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The Trinity CertPT with Lexical Lab

Written by Andrew Walkley on February 4, 2026. Posted in Courses, Teacher Development and CPD, Teaching lexically. No Comments on The Trinity CertPT with Lexical Lab

This year we will be offering the Trinity CertPT as part of our teacher development provision. In this post, we’ll be looking at what the CertPT is and how it fits with our programmes.What is the Trinity CertPT?The Trinity CertPT is a way to provide assessment and accreditation for teachers’ ongoing professional development. The PT stands for practising teachers and is, therefore, aimed at teachers who have two years’ language teaching experience or an initial training certificate with a national or international provider + 6 months’ teaching experience. The...

How should I use my coursebook? With principles!

Written by Andrew Walkley on February 14, 2025. Posted in Classroom Activities, Core Principles, Teaching lexically, Uncategorized. No Comments on How should I use my coursebook? With principles!

It seems that most teachers see the value of using a coursebook, but the bigger question is: how should I use them? That was my conclusion from reading a recent post on LinkedIn by Katherine Bilsborough. She asked for English language teachers who were anti-coursebook to explain why they were against using them. As it turned out, most of the comments weren’t really anti-coursebook at all – maybe because they were from people connected to Kath, who is … a coursebook writer! However, I think this is just how the majority of teachers view coursebooks. There are those who loudly rant about the...