Teacher Training SIG

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EFL and ESL teachers are among the world's most avid learners. Their openness to new methods and approaches leads them to constantly explore the nature of learning, the back alleyways of the mind and the interpersonal dimensions of the teacher-learner relationship. This SIG aims to quantify and qualify existing avenues of teacher training and assess potential areas of related training.

Gigi Saurer, SIG Coordinator

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Gigi Saurer grew up in the UK where she decided to do the Dip. TEFLA (as it was then called) after graduating from university. Her first full-time TEFL post was at St Giles College in Brighton in '87, where she also became interested in teacher training. Since moving to Switzerland in '92, she has worked for a number of language schools in Bern, Winterthur, Basel, Olten and is currently working for the Federation of Migros Cooperatives, at the Coordination Office of the Club Schools in Zürich. She has also been an oral examiner for Cambridge ESOL for over 10 years and has more recently become a team leader. Her continuous interest in maintaining and improving standards in language teaching has been fuelled by her eagerness to develop and share knowledge with others.