Kindness Empathy Enthusiasm Professionalism
for teacher and learner wellbeing
I would like my fellow teachers to enjoy teaching and for the students to enjoy learning languages. We can flourish as language teachers at every stage of our career. I hope this page inspires you on your journey.
If you want to nurture positive emotions in the classroom read the first article.
If you would like to try a refreshing method to teach grammar, read the second article.
If you want to revamp the layout of your course site, read the third article.
Here is my detailed Curriculum Vitae.
Deborah Azaryad Shechter CV 30.8.2025.pdf
See pages 2 and 4 of the newsletter 😊.
Positive Psychology Newsletter October 2024.pdf
University of Potsdam
Workshops for English and Lote teachers on Student and Teacher Wellbeing, Zentrum für Sprachen und Schlüsselkompetenzen (online)
Potsdam University workshop flyer.png
University of Konstanz (in-person)
The teacher’s role in learner wellbeing, lecture given to the language teachers of the Sprachlehrinstitut
Positive psychology panel: the link between theory and practice, Invited panelist at the SIG event organized by IAPLL - the International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning (online)
Positive Psychology panel flyer.pdf
University of Lisbon and Nova University
Workshops to graduate and postgraduate students in linguistics on teacher and learner wellbeing (in-person)
Erasmus + lecturer at the University of Warsaw
Masterclasses to graduate students at the Centre for Foreign Language Teacher Training and European Education, and the Institute of Applied Linguistics
UW Emotions-in-LL-and-Teaching-Workshop flyer.pdf
Adam Mickiewicz University and The University of Warsaw
April 2025
Lectures on teacher and learner wellbeing to graduate students in the Department of English Studies and the Faculty of Education.
Faculty of Education UW poster
UW appreciation letter 2025.pdf
