature offer and most popular course for teachers. 

Teaching Grammar Communicatively

  • A comprehensive course on how to teach grammar to make it interesting, interactive and useful for learners? 
  • Over 2 hours of video tutorials with downloadable frameworks, lesson plans, example video extracts and lots of practical ideas for great teaching contexts
  • Invaluable for all in-service language teachers who want to learn how to teach grammar without lecturing
  • Make grammar the BEST, most interesting and useful part of your teaching.... not the one you dread!
  • Try the free introduction online. See if you like it - no obligation to buy
Complete package for teachers
£199 bundle / £251
Our best four courses for teachers plus a complimentary bonus - save £52 on normal price for all courses.

Teaching Grammar Communicatively

Inspirational Ideas for Teaching Online

Dictogloss

Exploiting texts for lexis

  • Complete library of resources to help you develop professionally and take your teaching to the next level
  • Practical ideas, innovative teaching methods and interactive activities to take straight into the classroom
  • Techniques to keep your learners engaged and enable you to teach more with minimal extra prep time
PLUS...
Buy the bundle and get Reflection Challenge absolutely FREE (usually £29)... your 'secret weapon' to developing your teaching awareness!
Check out each course for more details incl. free introduction and sample units
or prefer to buy courses separately?
Want to know more? ...
Language teaching is teaching language.
Michael Swan
Plenary delivered at IATEFL annual conference
It seems obvious, doesn’t it? A complete truism. There’s no way to get away from it even though I’d be the first person to say grammar isn’t the most important thing in the classroom.....

So...

If a language teacher is a teacher of language, you need to KNOW the language and HOW it works.

What's an intransitive verb? an uncountable noun? the past perfect passive??

If you're sitting there thinking that you don’t know this very well and it’s your guilty secret, you’re not alone. This was definitely me when I first started teaching way back in 1989 and this is exactly what Grammar for Language Teachers is designed to help with.

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But just KNOWING the language isn't enough if you want to really help your learners...

you've also got to know how to TEACH it!

...and ELT-Training can help with that, too!

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Resources for teachers and teacher educators
Free stuff
Whether you're a novice teacher or a bit further down the road, there's plenty here to help you develop your practice.

Communication Activities

  • A popular (and growing) resource with loads of practical ideas to get your learners motivated, engaged and speaking in class

Ideas and Resources for Busy Teachers  

  • Useful links to some of the best teacher training and development resources the internet has to offer

Grammar Quirks

  • A short series of videos about some interesting oddities in the language

Teacher Training Resources

  • Looking for inspiration? Ideas for TP feedback and more

Mentoring Resources

  • Practical lessons from a near-peer mentoring programme
Be a grammar teacher rockstar!
£125
ELT-Training's signature offer and most popular course for teachers. 

Teaching Grammar Communicatively

  • A comprehensive course on how to teach grammar to make it interesting, interactive and useful for learners? 
  • Over 2 hours of video tutorials with downloadable frameworks, lesson plans, example video extracts and lots of practical ideas for great teaching contexts
  • Invaluable for all in-service language teachers who want to learn how to teach grammar without lecturing
  • Make grammar the BEST, most interesting and useful part of your teaching.... not the one you dread!
  • Try the free introduction online. See if you like it - no obligation to buy
Complete package for teachers
£199 bundle / £251
Our best four courses for teachers plus a complimentary bonus - save £52 on normal price for all courses.

Teaching Grammar Communicatively

Inspirational Ideas for Teaching Online

Dictogloss

Exploiting texts for lexis

  • Complete library of resources to help you develop professionally and take your teaching to the next level
  • Practical ideas, innovative teaching methods and interactive activities to take straight into the classroom
  • Techniques to keep your learners engaged and enable you to teach more with minimal extra prep time
PLUS...
Buy the bundle and get Reflection Challenge absolutely FREE (usually £29)... your 'secret weapon' to developing your teaching awareness!
Check out each course for more details incl. free introduction and sample units
or prefer to buy courses separately?
Still not sure? Read on...

Do your grammar classes look like this?

Let me paint a picture for you. You know the language and how it fits together and you prepare carefully so that you can answer the learners' questions, but somehow when you try to explain it, everything becomes a bit of a lecture. They look at you in silence as you explain and you want to make it more interactive and useful, but you don't know how. 

