This summary is posted rather late, possibly because it was in a new format which we tried to figure what to do with – but eventually we thought about it and decided why not post as is. After all, #ELTchat is responsive to its member requests and comments on what topic of ELT to cover,…
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“Teacher talk” is everything you say when you’re in the classroom. There is a lot of research into the types and function of teacher talk and we have had two more chats about it – here they are: Effective ways to minimize Teacher Talk Time and maximize Student Talk Time. Transcript Summary If teachers talked less wouldn’t the…
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This #ELTchat was created to review the knowledge gained from ‘good learner studies’ in the 80’s. From the word go, all the participants expressed objections as to the use of the term ‘good’ and suggested we use ‘effective’ – for the purposes of this summary, I shall leave the original title in place. This summary…
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May 30th 2018 Topic Based on a request by Csilla Jaray-Benn @CsillaBenn who hopes to also introduce her trainee teachers to Twitter and hash tagged discussions: Native and Non-Native Speaker Teachers. Although we have held #ELTchats on some aspects of this topic in the…
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by Marisa Constantinides 2 years ago How will #Brexit affect the ELT industry? #ELTchat on 29/06/2016 MarisaConstantinides@Marisa_C #ELtchat now – How will the Uk’s departure from the EU affect the EFL industry? 2 YEARS AGO Glenys Hanson@GlenysHanson Hi Marisa. I’m not directly concerned but sympathise with those who are. #ELTchat 2 YEARS AGO MarisaConstantinides@Marisa_C @GlenysHanson Hello Glenys – many…
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This is Marisa_C, your DJ for the month of February!!! For the next four weeks I will be “spinning” the hottest teaching topics for #ELTchat Wednesdays – topics that’ll make you wanna dance (intellectually) and groove (reflectively) with your fellow teachers in the #ELTchat disco. If you have a special request, just trot off to our #ELTchat topics submission…
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Hello #ELTchatters and Happy New Year to you all. Come and Join us on Wednesday 10th January on twitter at 7 pm GMT Don’t forget to use the hashtag #Eltchat This week’s topic will be: All the things that normally get swept under the carpet. Are you uncomfortable when Race, Cultural issues, Politics or…
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Hello #ELTchatters! If you haven’t read the announcement of some changes to how we choose topics for #ELTchat, have a look at a previous post. Here, I will be posting the topics we will cover in following chats. Please, keep suggesting topics on the #ELTchat topics submission form 1/11: Writing your first conference proposal: Dos and…
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September saw the #ELTchat fires reignited with three great chats on building literacy skills, doing needs analysis, and taking a process approach to writing – all with YLs. Thanks to everyone who got involved coming back from summer! Let’s keep the fire burning bright in October with the following four chat topics suggested by…
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Happy Birthday to all #ELTchatters new and old friends and followers of our weekly chat on twitter. Here are some comments and wished from facebook posts and updates. I just made a blog post of these to keep them as a great souvenir and to show to new teachers who are reluctant to join,…
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