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What are the pitfalls to be aware of when going to work in another country? – an #ELTchat Summary

This summary was contributed by Sue Annan @sueannan on her blog and is reposted here with her kind permission.   This was the topic chosen for the evening #ELTchat of Wednesday 24th October 2012     Present , in order of comments, were: @Marisa_C, @Shaunwilden, @hartle, @ljp2010, @SueAnnan, @Wiktor_K, @teacherphili, @stephenburrows, @discovernlearn, @theteacherjames, @Noreen_Lam, @esolcourses, @vickyloras, @LozCrouch, @MarjorieRosenbe,…
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How can you make teaching useful for reluctant young learners? #ELTChat summary 04/12/2012

Summary contributed by Tamas Lorincz – @tamaslorincz  on Twitter and is reproduced here from his blog with his kind permission.  What to do with Demotivated Young Learners   I have always wanted to write one of these summaries for the selfish reason that I was certain that this is the best way to have a…
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How to teach idiomatic expressions #ELTchat Summary 21/11/2012

This summary was hosted as a guest post on Lesley Cioccarelli’s blog and is reproduced here with her kind permission.   by Carolyn Kerr @KerrCarolyn “To teach or not to teach. That is the question, isn’t it?” When it comes to deciding what to teach and what to give a wide berth, idioms, inversions and even question…
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Tips for getting the most out of conferences – an #eltchat summary (14/11/12)

This summary was contributed by Yitzha Sarwono (@yitzhasarwono) and is published here with her permission (and many thanks!)   Nowadays the need for Personal Development has increased pretty rapidly. And that is why  conferences have become one of the main ways for people who are craving PD to develop themselves. Whether it’s a face to…
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If Teachers Talked Less…. #ELTchat Summary 31/10/2012

This post was first published on Sharon Noseley’s brand new blog!!! It is reproduced here with her kind permission  Welcome to the blogosphere, Sharon!!!  The full title of the #ELTchat was  “If teachers talked less wouldn’t students speak English more?”   Summary To launch my blog, I have shared a copy of the #ELTchat summary…
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How much is teaching a performance? The implications of keeping up appearances to maintain student satisfaction #ELTchat summary 31/10/2012

This summary was contributed by Sue Annan @sueannan  on her blog and is reposted here with her kind permission. Special thanks to her, as she did not take part in the chat itself but readily volunteered to write for us!!   There was an element of indecision about Wednesday 31st October’s lunchtime  #ELTchat. As the question setter was not present,…
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How do you deal with cultural issues in the multi-cultural classroom? – An ELTchat Summary 17/10/12

Summary of ELTChat, 17 October 2012, by Marjorie Rosenberg     This chat had a number of threads which I have organised here into topics with short introductions.     Definitions We looked for a common definition of what we understood by cultural issues and several different ones came up which gave insight into how…
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How important is Creativity in the Classroom? #ELTchat Summary 10/10/2012

First of all I’d like to thank everyone who chose this topic…my topic  I have regularly suggested topic over the last year or so but this was the first one that people actually selected (and as the first choice) so thank you very much. Right on with the summary. This choice was inspired by two articles…
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What is mindfulness and how can it be used in ELT? #ELTchat Summary 10/10/2012

This summary was contributed by Philip Longwell  – @teacherphili – and is reposted here from his blog with his kind permission “Yesterday is history tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” Grand Master Oogway tells it like it could be, to Po.   On 10…
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Teaching vocabulary – #ELTchat summary 19/09/2012

This summary was contributed by Andrea Wade on her blog and is reproduced here with her kind permission. 12noon BST on Wednesday 19th September, 2012. The full title of the chat was: ‘How should we approach vocabulary teaching and learning?  Is there a place for rote learning?  What is the current thinking about it?’   I have to…
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