ELTCHAT summary 27/07/11 This summary was contributed by Ty Kendall – @TyKendall (Twitter). Chat topic: “Tourist TEFLers versus Career TEFLers” After suggesting this topic, I was thoroughly disappointed to have missed it due to the Satanic forces of my internet service provider who deemed it entertaining to pull the plug on my…
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This is the summary of the #ELTchat on July 14, 2011, contributed by Valeria Benevolo Franca, @vbenevolofranca on Twitter. First posted on her blog, Valéria´s Blog, it is reposted here with her kind permission. Promoting Critical Thinking – Summary Last Wednesday many of us came together to discuss the very challenging issue of promoting critical…
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A Summary of #ELTchat from July 13, 2011 On July 13, 2011, the #ELTchat community gathered for a fast-paced, insightful discussion on one of the most vital skills in education: How to promote critical thinking (CT). Moderated by @Marisa_C and @ShellTerrell, the conversation brought together educators from around the globe to share strategies, challenges, and…
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It is that time of the week again, the day after the #ELTchat discussion. Thanks to my runaway enthusiasm, it finds me with a lengthy transcript and the task of turning it into something coherent. It was, as usual, a mind-bender of a discussion, so this task is a far from unpleasant one for me!…
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 This is a summary of the #eltchat which took place at 9pm BST on Wednesday 22nd June, 2011. The full title of the chat was: Project Work in EFL Classrooms (Themes, Strategies, Resources) We welcomed some ‘first-timers’ to the chat as well as some contributors (including me) who had missed several…
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This summary was contributed by Lesley Cioccas – @cioccas on Twitter – and is the result of sifting through 72 pages of tweets! Many thanks to Lesley and her hard work on this. This post first appeared on Lesley’s blog and is reproduced here with her permission Research in ELT – a very wide-ranging #ELTchat The…
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Summary of #eltchat at 21.00 BST on the topic of evaluative observations provided by Diarmuid Fogarty, @Imadruid on Twitter 25th May 2011 On Wednesday 25th May 2011, 53 people sat down at their computer or stared hard at their mobile phone and between 2100-2220 GMT, they sent 699 tweets consisting of a total of 11949…
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This summary (Part 1 of 2) was contributed by Mike Harrison – @harrisonmike on Twitter – on his blog and is reproduced here with his kind permission. Many thanks Mike and we look forward to Part 2! Summary Part 1 Finally, I got my topic for #ELTchat! I had proposed the topic of…
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This summary was contributed by James Taylor – @theteacherjames on Twitter – and was first posted on his blog. It is rerpoduce here with his permission. Thank you James! Unfamiliar with the terms Dogme or teaching unplugged? Try this article. Ever since the term was first appropriated by Scott Thornbury back in…
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ELT Chat Summary – 30th April Introduction This was the initial question for the evening’s discussion, although there was some debate about the definition of mobile devices. Some people suggested digital cameras, laptops, tablets – there are also dictophones and digital video cameras. This definition question was never really concluded but…
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