Teaching Grammar Communicatively can help!

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Learners WANT to learn grammar...

  ...but in an interesting way!

Ask learners the question, 'What do you want to learn and they ALWAYS say 'grammar and speaking'... and as an English language teacher, it's crucial to impart grammar skills in a meaningful and effective way. 
Teaching Grammar Communicatively will equip you with the tools and techniques to engage your students and make grammar lessons practical AND enjoyable. Discover innovative teaching methods, real-life examples, and interactive activities to create dynamic grammar lessons that stick. 
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See what a Director of Studies says about the course

"..emphasis on a student centred approach..
It changed my perspective...
..it acts as a springboard...
I always find myself referring back to it when I teach grammar.."

Teaching Grammar Communicatively is ELT-Training's signature offer and most popular course for teachers. It includes over 2 hours of video tutorials with downloadable frameworks, lesson plans, example video extracts and lots of practical ideas for great teaching contexts.
Teaching grammar is an essential part of the job - learn to make it the part that both you and your learners love!
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... or read on....

What else does ELT-Training have to offer?

PRACTICAL IDEAS

to take straight into the classroom!

RINSE AND REPEAT TECHNIQUES

to keep your learners engaged and teach them more... with minimal extra preparation!

REFLECT & DEVELOP

exercises to raise your awareness of your own practice in class - and improve it!

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Let's start with PRACTICAL IDEAS...

The shift to online teaching has brought new challenges, but also new opportunities and if you want support with adapting to an often 1-2-1 environment and a whole raft of tried and tested lesson ideas, this is for you!

Inspirational Ideas for Teaching Online

This course will empower you to thrive in the virtual classroom. There are engaging activities with downloadable materials to enable you to deliver high-quality online lessons with confidence. Gain the skills and inspiration to create dynamic, effective and memorable online lessons. 

Unlock your potential as an online teacher 

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RINSE AND REPEAT TECHNIQUES...

Dictogloss

It's simply the best, most versatile, useful, communicative activity I know! Yes, it's really that good! It practices listening, speaking and writing and is useful for holistic development of grammar and vocabulary. And it's fun!
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Exploiting Texts for Lexis

You probably use reading and listening texts every day in your class- whether that's from your coursebook or texts you find online. But are you using them to their full potential?  There are so many ways you can 'dig' into the language there to help learners notice vocabulary and grammar structures. Less preparation for you- SO useful for them!
..and the great thing about both of these courses is that while you can do them on your own, they're designed to do with colleagues. Invite a couple of friends online and do them together (they take about an hour each to complete) or use them in your school with other teachers as Continuing Professional Development sessions.

And last but not least...  the 'secret weapon' to developing your teaching awareness!

In case all of this wasn't enough, I'm including a FREE BONUS course just for you...

Reflection Challenge

A structured programme of self-paced activities to help you to analyse what's going on in your classroom and take some evidence based action to improve.

The Complete Teacher Package includes ALL these courses - its everything you need to help you develop professionally and a great resource to refer to at any stage in your teaching career

What does this teacher say about the bundle?

My head is exploding with so many great ideas - can’t wait to get into the classroom next week and try some of them out. I have loads to keep me going for new stuff for a long time thanks to you. Choosing which ones to use first is the trick. It’s like being in an ice cream shop with a hundred different flavours and wanting to try them all in one day.
Naomi Hunter
ESOL Teacher, Australia

Why use ELT-Training?

There are lots of books and resources out there - what's special about ELT-Training? To answer that, you only have to look to the site's reputation. 
Thousands of satisfied English language teachers recommend the site, as do teacher educators in centres all over the world. 

Why Jo Gakonga?

Without wanting to blow my own trumpet, I'm a safe pair of hands. I've been a teacher for over 30 years and a teacher educator and CELTA tutor for over 20 years, so I KNOW the profession and I can help. 

I've taught in all sorts of situations including private language schools, primary schools, ESOL in a UK state college and seven years on the MA TESOL at Warwick Uni. I've got the Delta, an MA and a PhD. Oh, and I've been making videos for teacher education for more than a decade. I'm told I do a pretty good job!

