The summaries of both #ELTchats were written by Martin Sketchley – #ELTexperiences and were originally posted on his blog here: “Getting off the Intermediate Plateau”: ELT Chat Summary ELT Chat Summary: Part 1 A few weeks ago, 22 May 2013, ELT Chat discussed the topic about all things related to teaching the Intermediate learner. However, this day was…
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Hi Chatters, This week’s #eltchat topics are as follows: 12BST: What can teachers learn from good managers? There’s no set pre-chat reading for this one, we were listening to this podcast / radio programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sjj81 and thinking about workplace collaboration – http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/12-tips-that-will-make-you-an-effective-collaborator/ 21BST: Would you consider adopting an ELF approach to pronunciation in your classroom?…
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Original post by Phil Longwell Exploiting Short Film and Video Clips – An #ELTchat summary This is a video summary, as requested, of the #ELTchat from 29 May 2013 on the subject of exploiting short film and video clips. It is based on extracted quotes throughout the chat broadly based around the following five themes: 1) Reasons for…
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The Power of Questions – #ELTchat summary Posted on May 21, 2013 by Katy Davies on her blog – reroduced here with her kind permission This is a summary of an #ELTchat discussion which took place on 15th May 2013. The inspiration for this chat came from an IATEFL workshop called ‘The Power of Questions’ by Margit Szesztay who spoke about…
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The #ELTchat blog has been nominated and now it’s time to vote! May the best blog win
First Chat – 12 P.M. BST Second Chat 21 P.M. BST Getting off that Intermediate Plateau; Classroom Ideas It all started with this great slide presentation which got many #ELTchatters thinking about themselves reaching a plateau; how they often feel stuck and need to find ways to get out of it, whether…
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30-second Summary The 12.00 BST #ELTchat for the 15th May focused on IATEFL talks by Jill Hadfield and Jessica Mackay relating to motivation, and specifically the visualisation and realisation of the L2-self. Ideas: Ss visualise what they want their L2 selves to be in the future This helps focus on discrepancy between present and…
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Hello #ELTchatters, As #ELTchat regulars are well aware of, in the last few weeks we have been trying a different way of choosing topics for our weekly chats, not because we wish to be less democratic, but the recent IATEFL conference has provided us with a wealth of stimulating ideas and conversations which all…
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This is a summary of the 1200 PM BST #ELTchat held on May 5, 2013. The topic of the chat was inspired by two IATEFL sessions The ELTJ Debate (a debate about whether coursebooks reflect students’ lives and needs with Scott Thornbury vs Catherine Walters) and The decline and fall of coursebooks (a talk by Simon Greenall). N.B.…
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This is a summary of the 1200 PM GMT #ELTchat on the Process Approach to Writing held on March 27, 2013. It’s my first ELTchat summary and it’s come out looking like an extended and tortured reported speech exercise I’m definitely not taking this route the next time round. —————————————————- Definitions The chat kicked off with…
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