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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This is the summary of the #eltchat on October 16th, 2013 and was written by Rachel Appleby – @rapple18 Full title Freer practice: Ways of really getting sts to use TL (vocab, grammar, phrases) in tasks / exercises, and/as a means of showing visible progress (Sp, Wr) Getting students to talk – really communicate with each…
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Strategies for a New Course – an #ELTChat Summary The summary was contributed by David Petrie – @teflgeek on Twitter – on his blog and is reproduced here with his kind permission Like the cuckoo heralding spring, the first #ELTChat of the year has arrived. As many teachers around the world are getting ready for their first lessons with…
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Summary contributed by Tamas Lorincz – @tamaslorincz on Twitter and is reproduced here from his blog with his kind permission. What to do with Demotivated Young Learners I have always wanted to write one of these summaries for the selfish reason that I was certain that this is the best way to have a…
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This summary was contributed by Davied Petrie, alias @teflgeek and was first posted on his blog. It is reproduced here with his permission Thanks, David!!! The original topic was “Reconciling dogme and an unplugged approach with situations where formal assessment plays a key role in student motivation”, rather long for a blog post title,…
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This summary was contributed by @yitzha_sarwono On Wednesday evening October 19th 2011, many ELT enthusiasts joined t #eltchat to share ideas, connect and engage in this topic about how to motivate writing activities in class. Our moderators were Marisa Constantinides (@Marisa_C), Barbara Sakamoto (@barbsaka) and Bernadette Wall (@rliberni) . These three lovely ladies led all the…
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This is the summary of the #ELTchat on 31st of August 20111 12:00 P.M. BST Moderators for this chat were @Marisa_C, @barbsaka (who had trouble with Tweetdeck and whose attention/attendance was therefore intermittent), and @esolcourses (guesting much to the relief of @Marisa_C, in view of @barbsaka’s problems). Introduction This was widely agreed…
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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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From the next ELTchat we intend to bring you a summary in the form of a podcast. There was just a bit too much going on to get it up and running for the first event, but from now on you will be able to listen to the key points being discussed every week just…
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