{"id":33999,"date":"2026-02-02T02:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/enrol-course\/dogme-in-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T05:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:25:29","slug":"dogme-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/enrol-course\/dogme-in-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogme in Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p>Have you already taken Scott Thornbury&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/course\/dogme-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dogme in ELT<\/a> course? Wondering what to do next? Or, are you already familiar with teaching with Dogme in your classroom? This course is for you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this course&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<ul>\n<li>We\u2019ll use helpful visuals, and examples from the book, to frame what it looks and feels like to teach in a way that is organic, responsive and learner-directed<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ll also explore how to integrate this approach in our wider teaching context &#8211; where we need to prep students for exams, meet stakeholder expectations, and demonstrate value<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ll reflect on our own teacher journeys using the Quadrant Map, and consider what it means to \u2018mode-shift\u2019 as teachers &#8211; so we can teach in a way that feels authentic to us and our students, without neglecting the curriculum<\/li>\n<li>Across 6 weeks, we\u2019ll focus on six key areas, sharing our own lessons and ideas along the way via online forums and weekly live sessions with the co-founder of Dogme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<h2>Course schedule<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p><strong>Week One: <\/strong>How to work with Dogme &#8211; why the three pillars (conversation-driven, materials-light and focused on emergent language) need to work in harmony, and how this differs to traditional, linear teaching<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Two: <\/strong>How to work with people &#8211; why conversation matters, what it means today, <u>and how to include students and colleagues in our rationale<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Three: <\/strong>How to work with content &#8211; why less is more when it comes to materials, and why the direction of travel (top-down or bottom-up) really counts<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Four: <\/strong>How to work with emergent language &#8211; choices and strategies for effective teaching, reference and practice &#8211; and why we shouldn\u2019t just focus on grammar<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Five: <\/strong>How to work with the curriculum &#8211; what it means to \u2018mode-switch\u2019 in class, transitioning between organic and linear teaching styles, and why we need to do it in today\u2019s classroom<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Six:<\/strong> How to use Dogme intentionally &#8211; mapping our experience as teachers, understanding when it makes sense to unplug, and when to do more of it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p>Live online Zoom sessions will be held four times in May on Sundays at 09:00 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Live session dates: May 24, 31 and June 7, 14, 21 and 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: 09:00\u201310:00 UTC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?msg=Dogme+in+Practice&amp;iso=20260524T09&amp;p1=1440&amp;ah=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check your local time<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p><strong>Cost: $240 USD*<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The course includes six live sessions plus ongoing meaningful discussions each week in a private forum.<\/li>\n<li>Due to Luke&#8217;s high quality interaction with each \u00a0participant and the hands-on workshop nature of this course, \u00a0registration will be limited to 30.<\/li>\n<li>To receive a certificate, you will be expected to attend \u00a0weekly live sessions (or watch the recordings) and participate in course \u00a0forum discussions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*<strong>Receipts for research funds, etc., can be provided on request.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p>This 6-week online iTDi Advanced Skills course will bring up \u00a0to 30 teachers together in our user-friendly iTDi online classroom every Sunday, and then continue throughout the week \u2013- sharing, discussing and reflecting in a private, but vibrant, online community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a registered participant, don\u2019t worry if you have to miss a live class or if the time for the live sessions doesn&#8217;t work well for your time zone. You\u2019ll receive weekly recordings of each class, full \u00a0transcripts of the text chat during class, assigned readings and a PDF of the PowerPoint slides. Furthermore, the online community will \u00a0certainly become a wealth of ideas and information, and will remain \u00a0private and online for your use anytime in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p>Scholarships<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p>iTDi believes that all teachers deserve the same opportunity to improve \u00a0themselves. From our experience, teachers who pay something towards a \u00a0course more often make a greater effort and are more likely to complete the course. Therefore, we do encourage teachers to pay something toward the course if at all possible. We prioritize partial scholarships, but a limited number of full scholarships may also be available for this course. Please apply through our scholarship application. Scholarships will be awarded on April 24th (one month before the course \u00a0begins).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_shortcode\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/W8EjoQUeuA9wzUAY9\"><strong>APPLY<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<h2>Meet your instructor<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_columns_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_columns_2_1 \">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_column_content\">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<h2>Luke Meddings<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p>Luke Meddings is an ELT teacher, trainer, and award-winning author.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2000 he co-founded the Dogme in ELT movement with Scott Thornbury, before writing a column about it for the UK\u2019s <em>Guardian<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Luke and Scott published their influential <em>Teaching Unplugged<\/em> (Delta) in 2009, winning a British Council ELTon award for the book the following year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Luke has given plenary and keynote talks, workshops and short courses around the world, including most recently a plenary at last year\u2019s BRAZ-TESOL conference.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dogme in Practice<\/em>, another collaboration with Scott Thornbury, was published by iTDi in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_column_content\">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_media\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"luke-meddings-bw\" src=\"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/luke-meddings-bw.png\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you already taken Scott Thornbury&#8217;s Dogme in ELT course? 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