Episode 67: Developod Episode 67 - Keeping the ELT passion alive & adding visual sparkle with Emily Bryson

In this episode, Helen and Emily discuss her eclectic career, including teaching, teacher training, authoring books like Voices for National Geographic Learning, running online courses, and creating doodle and sketchnote visual resources. Emily describes teaching ESOL learners from refugee backgrounds and embraces a nomad lifestyle, traveling while working remotely. She highlights persistent issues in ELT like native speakerism and lack of LGBTQ+ representation, though she notes growing awareness of diverse Englishes and localisation in teaching materials. Looking ahead, Emily will continue visual recording and write about her digital nomad experiences. Emily emphasises how supportive the ELT community is and encourages us to: embrace creativity and messiness in teaching and learning, network and take opportunities, and feel the fear, turn off your inner troll, and draw anyway!Emily’s website: www.EmilyBrysonELT.com   www.EmilyBrysonELT.com/freebies/   www.EmilyBrysonELT.com/all-courses/  www.EmilyBrysonELT.com/resources/ Contact Emily via LinkedIn or Instagram and Facebook @emilybrysonelt or via her website www.EmilyBrysonELT.com/contactIn this episode, Emily references:Voices & Impact: https://www.eltngl.com/sites/Voices/home & https://www.eltngl.com/sites/impact/home   Chia Suan Chong - Successful International Communication: https://chiasuanchong.com/about-me/Rachael Roberts, Business Coaching: www.EarnLiveThriveinELT.comJennifer Murray, Copywriting Support: https://www.bestwordscopywriting.com/   Canva: www.canva.com  To find the complete archive of Developod episodes, go to tdsig.org/developod-tdsigs-podcast