Live interview with David Riddell

In this interview with David Riddell (author of “Teach EFL” and “Succeed in TEFL – Continuing Professional Development”), CELTA trainer, we are talking about course design. If you’d like to know: - what TENOR stands for, - what the four layers of planning are, - a dreaded word for any school, watch this interview. 0:30 Why are you the right person to be talking about the course design? 2:20 Why would someone get interested in learning about it? 5:20 Why would anyone ask for developing a course if there are lots of course books already designed? 09:25 Even when you teach with a book, the course is different. 14:40 How do you make sure that teachers actually teach your course and not something else? 20:47 How should schools provide information about the course to their teachers? 23:27 How long does it take you to design a course? 30:13 Can be course design helpful to those who don’t plan to create any courses? 32:04 The course on Course Design. Here are some links: A course on Course Design by David: Materials Development, by Teachers Teach Teachers - Webinar Needs Analysis run by Marina Dolgacheva - (only if you’re a TTT participant!).