Tag: Professional Development

A PLN for ELT Professionals

Is 1-2-1 teaching intrinsically better for students than being in a group? #ELTchat Summary 06/06/2012

This summary was contributed by Rachael Roberts – alias @teflerinha – on her blog elt-resourceful and is reproduced here with her kind permission. Thank you Rachael!    Is 1-2-1 teaching intrinsically better for students than being in a group?   Background to the question   This is a summary of the lively ELTChat on this subject,…
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What is best practice for observing teachers – #ELTchat summary 18/04/2012

Summary contributed by @elawassel  and reposted here from her blog with her  kind permission  This is a summary of the #ELTchat that took place on Wednesday 18 April at 21:00 BST. It was a very rich discussion skilfully moderated by @Shaunwilden, @Marisa_C, @rliberni and @ShellTerrell.   Types of observation   During the chat we talked…
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Introducing CPD to Dinosaurs – #ELTchat summary 02/05/2012

Photo Credit: yyellowbird via Compfight cc   This is a summary of the #eltchat which took place at 12 noon BST on Wednesday 2nd May, 2012. The full title of the chat was: Practical ideas to introduce workshops on CPD to dinosaurs 🙂 – what is important and how to go about setting up a programme. The chat…
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Reflective Practice in ELT: The What, Why, and How – #ELTchat Summary 23/11/2011

This is a summary of the #Eltchat from 23/11/2011 at 2100 (GMT). It was contributed by Dale Coulter (@dalecoulter on Twotter) and first appeared on his blog Language Moments – it is reproduced here with his kind permission. Thank you very much, Dale!  Reflective Practice in ELT: The What, Why, and How   The theme of…
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Virtual Learning Environments #ELTchat Summary 02/11/2011

This summary was contributed by Phil Longwell @teacherphil on Twitter and is reproduced here with his kind permission from his blog   This is a rough summary of an old #ELTChat, dated 2 November 2011, which I volunteered to write as I (am) currently researching the topic for an upcoming job interview.  It also connects with my MA…
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E-portfolios for students and teachers – #ELTChat summary 26/10/2011

E-portfolio for students and teachers – #ELTChat summary 26/10/2011 – Summary contributed by Yitzha Sarwono and is reposted here with her kind permission. Many thanks to Yitzha for her great summary.   How can we create them for learners’ and make the most of them for their own CPD   This Wednesday 26/10/2011 #ELTChat was moderated…
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Is an MA TESOL a good investment or an expensive luxury? #ELTCHAT summary 24/08/11

This summary was contributed by Ty Kendall – @TyKendall (Twitter) and was originally posted on his blog and reproduced here with his permission. Thank you Ty!    Chat topic: Is an MA in TESOL a good investment or an expensive luxury?   After the false start caused by the previous week’s twitter/tweetdeck technical problems, we were finally…
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Non Native English Speaker Teachers and their insecurities about teaching a language which is not their mother tongue #ELTchat summary 27/04/2011

On 27 April at 9pm BST, #ELTchat tackled the topic ‘Non-native teachers of English and their insecurities about teaching a language that is not their mother tongue!’ This was the favourite topic this #ELTchat with 36% of the vote. This summary was first posted on Mike Harrison’s blog – @harrisonmike on Twitter – and it is reproduced…
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