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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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Propose a topic for next week’s #ELTchat – October 7 @ 12.00 BST

Time to propose a topic for next #ELTchat. Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 7/10/2015 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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Using Online Resources for Listening and Speaking in the Classroom #ELTchat Summary 23/09/2015

#ELTchat Summary for September 23, 2015 written by  ANNA BARTOSIK View post Nicola Einarson via Compfight   Most of the Twitter chats I participate in are hosted in North America and I have a few I try to catch regularly. #ELTchat is UK-based and it took a long summer hiatus; consequently, I missed the first week.…
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Propose a topic for the 30/9/15 #ELTchat @ 21.00 BST

Time to propose a topic for next #ELTchat. Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 30/09/2015 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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Propose a topic for next #ELTchat: September 23rd @ 12pm BST

Time to propose a topic for next #ELTchat. Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 23/09/2015 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 #ELTchat…
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Happy 5th Anniversary #ELTchat!

Today is the 5th anniversary of #ELTchat and the initial thought was to write a blogpost about it: what it means for me, for us. However, thinking about it, I realised that #ELTchat is not about me or you or anyone in particular; it is for all English language teachers who not only wish to…
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#ELTchat 5th Birthday – Join our Celebration chat on the 16th of September at 21.00 p.m. BST

  For the past five years, #ELTchat friends and moderators have met every Wednesday noon or evening to talk about teaching, learning, new technologies, techniques and tools for the classroom, class management, the large and small issues of English Language Teaching but, most of all, building community and connecting with one another to share and…
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