ELTCHAT SUMMARY: ‘Do you or don’t you drill?’ (27th June 2012) first published on Shaun Wilden’s blog and reposted here with his kind permission. This is a summary of the eltchat held on 27th June 2012 the full topic was “What is, or should be, the role of drilling in the classroom?” Do you drill? Let’s…
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ELTCHAT SUMMARY: WHAT MAKES A GOOD TEACHER TRAINER? (26 SEPTEMBER 2012 9PM GMT) first published on Anthony Gaughan’s blog and reposted 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…
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In the 70s there was a positive rush of so-called designer methods for learning language. The first part of our #ELTChat on 12th September 2012 at 12pm was mainly concerned with clarifying exactly what some of these methods involved. For the sake of clarity I have prepared a brief overview of what I understand about…
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How to integrate dictionary work into lessons Summary of #ELTChat on July 18, 2012 (by @marcusmurilo) This is the summary of the second #ELTChat on July 18, 2012. The topic of this chat, which was co-moderated by @theteacherjames and @SueAnnan, was how to integrate dictionary work into lessons. The chat was kicked…
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#ELTchat summary: How can CPD be cost effective and not take up too much time? This was the ELTchat from Wednesday noon, which I managed to join half-way-through. Reading the transcript also proved useful for me as a way of catching up with the earlier part of the discussion. I proposed this question, partly because my school…
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On Wednesday night I took part in my first ever #elt chat on Twitter. Here is my summary of what we discussed: Reaching Out to “The Quiet Ones” in the Class This ELT chat took place on the 28th of June at 9pm GMT. Its full title was “Strategies for reaching out to introverted…
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Fads, trends and robots taking over the world! This is a summary of the #eltchat held at 12noon BST on Wednesday 20th June, 2012. The full title of the chat was: ‘The Next Big Thing – what is it? Is ELT becoming a fad-driven profession?’ I have to admit that I wasn’t particularly inspired…
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This summary was contributed by Rachael Roberts – alias @teflerinha – on her blog elt-resourceful and is reproduced here with her kind permission. Thank you Rachael! Is 1-2-1 teaching intrinsically better for students than being in a group? Background to the question This is a summary of the lively ELTChat on this subject,…
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This summary was contributed by Michael Griffin and first appeared on his blog ELT Rants, Reviews & Reflections. It is reproduced here with his kind permission. The Summary The lively and, dare I say inspiring, chat took place on May 16th, 2012 at 12:00 pm BST and was expertly moderated by @rliberni, @Shaunwilden, and @Marisa_C. The question we…
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Summary contributed by @elawassel and reposted here from her blog with her kind permission This is a summary of the #ELTchat that took place on Wednesday 18 April at 21:00 BST. It was a very rich discussion skilfully moderated by @Shaunwilden, @Marisa_C, @rliberni and @ShellTerrell. Types of observation During the chat we talked…
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