Month: September 2012

A PLN for ELT Professionals

The Silent Way, Suggestopaedia, TPR and other ‘designer’ methods: what are they and what can we learn from them? #ELTchat Summary 12/09/2012

  In the 70s there was a positive rush of so-called designer methods for learning language. The first part of our #ELTChat on 12th September 2012 at 12pm was mainly concerned with clarifying exactly what some of these methods involved. For the sake of clarity I have prepared a brief overview of what I understand about…
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How to integrate dictionary work into lessons – #ELTchat Summary 18/07/2012

How to integrate dictionary work into lessons Summary of #ELTChat on July 18, 2012 (by @marcusmurilo)     This is the summary of the second #ELTChat on July 18, 2012. The topic of this chat, which was co-moderated by @theteacherjames and @SueAnnan, was how to integrate dictionary work into lessons.   The chat was kicked…
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