Month: June 2011

A PLN for ELT Professionals

What would you like to talk about on Wednesday June 29th?

Please post your topics for our next #ELTchat on Wednesday, June 29th. The highest polling suggestions from last week that were not chosen will automatically be added to this week’s poll but is there anything else that you think might make a good topic for Wednesday’s chat? Top choice will be discussed at 12:00 PM & 2nd…
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The effect of culture on teaching and learning #ELTchat Summary 01/06/2011

It is that time of the week again, the day after the #ELTchat discussion. Thanks to my runaway enthusiasm, it finds me with a lengthy transcript and the task of turning it into something coherent. It was, as usual, a mind-bender of a discussion, so this task is a far from unpleasant one for me!…
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Project Work in EFL Classrooms – an #Eltchat Summary 23/06/2011

Thursday, 23 June 2011 This is a summary of the #eltchat which took place at 9pm BST on Wednesday 22nd June, 2011.  The full title of the chat was: Project Work in EFL Classrooms (Themes, Strategies, Resources) We welcomed some ‘first-timers’ to the chat as well as some contributors (including me) who had missed several…
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How important is research in ELT? Should teachers be engaged in research if possible? #ELTchat Summary 25/05/2011

This summary was contributed by Lesley Cioccas – @cioccas on Twitter – and is the result of sifting through 72 pages of tweets! Many thanks to Lesley and her hard work on this. This post first appeared on Lesley’s blog and is reproduced here with her permission Research in ELT – a very wide-ranging #ELTchat The…
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What would you like to talk about on Wednesday, June 8th?

Please post your topics for our next #ELTchat on Wednesday, June 8th. Suggestions from last week will automatically be added to this week’s poll but is there anything else that you think might make a good topic for Wednesday’s chat? Top choice will be discussed at 12:00 PM & 2nd choice at 21:00PM. All times are London times. Please…
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