Okay, I’m happy to hold my hand up and admit that this topic was my suggestion. My daughter is about to start teaching in China, and her classes will contain around 40 students each. Not able to give her advice from my own experience, I turned to the experts who take part in #ELTchat on twitter every…
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The topic this week was: Materials evaluation: What would be your top tips for effectively evaluating materials for language teaching? What do you look for? What do you avoid? What influences your decisions in using or not using a given material? When we evaluate materials, we inevitably ask lots of questions. Turns out discussion…
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So, you are a teacher, looking for some on-line CPD (Continuous Professional Development)… Where do you start? I would like to recommend #ELTchat, which takes place on twitter each Wednesday at either 12.00GMT or 21.00 GMT. There you will find many English Language Teaching professionals happily sharing knowledge and experience. The subject of this Wednesday…
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This is a summary of an #ELTChat that took place on the 24th April, 9pm BST. We discussed flipped classrooms in language teaching. If you’re keen to find out more about #ELTChat, visit the website and join the discussion every Wednesday! 1. What the Flip? – Defining a flipped language classroom Rather than having the basic terms…
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Screenshot of BNC home page – http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/ This is a summary of an #ELTchat discussion which took place on 6 March 2013. The full topic title was ‘Using corpora in the classroom – teachers and learners, tips, ideas, best practices’, and was proposed by @LizziePinard. It takes quotes and opinions directly from the chat and generally…
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The Six Abilities for Competent Teachers – an #eltchat summary Following a discussion between @ShaunWilden and @Marisa_C at IATEFL 2013 in Liverpool last week, some changes were made to the way we select topics for #eltchat, as explained here. So, the chats on Wednesday 17th April were the first using the new procedure and, on this…
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by Marjorie Rosenberg To use or not to use? The question of whether or not to use L1 in the classroom is certainly not a new one as this ELT Chat showed clearly. Participants jumped in immediately with both opinions and classroom applications. @rosemerebard began by saying: Thanks Marisa, this is a very…
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Summary So welcome to this summary of the rather lively chat we had on the subject of guessing from context (GFC). The topic had a slow start but built up to a lively climax, going on even after the final bell. Questions questions There were many questions asked like, is GFC a good thing? Do students need…
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This post is a summary of an #ELTchat on the topic of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) which took place on February 27 at 21.00 GMT. You can read the original transcript here. There’s a simmering controversy in the ELT world about the value of IWBs in the classroom. For some, IWBs can enhance language instruction and learning, while…
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The Topic: What are the Differences between the ESL Classroom and the EFL Classroom? Moderator @Shaunwilden led a few of us (@Tomtesol, @Bobk99, @esolcourses, and @JoeMcVeigh) to try to find a place to start into what we agreed was a rather dangerous minefield of assumptions and generalities. For the most part, that’s where it stayed,…
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