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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/115971| Title: | Teachers as lighthouse keepers |
| Authors: | Xerri, Daniel |
| Keywords: | Lighthouse keepers -- Scotland Lighthouses -- Scotland Teachers -- Training of English language -- Study and teaching Language and languages -- Study and teaching |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Publisher: | Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd. |
| Citation: | Xerri, D. (2018). Teachers as lighthouse keepers. English Teaching Professional, 115, 57-58. |
| Abstract: | After attending the IATEFL conference in Glasgow in 2017, I spent a few days in the Shetland Islands in the far north of Scotland. This provided me with the opportunity to reflect on the learning I had engaged in as part of this invaluable professional development event. On one of my walks, I visited the lighthouse at Sumburgh Head. Designed by Robert Stevenson, the grandfather of the famous Scottish author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped, the lighthouse was built in 1821. It stands 91 metres above sea level and its light, flashing every 30 seconds, is visible 23 nautical miles away. On my visit to Sumburgh Head, I realised how the job of a lighthouse keeper resonates in some ways with what we do as English language teachers. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/115971 |
| ISSN: | 13625276 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - CenELP |
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