Month: October 2015

A PLN for ELT Professionals

Propose a topic for next week’s #ELTchat – Wednesday 4/11 @ 12.00 GMT

Time to propose a topic for next #ELTchat. Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 4/11/2015 at 12:00 P.M. GMT   If you are proposing a topic, please make every effort to join the chat if your topic is chosen. You can find out information about how to follow an…
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The usefulness of standard lesson plan formats as presented on TT courses (Oct 14, 2015)

This summary was written by Noreen Lam (@Noreen_Lam)   After a long (and I mean LONG) hiatus from #eltchat, due to incompatible times and such, I stumbled onto this one last week by coincidence. Many of us go through the route of a CELTA/other TEFL/TESOL certificate in order to become an ESL/EFL/ESOL teacher and learn…
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Metalanguage in the classroom #ELTchat Summary 10/06/2015

  One of the first ELT chat’s of June 2015 was “How much metalanguage (terminology about language) do you use and how much is needed? ” Click here for the transcript of the discussion.   Key factors included: age, level/ability, type of learner, type of metalanguage, and context. Examples of types of practice have also been included towards the end…
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Propose a topic for next week’s #ELTchat (21/10/15 @ 12.00BST)

Time to propose a topic for next #ELTchat. Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 21/10/2015 at 12:00 P.M. BST   If you are proposing a topic, please make every effort to join the chat if your topic is chosen. You can find out information about how to follow an…
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Propose a topic for next week’s #ELTchat – October 14th @ 21.00 BST

Time to propose a topic for next #ELTchat. Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 14/10/2015 at 21:00 P.M. BST   If you are proposing a topic, please make every effort to join the chat if your topic is chosen. You can find out information about how to follow an…
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