{"id":5352,"date":"2013-05-01T18:29:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltchat.org\/wordpress\/?p=5352"},"modified":"2013-05-01T18:29:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T18:29:43","slug":"lessons-from-failure-an-eltchat-blog-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltchat.org\/index.php\/2013\/05\/01\/lessons-from-failure-an-eltchat-blog-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from Failure – an #ELTchat Blog Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At IATEFL Liverpool this year, there was special session where presenters were invited to come along and speak about the times in their life when things hadn\u2019t gone as well as expected. The aim of the evening, as described on the IATEFL website was as follows:<\/p>\n

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This IATEFL Failure Fest will focus on innovation\u00a0in language learning and teaching with short\u00a0snappy presentations in which brave presenters\u00a0reflect on what they\u2019ve tried and hasn\u2019t worked,\u00a0and what we all might learn from the experience.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Alongside compare Ken Wilson, the seven special guests were Bethany Cagnol, Chia Suan Chong, Andy Cowie, Herbert Puchta, Jeremy Harmer, Rakesh Bhanot, Valeria Franca and Willy Cardoso, with some good #eltchat friends in the line-up.<\/p>\n

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You can watch the video of this event by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Inspired by this event, we\u2019d like you to share your teaching failure stories with us. You can write the stories on your blog, or we can post them for you here on the #eltchat website. Then, in a couple of weeks, we will discuss failure and what it means on an #eltchat discussion.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019d like to know how you failed, what it felt like and what you learned from the experience. It\u2019s something that every teacher will experience, and we can learn even more by reflecting on it afterwards. So join the #eltchat failure blog challenge and let\u2019s share our failures together!<\/p>\n

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And just to prove, that we don\u2019t just walk the walk, here\u2019s #eltchat moderator James Taylor\u2019s own failure story.<\/a><\/p>\n

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We can\u2019t wait to read your stories!<\/p>\n

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Bikes photo taken from http:\/\/flickr.com\/eltpics by @philbird, used under a CC Attribution Non-Commercial license, http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/<\/p>\n

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Blog Posts in Response to this Challenge<\/h1>\n

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Lessons from Failure \u2013 an #ELTchat Blog Challenge<\/a><\/h4>\n

By Katy Davies<\/h4>\n

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Teachers, learn from your mistakes<\/a><\/h3>\n

by\u00a0Retno Sofyaniek<\/h3>\n

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Failure Fest #1: Inspired by great educators<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0by Rose Bard<\/h3>\n

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POST FAILURE FEST POST<\/a><\/h3>\n

&\u00a0<\/span>THROUGH THEIR EYES<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>by Ann Loseva<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Unfinished Business: how I failed as a Business English teacher (and why that matters)<\/a><\/h3>\n

\u00a0by\u00a0Wiktor Kostrzewski<\/h3>\n

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\"Evolutions<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Fest #1: \u201cThere are more things in Heaven and Earth\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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At IATEFL Liverpool this year, there was special session where presenters were invited to come along and speak about the times in their life when things hadn\u2019t gone as well as expected. The aim of the evening, as described on the IATEFL website was as follows: This IATEFL Failure Fest will focus on innovation\u00a0in language…
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