This week’s ELTchat took in both the old and the new – we looked at traditional approaches to teaching and asked if they have all been superseeded, and we looked at the (relatively) new phenomena of social media and looked at its role in the classroom. The session on traditional approaches showed that people have…
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This week sees the introduction of a new feature to the podcast. We are reporting from the ELTAM conference in Macedonia and will in future include reports from as many conferences as we can. If you are attending a conference and would like to record a short piece then get in contact with us at…
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This week saw two very popular themes being discussed on #ELTchat. Although discipline tends to be regarded as a topic in the secondary system, issues are not unknown in adult teaching. Greta Sandler joined us from Argentina to review the session. Our Blog post of the Week is the intriguingly-titled “bona to vada your…
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This week the chat sessions focused on two tough subjects – the most popular topic in the poll was how to deal with quiet or shy students. This is obviously a critical area in language learning as any reluctance to speak is going to have a major effect on progress. Cecilia Coelho joined us with…
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Well we had two more great sessions on #ELTchat with masses of information changing hands and people with very differing views discussing the pros and cons of the two topics. The first session looked at the issue of taboo subjects in the ELT classroom. Mike Harrison got the ball rolling with some good observations…
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