Why do teachers need to give talks

Tanya Polovinkina works at BKC IH Moscow, shes an experienced conference speaker, gave several talks at different conferences (including IATEFL, twice). Shes also an extremely nice person to talk to, shes ready to question her beliefs and is open for discussion. Were talking about: how to prepare to give a talk at a conference why its important to step out of your comfort zone and do that, teaching principles, why its important to think about them and how they change over life, teaching Russian as a foreign language and how its different from teaching English. Enjoy the interview and see you at the BKC IH Moscow Teacher Training conference 00:24 First talk ever 06:55 How long does it take to prepare 12:07 Principled eclecticism. Why is it important to talk about it (An interview with AW) 14:20 An example of someone whos merely confused 16:28 Tanyas teaching principles. 21:30 L1 or no L1 in the classroom. 21:45 Is teaching Russian as a Foreign language different from teaching English