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How can we focus language teaching more at discourse level rather than sentence level? #ELTchat Summary 04/01/2012

February 17, 2012

Somewhat delayed, this is a double-barrel summary where two different #ELTchatters contributed at different times. The first one was kindly contributed by Patrick Andrews alias @PatrickAndrews  and the second one by David Pietre alias @tefkgeek on his blog TEFLGEEK! Thanks Patrick and David!!! Summary 1 by Patrick Andrews The discussion started with definitions of discourse.   @MarisaC…
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Critical Thinking in Teacher Development – Summary of #ELTchat on 08/02/2012

February 10, 2012

Summary of #eltchat 8th Feb: Critical Thinking in Teacher Development by Damian Williams     First and foremost, I should ‘fess up’ about my motives in participating in #eltchat this morning (my time, anyway). have just submitted my proposal for a talk at the 13th Braz-TESOL national convention in my home town of Rio de Janeiro…
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What steps are part of the process of designing a syllabus? What knowledge & skills do teachers need? Summary of #ELTchat 25/01/2012

February 7, 2012

Summary of #ELTchat on January 25th 2012, 21.00 P.M. GMT By Toula Sklavou/@toulasklavou I recently completed and passed my Delta Module 3 assignment which involved designing a syllabus for a one-to-one exam prep course, so I felt that I would be able to contribute to this #ELTchat in a positive way and share my research…
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How do you use mobile devices in the classroom? Tips, apps, best practices #ELTchat Summary 11/01/2012

February 1, 2012

Summary contributed by Shaun Wilden, #ELTchat moderator and posted on his blog AppedELT     This is the summary of eltchat on 11.01.2012 on the topic of m-learning. As a lot of the people taking part seemed to have got an ipad from Santa, the chat was very smart device orientated with lots of apps…
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#ELTchat Podcast January 2012

January 25, 2012

Here is our January podcast put together by James Taylor – @theTeacherJames , with the help of  Sandy Millin – @sandymillin – and Vicky Loras – @vickyloras.   In this January edition you will hear:   Sandy Millin‘s Round Up of #ELTchats for this pas month Barbara Sakamoto #ELTchat Moderator on promoting #ELTchat  during JALT 2011…
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Networks for Language Teachers #ELTchat Summary 18/01/12

January 22, 2012

  Does this look familiar??   To –ing or not to –ing……that is today’s question! One of my students asked me last month why we use the –ing form for blogging, networking, computing…..Good question! My answer? Because technology is constantly changing and plus usually these actions are constant, happen often, plus they are amusing but…
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What would you like to talk about on #ELTchat on January 11?

January 8, 2012

Time to vote The highest polling suggestions from last week that were not chosen will automatically be added to this week’s poll if there aren’t enough new topics – but is there anything else that you think might make a good topic for Wednesday’s chat! Top choice will be discussed at 12.00 GMT & 2nd…
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New year’s resolutions as a teacher; what are you going to continue / develop / refrain doing in 2012? #ELTchat Summary 04/01/2012

January 6, 2012

This is the summary of the second #ELTchat of 2011 on January 4, 2011 at 21.00 P.M. GMT. It was kindly contributed by Sue Annan (@SueAnnan ) and you can read it on her own blog if you click on the title.     New Year’s Resolutions      Time for Resolutions – and that is…
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January 2012 Challenge: Best Method for Organizing ELT Bookmarks

January 4, 2012

@tarabenwell: “PLN blog challenges are great too. Someone should be in charge of a monthly one. #eltchat.   Last night’s ELTchat (18.01.2012) was on the advantages and disadvantages of social networking for language teachers. As you can imagine given the chat takes place on twitter, most participants were able to list many advantages to be gained from…
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What Would you like to talk about on January 4, 2012?

January 1, 2012

1st #ELTchat of 2012 Happy New Year to all #ELTchatters!!!    The highest polling suggestions from last week that were not chosen will automatically be added to this week’s poll but is there anything else that you think might make a good topic for Wednesday’s chat! How can we focus our teaching of language more…
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