This week in the Hub we held our second Trainer Talking Time on Tuesday and there was lots of engaging chat around whether our practice is standardised or allows for teacher freedom, both thinking about pre-service qualifications and in-house teacher development.

There were some great threads this week in the group as well. One Hub member was looking for recommendations about podcasts for new teachers, another posted about how and when we introduce pronouns to our learners, and our Wednesday Question had some interesting comments about what skills our learners will need for the future.

Then on Thursday, we had our fortnightly coffee breaks – a lovely informal moment to hang out with other Hub members and let the conversations develop. We prepare some questions ahead of the chat, but the conversations always go off in wonderfully beautiful directions, this week including talking about the need for controlled practice in coursebooks and translanguaging…which looks like it might be the topic for next Tuesday’s Focused Forum!

Coming up next week, as well as our Tuesday get-together, we have a webinar with the wonderful Claire Thomson who’ll be talking about learner choice in the online classroom. See you there!