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I am a teacher educator from Athens, Greece. My job is to train English teachers and help them become better teachers in the classroom.

One year ago, I started blogging. My blogs are written for teachers of English and you can see them here:

Marisa Constantinides - TEFL Matters (in English)
Teaching & Learning Foreign Languages (in English)
Foreign Language Education (in Greek)

So here I am writing this post to share my enthusiasm about blogging with you and to make you start blogging too!

Why do I blog?

Richard St. John shares his eight secrets of success in a fantastic video and I want to talk about blogging and how I think it is connected to these eight great secrets.

Here are the eight secrets in a word cloud

Richard St.John’s Eight Secrets of Success – Made with http://www.wordle.net/

I blog for all the reasons in the word cloud:

I blog because I want to be an excellent educator (Excellence)
I blog because I want to share my ideas (Serve Others)
I persist even when I am tired; good results need hard work! (Work!)
I blog to focus more on my interest and learn more about it (Focus)
I blog because this makes me think and learn new things (Push Yourself)
I get more ideas by trying to explain my ideas to other people. (Ideas)
I blog because I love my job and I am passionate about teaching (Passion)
I persist because I believe communicating your ideas is important for learning (Persist)

What should you blog about?

Blog about something you love, something you are passionate about. It may be your stamp collection, it may be travel, it may even be your love of the English language!

If you love your subject, you will find more things to write and you will also find the time, no matter how busy you are.

It takes time but it’s worth it!

Writing helps you become a better writer and the better you get, the more your English will improve!

May be you will find it hard at the the beginning. I found it hard too!

But with time, it gets easier. Remember! You won’t get better by waiting! You will get better by trying!”

Go beyond your comfort zone

Challenge yourself and you will surely be amazed by how much you will learn by communicating with the world!

And if you would like to listen to this great talk which inspired this post, here it is below, one of the great TED talks.

I look forward to reading some great posts.

General Listening Quizzes [ Listen to Everyday Conversations with Adult and Children's Voices ]
Easy Answering Machine A Day at School Apartments for Rent Camping Under the Stars Christmas is Coming! Clothing Styles Business Communications College Life Daily Schedule DVD Movie Rentals Eye Glasses for You A Fun Day Family Activities Family Relationships First Date Getting Around Tokyo Good Old Blues Hamburger Restaurant Happy Birthday! Heavenly Pies Restaurant Hotel Reservations Immigration and Customs Lost in the Crowd Nice to Meet You Party Time! Phone Message Picnic Preparations Reading Time Rental Shop (Version B) Shopping for the Day Sightseeing in Town Snack Time So, what's the matter? Spending Money Tell me about yourself Train Tickets Travel Arrangements Travel on Sky Airlines What a Busy Day! Where are you from?	Medium A Student Credit Card A Healthy Lifestyle A Hiking Family A Story to Remember American Slang Back to School Supplies Baking Cookies Breakfast Recipes Budget Hotel Rooms Car Rental College Majors College Textbooks Computer Sales Dinner Time Driver's License Emergency Call Exercise Program English Language Center Great Apartment Living Grocery Shopping Haven't We Met Before? Holiday Traditions Japanese Public Bath Just a Haircut, Please! Leisure Activities Medical Advice Meeting Singles New York Travel Personal Security Pizza Delivery Radio Advertising Saturday's Chores Show Times Snacks and Candy Street Market Taxi Ride (Medium) Traffic Ticket TV Guide Vacation Plans Weekly Activities World of Computers	Difficult Adsense: Making Money 72-Hour Emergency Kit A Free Cell Phone! A University Degree ABCs of Money Matters Cancer Treatment Car Accident Car Repairs Dating Woes Driving Road Test Enjoying the Zoo Easy Pet Care Flower Shop First Mountain Bank Friday Night Mishaps Friendly Dental Care Funerals: Expressing Condolences Furniture Store Ad Home Repairs Home Security Hotel Check-In Housing Complaints It's a Home Run! Job Hunting Movie Review Personal Problems Professional Babysitting Refinancing Mortgage Loans Rental Shop (Version A) School Report Security Systems Store Returns Summer Camp Taxi Ride (Difficult) Telemarketing The Ideal Woman Trivia Game Show Utah Travel Ad Video Game Systems Wedding Anniversary Where's the movie theater?

Basic Listening Quizzes [ Short Listening Activites for Beginning and Intermediate Students ]
Easy Calendars and Dates Conversation Starters Directions Around Town (1) Introductions Names: Meeting People Shopping and Prices Telling Time	Easy Clothing and Fashion Directions Around Town (2) Family Relationships Hobbies Restaurants Shopping Center Telephone	Medium Bus Travel Directions Around Town (3) ESL Programs Job Hunting - Quiz 1 Job Hunting - Quiz 2 Movies Travel and Numbers

Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes [ Prepare for TOEFL/TOEIC Tests with These Lectures, Interviews, and Conversations ]
Medium Arches National Park Business Meeting ESL Program Meeting First Day of Class Internet Access Saving the Earth The Four Seasons Taped Library Tour Tour of Kyoto, Japan	Difficult Airport Announcement Battle at the Front Dream Team X Exotic Animal Kingdom Friday's Weather Forecast I Love Trees Lawsuit Settlement Space Radio Theater The Christmas Gift The Japanese Economy	Very Difficult A Greener World A Rare Solar Eclipse A Visitor from Space Campaign Speech Cosmetic Surgery Learning Languages Our Aging Society Raising Successful Children Traffic Report Travel Log World News Stories

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