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How to make teachers more comfortable with teaching pronunciation #ELTchat Summary 12/10/2016

How to make teachers more comfortable with teaching pronunciation #ELTchat Summary 12/10/2016   by Sue Annan @SueAnnan This was the latest #ELTChat summary on a topic which raised lots of interest.   Our moderator, Sue Annan, created a slideshow of the tweets in lieu of a prose summary – this post first appeared on Sue’s…
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How do we help students record new vocabulary? #ELTchat summary 05/10/2016

#ELTchat summary (5 Oct 2016) – How do we help students record new vocabulary? By Maria Conca- @MConca16  Watch movie online The Lego Batman Movie (2017)  Watch movie online The Lego Batman Movie (2017)  Watch movie online The Lego Batman Movie (2017) This week’s #ELTchat discussed various ways to help our learners record new vocabulary in…
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Next #ELTchat is on Wednesday, 19/10 at 7pm (UK Time) – Send us YOUR topic proposals

 #ELTchat kicks off every Wednesday at 7pm BST BUT   Doesn’t stop at 8 p.m. BST!!! It turns into a slow burn chat and continues until the next day!  So, send your suggestions and be part of the discussion!  Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 19/10/2016 at 19:00 BST…
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Is deviation from the coursebook a sin? How do we convince our managers that it isn’t? #ELTchat Summary 21/0/2016

    I’m happy and excited to post my first #ELTchat summary. This is the first time I participated in the chat though I’ve been a lurker for a while. The topic was quite relevant to my context and it was interesting to know how other teachers feel about it.     Teaching materials in…
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Propose a Topic for Next #ELTchat – Oct 12, 2016 at 19.00 (UK Time)

So #ELTchat kicks off every Wednesday at 7pm BST BUT   Doesn’t stop at 8 p.m. BST!!! It turns into a slow burn chat and continues until the next day!  So, send your suggestions and be part of the discussion!  Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 12/10/2016 at…
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Propose a Topic for October’s First #ELTchat (5/10/16 – 7.00pm UK time)

So #ELTchat kicks off every Wednesday at 7pm BST BUT   Doesn’t stop at 8 p.m. BST!!! It turns into a slow burn chat and continues until the next day!  So, send your suggestions and be part of the discussion!  Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 05/10/2016 at…
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Send us your topic proposals for next #ELTchat – Wed, 28/9/16 at 19.00 (UK time)

So #ELTchat kicks off every Wednesday at 7pm BST BUT   Doesn’t stop at 8 p.m. BST!!! It turns into a slow burn chat and continues until the next day!  So, send your suggestions and be part of the discussion!  Add your suggestion as a comment below this post! Next #ELTchat on Wednesday 28/09/2016 at…
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#ELTchat is back!!! What would you like to talk about?

Time flies!!   Here is the fab post we put up for our 5th anniversary last year! It’s full of great comments about #ELTchat by some of its creators, friends like Barbara Sakamoto and Shelly Terrel, and words of appreciation from many more people who learn from #ELTchat and help the learning of others through…
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How do we ensure students have a sense of progress? #ELTchat Summary 6/22/16

Our latest summary has very creatively been recorded as a You Tube talk-through with Davinna Artibey showing the tweets on screen but also adding a lot of additional comments via voice.   I very much enjoyed this summary   Author Davinna Artibey –  @DavinnaArtibey EFL teacher, nomad, minimalist, dancer and health enthusiast.  

Have a great summer, #ELTchatters

#ELTchat is closed for the summer – See you all on Wednesday, Sept. 14th 2016           This year has been great for #ELTchat: we have introduced a slow-burn chat to accompany our fast-paced one and we  managed to reach even more people in different countries. It is, however, time for our regular summer…
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