If you want to take your career forward, stay interested and open up new opportunites for yourself (as I have), the key is to keep developing, keep learning, keep looking for the new. I've done this and I can help you!
Don't take our word for it....

Thousands of English language teachers and teacher trainers recommend ELT-Training...

Jo kickstarted my passion for teaching. She has an enthusiasm that is contagious and I have no doubt had it not been for her feedback on my teaching practice I would not be the teacher I am today. She gives honest feedback really focused on how to improve. She gave me confidence and creative inspiration. She has shared the most incredible ideas/resources for lessons and I use them regularly. I still watch every video she releases because I know it will be full of real ideas and activities that can be used in my lessons. I often recommend her to colleagues, however most of them have already heard of her and are just as big as fan as I am!
Nathan Cook
EFL Teacher, UK

... and here is what more of our users are saying...

Hi Jo, I really wanted to express to you how much I appreciate you sharing your experience and expertise... I have needed the help that you give more than I can express. Your elt training videos go far beyond what I could have hoped for. It really comes across in all of your videos that you really love what you do and your heart is in it. And you make it look and seem possible that I can do this by your warm and gentle approach in presenting this teacher training.
- Ellen, EFL teacher
Hello Jo. I did my CELTA in 2017, and your online grammar course was suggested by one of the course tutors as a way to top up my knowledge prior to the course. I thought it was excellent and I’ve referred to your site many times since. When I was looking for something to support the increasing amount of online work, you were my first point of call. Always a trusted safe pair of hands!
- Lee, EFL teacher
Hi Jo, I've been training English teachers for over 10 years and I'm glad to say that you have been a good friend and teacher of mine during this period. I always get the updates of your videos and play them in my classes. My students love you so much and we have learned a lot from you. Thank you very much for your generosity and keeping us up-to minute on the latest issues in ELT training.
- Fateme, Teacher trainer
Choose your plan
Resources for teachers and teacher educators
Free stuff
Whether you're a novice teacher or a bit further down the road, there's plenty here to help you develop your practice.

Communication Activities

  • A popular (and growing) resource with loads of practical ideas to get your learners motivated, engaged and speaking in class

Ideas and Resources for Busy Teachers  

  • Useful links to some of the best teacher training and development resources the internet has to offer

Grammar Quirks

  • A short series of videos about some interesting oddities in the language

Teacher Training Resources

  • Looking for inspiration? Ideas for TP feedback and more

Mentoring Resources

  • Practical lessons from a near-peer mentoring programme
Be a grammar teacher rockstar!
£125
ELT-Training's signature offer and most popular course for teachers. 

Teaching Grammar Communicatively

  • A comprehensive course on how to teach grammar to make it interesting, interactive and useful for learners? 
  • Over 2 hours of video tutorials with downloadable frameworks, lesson plans, example video extracts and lots of practical ideas for great teaching contexts
  • Invaluable for all in-service language teachers who want to learn how to teach grammar without lecturing
  • Make grammar the BEST, most interesting and useful part of your teaching.... not the one you dread!
  • Try the free introduction online. See if you like it - no obligation to buy
Complete package for teachers
£199 bundle / £251
Our best four courses for teachers plus a complimentary bonus - save £52 on normal price for all courses.

Teaching Grammar Communicatively

Inspirational Ideas for Teaching Online

Dictogloss

Exploiting texts for lexis

  • Complete library of resources to help you develop professionally and take your teaching to the next level
  • Practical ideas, innovative teaching methods and interactive activities to take straight into the classroom
  • Techniques to keep your learners engaged and enable you to teach more with minimal extra prep time
PLUS...
Buy the bundle and get Reflection Challenge absolutely FREE (usually £29)... your 'secret weapon' to developing your teaching awareness!
Check out each course for more details incl. free introduction and sample units
or prefer to buy courses separately?

WHAT IF I DON'T LIKE IT?

What happens if you buy these courses and then find out that they're not for you? Every course has a free introductory unit, so go ahead and try them out to see if you like them. I am also so confident that you will love these courses, that I am very happy to offer a QUIBBLE FREE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. If FOR ANY REASON you are not completely happy after 7 days, just drop me an email and I'll give you a refund. Simple as that.

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will keep your LEARNERS coming back for more and
will make you more attractive to EMPLOYERS.
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