This summary was written by Noreen Lam (@Noreen_Lam) After a long (and I mean LONG) hiatus from #eltchat, due to incompatible times and such, I stumbled onto this one last week by coincidence. Many of us go through the route of a CELTA/other TEFL/TESOL certificate in order to become an ESL/EFL/ESOL teacher and learn…
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One of the first ELT chat’s of June 2015 was “How much metalanguage (terminology about language) do you use and how much is needed? ” Click here for the transcript of the discussion. Key factors included: age, level/ability, type of learner, type of metalanguage, and context. Examples of types of practice have also been included towards the end…
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#ELTchat Summary for September 23, 2015 written by ANNA BARTOSIK View post Nicola Einarson via Compfight Most of the Twitter chats I participate in are hosted in North America and I have a few I try to catch regularly. #ELTchat is UK-based and it took a long summer hiatus; consequently, I missed the first week.…
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This summary was written by James Taylor (@theteacherjames). The chat topic was inspired by moderator Marisa’s webinar for the British Council called “Creating Creative Teachers” (watch it here). Marisa kicked the chat off with the obvious question: Marisa_C So what would say makes a practice activity creative? #ELTchat and some discussion followed in defining…
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This summary was written by Julia Phang (@Juliacphang) This week’s topic was How to make exam training more motivating and fun. We agreed it comes at a good time, as it’s exam season in many schools around the world. @GlenysHanson admitted she hated preparing students for TOEIC-type exams, and is glad she’ll never…
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Experimenting with Alternative Approaches, Practices and Methods This summary was contributed by Anthony Ash – @Ashowski on twitter The Summary Although I wasn’t able to participate in this chat directly, the moderators kindly allowed me to write the summary, which meant I had the opportunity to experience the idea exchange, albeit post chattum. The…
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by Marjorie Rosenberg This lively chat got off to a roaring start as elt chatters commented on what motivation is and the different types that show up in the classroom. These continued throughout the chat although other topics came up in the meantime. These were that were at the beginning of the chat. …
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by Marjorie Rosenberg Several of us gathered together for the last eltchat of 2014 to discuss the topic of making in-class feedback both varied and useful. The topic was kicked off by defining the topic a bit more exactly and asking some pertinent questions: Marisa_C: It’s all about feedback after tasks –…
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by Lucy Blakemore ‘Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results’ (Albert Einstein)I was pretty excited to see my topic chosen for #ELTchat this week. Learning and teaching innovation is my job and my passion (lucky me!) and it’s incredibly useful to be able to listen in to what…
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#ELTchat is a weekly twitter chat for ELT professionals all over the world. Each Wednesday at 12pm or 21.00pm GMT a different teaching related topic is discussed. You can submit and vote for topics here: http://eltchat.org/wordpress/ This week’s topic was teaching English in a country other than yours: opportunities and challenges. Below is a…
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