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Is CLIL the latest bandwagon and should we be wary of jumping on? #ELTCHAT summary 13/04/2011

Ty is   @TyKendall on Twitter and this summary was first posted on his blog “Not another teaching Blog“ Summary   Perhaps one of the more unusual ELT chats in that nobody seemed to agree on anything, we were unable to reach a consensus on a satisfactory conceptual definition and the effects of IATEFL were felt…
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How can participants at conferences best ensure that what they learn lives on and spreads? #ELTchat Summary 06/04/2011

This is a summary of the 9pm BST #eltchat on Twitter from Wednesday 6th April 2011. It was contributed by Sandy Millin; it first appeared on her blog with the title “Conferences: Spreading the Love” and is reproduced here with her permission. Thank you  very much Sandy!!!!   Conferences: Spreading the Love   The chat…
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What would you like to talk about on Wednesday April 13?

Propose topics for our next #ELTchat Please post your topics for our next #ELTchat on Wednesday, April 13. Top choice will be discussed at  12:00 PM. & 2nd choice at  21:00 PM.  All times are London times. Please click on the links to find your own local time for each chat. Each week we alternate…
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What would you like to talk about on Wednesday April 6 2011

This week, many of the teachers participating in #ELTchat are attending the ISTEK Schools 2nd Annual Conference. These very lines are being written inside the auditorium while listening to Professor Jack Richard’s excellent talk on key competencies and skills for English Language teachers – seated beween Scott Thornbury who will be giving the closing Plenary…
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Is what you are teaching relevant to what your students need? #ELTchat Summary 23/03/2011

This summary was contributed by John Daley – @lysurgis23 on Twitter- an  ESL instructor in Adelaide North Institute, TAFE South Australia. Thank you John for a great summary!!!!!!   The discussion was conducted on Twitter from 1200 GMT Wednesday 23rd March 2011. You can find the transcript of the Twitter chat here   Introduction Most of the people…
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How can we make observations less stressful and more a part of ongoing professional development #ELTchat Summary 23/03/2011

This summary was contributed by Priscilla Santos – @teacher_prix on Twitter! What a great job! Thank you!!!!!! To be or not to be… Observed! I have been observed a number of times since I started teaching. Those observations have happened for a number of reasons, ranging from DOS checking if I was following the school’s…
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Addressing taboo subjects in the classroom #ELTchat Summary 06/10/2010

This is the summary of an #ELTchat from October 2010 – at that time we had not introduced chat summaries to this blog. Here it is kindly contributed by Ty Kendall, @TyKendall on Twitter. Many thanks, Ty!   The chat began with a call to define what subjects are considered to be taboo. Some of the “Parsnips”…
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What would you like to talk about on Wednesday 30/03/2011?

Hi everyone,   This weekend has been full of the Virtual Round Table Conference. Two of our moderators, Shelly Terrell and Berni Wall are members of the organising team. The Conference ends today but there are dozens of recordings of sessions which are available for viewing even if were not able to attend. Click on the…
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How do you deal with Mixed Ability Classes #ELTchat 01/03/2011

Summary of the #eltchat on Mixed Abilities Posted by Shaun Wilden on March 1st, 2011 How do you deal with Mixed Ability Classes   This is the summary of the #eltchat on Wednesday 24th February. The topic was teaching Mixed ability classes   The early part of the discussion was centred on the definition of…
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How do we cater for the needs of our learners in this digital age? #ELTchat Summary 16/03/2011

This is a summary of the early #ELTchat on March 16 2011 kindly contributed by  Bruno Adnrade –  @BrunoELT on Twitter   Hello ELTchatters,   Once again I’ve voluntered to write the summary and I’d like to thank Marisa Constantines for this opportunity and apologize for the delay. Sorry! The topic of this discussion is…
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