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#ELTchat Playlist for January 2019

Hello everyone and Happy New Year from #ELTchat The #ELTchat hashtag is now well in its 8th year!!! Our call for topics has generated some great ideas amongst our members and here are some of them below! @haannaahmac suggested the topic “Learner autonomy for adults (tips and tricks)” which sounds very interesting although we have…
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#ELTChat for Wednesday 28th November How can you be sure your teaching is relevant and up-to-date? Can we trust the coursebook?

Here is our topic Wednesday 28th November     Join us for #ELTChat on twitter on Wednesday at 7pm GMT and share your thoughts. How do you know that what you are teaching in class is still up-to-date and relevant?   Can we trust the coursebook?     How to take part in the chat  …
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#ELTchat Playlist for May & June 2018

                May 30th 2018 Topic     Based on a request by  Csilla Jaray-Benn @CsillaBenn who hopes to also introduce her trainee teachers to Twitter and hash tagged discussions:   Native and Non-Native Speaker Teachers.     Although we have held #ELTchats on some aspects of this topic in the…
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Eltchat for 10th January 2018

Hello #ELTchatters and Happy New Year to you all. Come and Join us on Wednesday 10th January on twitter at 7 pm GMT Don’t forget to use the hashtag #Eltchat   This week’s topic will be: All the things that normally get swept under the carpet. Are you uncomfortable when Race, Cultural issues, Politics or…
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#ELTchat topic playlist for November 2017!

Hello #ELTchatters! If you haven’t read the announcement of some changes to how we choose topics for #ELTchat, have a look at a previous post.  Here, I will be posting the topics we will cover in following chats.   Please, keep suggesting topics on the #ELTchat topics submission form  1/11: Writing your first conference proposal: Dos and…
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#ELTchat is 7 years old!

Happy Birthday to all #ELTchatters new and old friends and followers of our weekly chat on twitter.   Here are some comments and wished from facebook posts and updates. I just made a blog post of these to keep them as a great souvenir and to show to new teachers who are reluctant to join,…
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Topics for June 2017, from DJ Sue #ELTCHAT

Hello fellow #ELTChatters Welcome to my final offering as DJ for the moment . I hope to see lots of you around on twitter on Wednesday evening at 7PM BST Just remember the #ELTchat hashtag!     The topic under discussion will be: Times are changing. Are we, teachers, changing accordingly? How?

#ELTChat topics for May/June 2017

Hello fellow #ELTchatters   Take a look at a previous post to find out how we choose our topics for #ELTchat. Please, keep suggesting topics on the #ELTchat topics submission form    DJ Sue’s topic for #ELTchat on Wednesday 31st May 2017 :       Should we champion the teaching of literature and poetry in our classrooms?   DJ…
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This week’s topic for #ELTChat in May/ June 2017

Hello #ELTchatters     If you haven’t read the announcement about how we choose topics for #ELTchat, have a look at a previous post.  Here, you will find the topics we will cover in the chats for the next few weeks. Please, keep suggesting topics on the #ELTchat topics submission form    DJ Sue’s topic for #ELTchat on…
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Topics for #ELTchat in April/May 2017

Hello #ELTchatters! If you haven’t read the announcement of some changes to how we choose topics for #ELTchat, have a look at a previous post.    Here, I will be posting the topics we will cover in following chats. Please, keep suggesting topics on the #ELTchat topics submission form  May 10 #ELTchat topic: Integrating New Students Into…
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