This is the summary of the second #ELTchat of 2011 on January 4, 2011 at 21.00 P.M. GMT. It was kindly contributed by Sue Annan (@SueAnnan ) and you can read it on her own blog if you click on the title. New Year’s Resolutions Time for Resolutions – and that is…
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This summary was contributed by Yitzha Sarwono @yitzhasarwono and is published here with her permission (and many thanks!) A webinar, or web seminar, is a presentation, lecture , workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the web with the internet as the ‘magic’ making it all happen. This means that no matter where you…
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This is a summary of the #eltchat that took place at 12pm GMT on November 30 2011. Dealing with Failure Chatters from a range of backgrounds and contexts, business English classes, private language schools, universities, mainstream secondary and primary school, offered a variety of different perspectives on the topic and on evaluation and…
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The ELT teacher’s life cycle: where are you and where should you be given qualifications & experiences; what can you do next? (an #eltchat summary) Moderators: @Shaunwilden @Marisa_C @ShellTerrell It was only my second time taking part in #eltchat at the 9pm session on 14th December 2011 (and I’m a first time summary writer)…
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Using corpora in our teaching: what is available and how can we best use it? A quick word for the uninitiated! ELTChat is a twitter-based forum where keen ELTers meet on Wednesday morning and/or evening (depending on just HOW keen they are) and hotly debate a voted-for topic. After which, some kind (if misguided) soul…
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This is a summary of the #Eltchat from 23/11/2011 at 2100 (GMT). It was contributed by Dale Coulter (@dalecoulter on Twotter) and first appeared on his blog Language Moments – it is reproduced here with his kind permission. Thank you very much, Dale! Reflective Practice in ELT: The What, Why, and How The theme of…
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This is the summary of a very lively discussion held on Twitter. By Alexandra Koukoumialou (@AlexandraKouk) and Dina Dobrou (@DinaDobrou) #ELTchatters gathered on 9th November to discuss wikis. As usual a wealth of ideas and links were shared. But let’s just start by defining what a wiki is: A wiki ( /ˈwɪki/) is a…
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This summary was contributed by Phil Longwell @teacherphil on Twitter and is reproduced here with his kind permission from his blog This is a rough summary of an old #ELTChat, dated 2 November 2011, which I volunteered to write as I (am) currently researching the topic for an upcoming job interview. It also connects with my MA…
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This is the summary of the #ELTchat on Noveber 16, 2011. It was written by Gemma – @gemmateach on Twitter and is being reposted here with her kind permission. Teaching dyslexic students As #ELTchat were just discussing ‘Teaching Dyslexic Students‘ and November is the month for National Dyslexia Week here in the UK , I have…
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This summary was contributed by Davied Petrie, alias @teflgeek and was first posted on his blog. It is reproduced here with his permission Thanks, David!!! The original topic was “Reconciling dogme and an unplugged approach with situations where formal assessment plays a key role in student motivation”, rather long for a blog post title,…
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