This summary was contributed by Genevieve White on her blog and is reproduced here with her kind permission. First lessons are equally significant for teachers and learners, as it is here where the initial steps towards establishing a supportive group dynamic are made. So what can teachers do to ensure that their first lessons engage learners, and at…
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This summary was contributed by Shaun Wilden on his blog and is reproduced here with his kind permission. The topic (for the 12 BST #eltchat on 20.09) was suggested after #ELTchatters had read and started to react to an article from the Guardian written by Catherine Walter. Therefore you might want to read the article before the summary. One…
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This summary was contributed by Antony Gaughan on his blog and is reproduced here with his kind permission. This is a summary of an ELTChat for the benefit of the #ELTChat community What do you get when you pose a question like this to a bunch of committed teachers and teacher trainers? Before anything else happens, you…
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This summary was contributed by Tim Crangle on his blog and is reproduced here with his kind permission. INTRODUCTION This evening’s chat was about building rapport and confidence with students in ELT classes. It was quite a lively chat with a number of threads going on. If my calculations are right, there were 283 tweets over the…
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This summary was contributed by Andrea Wade on her blog and is reproduced here with her kind permission. This is a summary of the #eltchat which took place at 12noon BST on Wednesday, 11th July, 2012. It was an informative discussion with most of the ideas coming from the participants themselves, rather than through links to external websites…
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This summary was contributed by Phil Longwell on his blog and is reproduced here with his kind permission. Last night’s lively ELT Chat (11/07/12) was on the topic of ‘how can we best teach spelling’ – question mark not included. After previous attempts to get this topic discussed and two third-places in the previous two weeks, ‘spelling’ finally…
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This summary was contributed by Rachael Roberts on her blog and is reproduced here with her kind permission. How do you make sure your classes stay fresh and inspiring and what sources and influences outside ELT do you use to find subjects for your lessons? This is the summary of the ELTChat held on Twitter at…
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This summary was contributed by Vicky Loras on her blog and is reproduced here with her kind permission. Today’s lunchtime ELTChat was about yet another very interesting topic. It has happened to all of us – a lesson goes wrong, the opposite of what we expected. How do we handle it? We started off with what…
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ELTCHAT SUMMARY: ‘What web tools / sites are there that can benefit EAP students and teachers? (Wednesday 6th June 2012)’ first published on Sue Annan’s blog and reposted here with her kind permission. This was the evening #ELTChat on Wednesday 6th June 2012. The discussion, about web tools and sites to help EAP teaching and learning, was…
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ELTCHAT SUMMARY: ‘Giving feedback on writing (13/06/12)’ first published on Laura Patsko’s blog and reposted here with her kind permission. Giving feedback on writing (#ELTchat summary, 13/06/12) Last night’s ELT Chat was attended by TEFLers from all over the world – the UK, Canada, Greece, Israel, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Turkey, Brazil, and many more. Most of…
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