This #eltchat took place on Wednesday, 6 November 2013 from 12-1pm UTC time. Two questions were debated by 11 participants: whether CLT places greater focus on more confident learners; and CLT’s effect on quieter students. Early in the discussion it was clarified that the questions pertain to speaking. STUDENTS’ QUIETNESS This topic drew a…
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How can teachers prepare to give a talk at a conference? Summary It’s 10 pm and I’m impatiently waiting for another #eltchat. What’s the topic tonight? Did my choice win this time? With my fingers on the keyboard, I’m waiting for the sound of the starting pistol. Here comes Shaun Wilden and announces the topic of the…
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Vote for your topic [polldaddy poll=7551587] If you have an idea for a topic for Wednesday’s chat then leave it as a comment on the blog and we’ll include it in the poll once voting starts on Monday. The top choice in the poll will be discussed at 12.00 p.m. and the 2nd choice at 21.00 p.m.…
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This is the summary of the #eltchat on October 16th, 2013 and was written by Rachel Appleby – @rapple18 Full title Freer practice: Ways of really getting sts to use TL (vocab, grammar, phrases) in tasks / exercises, and/as a means of showing visible progress (Sp, Wr) Getting students to talk – really communicate with each…
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Dealing with multi-aged English language classrooms When I saw the topic for #ELTchat on 9th October was Dealing with multi-aged classrooms, I wanted to take part, even though the second chat is now at 7am my time and I that’s when I’m out walking in the bush near my house. I struggled to keep up on…
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Vote for your topic [polldaddy poll=7532658] If you have an idea for a topic for Wednesday’s chat then leave it as a comment on the blog and we’ll include it in the poll once voting starts on Monday. The top choice in the poll will be discussed at 21.00 p.m. and the 2nd choice at 12.00…
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In honour of Dave Willis>>>>>>>>> An #ELTchat on Task Based Learning, Lexical Syllabuses, the Lexical Approach The news of Dave Willis’ passing away hit the ELT community yesterday via messages received from IATEFL and from friends on Facebook and Twitter More and more people kept posting and sharing their thoughts about Dave Willis’…
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Time to Vote! [polldaddy poll=7493530] If you have an idea for a topic for Wednesday’s chat then leave it as a comment on the blog and we’ll include it in the poll once voting starts on Monday. The top choice in the poll will be discussed at 12.00 p.m. and the 2nd choice at 21.00…
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[polldaddy poll=7475285] If you have an idea for a topic for Wednesday’s chat then leave it as a comment on the blog and we’ll include it in the poll once voting starts on Monday. The top choice in the poll will be discussed at 21.00 p.m. and the 2nd choice at 12.00 p.m. UK time. Each…
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[polldaddy poll=7455323] If you have an idea for a topic for Wednesday’s chat then leave it as a comment on the blog and we’ll include it in the poll once voting starts on Monday. The top choice in the poll will be discussed at 12.00 p.m. and the 2nd choice at 21.00 p.m. UK time. Each…
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