Well, first off, a confession here: the blog featured above isn't exactly "new" to my block. I've been following it for quite some time, and I was mortified at not having space to fit it into my list of 10 blogs I think you should read posted a couple of weeks ago.
So here it is as its own entry!
Teaching Village is an absolute gem of a blog written and coordinated by Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, a well known figure in the ELT community and author of the outstanding Let's Go series from Oxford University Press.
Barbara is about the nicest lady you can meet in ELT (I would go so far as to say that, with the admission I've only actually met her through things like email, Google Talk and Twitter!), but she's also a talented facilitator.
While she does of course write many posts herself on Teaching Village, one of the highlights is the long list of guest posts from "everyday / at the chalkface" teachers from all over the globe (called the Stories from the Front Lines of EFL series on the blog).
As recently as April, Barbara was able to proudly boast 30 thoughtful and beautifully written guest teacher posts from 16 different countries, and it's clear there are many more to come!
The guest posts on Teaching Village don't sugar-coat what we all know is a very difficult and demanding profession to work in, but they do approach contextual issues with respect and sensitivity.
So, if you haven't yet checked out Barbara's fantastic ELT blog, make sure you get over and take a look at what's happening on Teaching Village. I'm sure you'll find a lot of great reading there!
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