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Dogme & Formal Assessment – the Odd Couple #ELTchat Summary 09/11/2011

This summary was contributed by Davied Petrie, alias @teflgeek and was first posted on his blog. It is reproduced here with his permission Thanks, David!!!    The original topic was  “Reconciling dogme and an unplugged approach with situations where formal assessment plays a key role in student motivation”, rather long for a blog post title,…
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#ELTchat goes to TESOL France!

November 2011      TESOL France came and went and its measure of success is in the conversations that are still going on, in the blog posts inspired by it and the many photos which are still being shared on Facebook and Twitter!   #ELTchat followers had a very strong presence with first and foremost…
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What would you like to talk about on #ELTchat on November 16, 2011?

Please Suggest Topics vv   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! Top choice will be discussed at 21.00 GMT & 2nd choice at 12.00 GMT All…
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E-portfolios for students and teachers – #ELTChat summary 26/10/2011

E-portfolio for students and teachers – #ELTChat summary 26/10/2011 – Summary contributed by Yitzha Sarwono and is reposted here with her kind permission. Many thanks to Yitzha for her great summary.   How can we create them for learners’ and make the most of them for their own CPD   This Wednesday 26/10/2011 #ELTChat was moderated…
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How can we make writing more stimulating for our students? Summary of #ELTchat 19/10/2011

This summary was contributed by @yitzha_sarwono  On Wednesday evening October 19th 2011, many ELT enthusiasts joined t #eltchat to share ideas, connect and engage in this topic about how to motivate writing activities in class. Our moderators were Marisa Constantinides (@Marisa_C), Barbara Sakamoto (@barbsaka) and Bernadette Wall (@rliberni) . These three lovely ladies led all the…
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Learning strategies and how best to make learners aware of them – #ELTchat Summary 19/10/2011

  This week’s summary is contributed by Edith Occelli, @EdithOccelli on Twitter. October 19th’s ELTChat nighttime session was all about learning strategies: What are they? and how can we best make learners aware of them? As usual, the discussion followed several interesting strands. Here is my attempt at weaving them all together ^^ The session started…
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Interview with Ken Wilson

As part of our birthday celebrations and to tie in with the recent #eltchat on Reading aloud,  Marisa Constantinides (@Marisa_C)  interviewed Ken Wilson  (@kenwilsonlondon), a well-known ELT author and conference speaker as someone who has been vocal on the topic. You might be interested in reading his blog post Reading Aloud is a Complete Waste of…
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Reading Aloud – Useful or a Waste of Time? #ELTchat Summary 21/09/2011

This summary was contributed by Yitzha Sarwono (@yitzhasarwono on Twitter) and posted on her blog   It is reproduced here with her kind permission and our thanks!   For all the curious minds and ELT Enthusiasts out there (as myself too), Wednesday would be one of those day to be looking forward too. Not just because it’s…
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How can we keep our learners engaged in receptive skills lessons? #ELTchat Summary 21/09/11

Summary contributed by Antonia Clare – @antoniaclare on Twitter – Many thanks from all #ELTchat followers!   Having established first of all that receptive skills = listening and reading, the first issue debated was whether it is really appropriate to bunch the two skills together (as they actually require different approaches).  However, it was decided…
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What would you like to talk about on #ELTchat on September 21st?

Please post your topics for our next #ELTchat on Wednesday, September 7th. 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! Top choice will be discussed at 12.00 BST & 2nd…
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