What would you like to talk about on Wednesday February 9? #ELTchat Poll
Summaries
Many thanks also must go to all those active #ELTchatters who have posted great summaries on their blogs and who have given us permission to repost here.
Our tweet aggreggator for #ELTchat has been acting up lately and the whole hour of the #ELTchat has been missing – this is why we have been unable to post the transcripts but thanks to the hard work of our fellow tweeters we have been able to keep the content and enjoy it in an easy to follow format.
If you know of an alternative one to wthashtag we would appreciate it if you let us know in a comment below this post.
Post New Topics
Thanks to all for posting such great topics. If your favourite topic was not chosed by the vote any of the previous weeks, please do not hesitate to resubmit it. Who knows, you might be luckier next time round!
Please post your topics, questions and comments below.
Include topics which
- have not been covered already in previous #ELTchats
- are relevant to ELT teachers and teaching foreign languages
- are not targeted attacks on individuals or institutions
- are simply and clearly expressed.
The moderators of this website and #ELTchat reserve the right not to post comments or to include them in the poll if they do not follow the above guidelines.
The Poll
Top choice will be discussed at 21:00 GMT & 2nd choice at 12:00 GMT
Find your own local time for each chat here for 12:00 London time and here for 21:00 London time.
10 Responses
It could be interesting to share ideas on this: How do you deal with a class with very diverse students (cultural background, age, interests, etc)?
Using role plays to improve students fluency.
How do you teach writing? And how do you mark it?
Also, if you use it immediately after the chat, tweetdoc might be a good alternative to wthashtag, although it can only deal with 500 tweets. Not sure if you’ve tried that or not.
How about dealing with students’ use of technology in the classroom? As much as I like to encourage students to use their laptops and mobiles for research purposes in lessons, it doesn’t make much sense to me if they’re only going to use it to text and facebook their friends instead of listening to me or doing the activities I set up.
How do you get the balance between freedom and control in encouraging students to use technology appropriately in the classroom? (Sorry for the length of the question.)
Two ideas:
Using images to increase engagement and motivation in the teen and adult classroom.
Using stories for integrated skills work. And just because.
It’d be interesting to discuss different ways of encouraging students to speak in class, particularly introverted students.
There were loads of things we learned during the CELTA course, except one: dealing with routine. Time management is currently being a major source of trouble for me. Hearing from some other language teachers could be much more useful than simply reading biz literature / hunting for general tips etc. I don’t know whether time-management / self-organization makes a genuine ELT topic, though.
If it doesn’t suit us, we could discuss lesson planning (or has it been already covered?).
Michael
How can we take all of the energy on forums like #eltchat in particular, and social networks in general, leverage it, and turn it into “real” professional development? This question came up in a discussion with several people over the weekend: we love the serendipity of Twitter, the randomness of suddenly discovered resources, but wonder how it all can be more. So that’s the long version. The short version might be:
What are the best ways to take the learning we share on #eltchat / Twitter further. How can we use these platforms to collaborate, generate, and motivate?
(someone help me w/ the wording please ^^)
Love Chuck’s idea. I think there’s a lot we could learn from this, share tips and ideas of what we have done with the things we have learnt from #ELTChats so far.
I was wondering about doing a debate on “The limits of cultual sensitivity in the classroom”
Are there limits? Should there be? Does it depend on location/situation etc?
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