Teaching English Website - a must for Dip candidates?

The BCs English Teaching website has undergone radical changes recently and now has become a truly collaborative platform where teachers worldwide can join together in a wide range of debates on teaching practice.

If you're doing the Dip this year (or even if you're not), I'd recommend visiting the Think section, where you'll find some stimulating ideas on all aspects of teaching:

• articles from experienced teachers and ELT professionals
• podcasts (I found those from the BBC Word Service, Innovations in teaching series extremely interesting and informative)
• a teaching knowledge wiki providing a collection of definitions of ELT terminology
• links to top stories related to English Language Teaching
• information on upcoming conferences around the world

In the Transform section there's also a very useful series of training videos which illustrate good classroom practice from language teachers around the world.

Another new feature to the website is the Guest Contributor. At the time of writing this is Barry Tomalin and he has generated an extremely lively debate on the role of culture in ELT. I would particularly recommend watching the video interview with him where he offers up a lifetime of teaching experience and provides a clear-sighted analysis of current methodologies in the world of ELT.