{"id":7731,"date":"2017-03-08T16:05:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltchat.org\/wordpress\/?p=7731"},"modified":"2017-03-08T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:05:49","slug":"marchchats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltchat.org\/index.php\/2017\/03\/08\/marchchats\/","title":{"rendered":"Topics for #ELTchat in March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you haven’t read the announcement of some changes to how we choose topics for #ELTchat, have a look at my previous post.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Here are all the topics we covered in March 2017 and a small intro for each one reminding #ELTchat users of some of the related posts.<\/h3>\n

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This months DJ\/Moderator is signing off!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Please, keep suggesting topics on the\u00a0#ELTchat topics submission form<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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March 29 #ELTchat topic:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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What CAN we take from the myth of learning styles?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Image from https:\/\/www.teachermagazine.com.au\/article\/tackling-the-learning-styles-myth<\/p><\/div>\n

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This will be my last topic on the March 2017 playlist – this DJ is stepping aside for a new one soon!<\/p>\n

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Teresa suggested this last topic of my choice in March:<\/p>\n

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What CAN we take from the myth of learning styles?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This ‘myth’ as Teresa Bestwick<\/strong> –\u00a0@TeresaBestwick<\/strong> on Twitter – calls it has been proved wrong by a number of leading scientists – for an introductory reading please have a look at this page here\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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And yet, in many of the readings in ELT literature and methods books they are mentioned as gospel truth.<\/p>\n

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Is there something we could gain by following some of this advice however?<\/p>\n

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This promises to be an interesting topic and have not done anything similar on #ELTchat so let’s chat!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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N.B. There won’t be a fixed topic next Wednesday evening as all three mods will be in Glasgow attending, presenting or running things big and small in their respective jobs at IATEFL 2017.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Any of us of us online at the time are encouraged to tweet some comments, learnings and slide images from talks we attended so far.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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March 22\u00a0#ELTchat topic:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Encouraging Self-Directed Learning<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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The topic has come up in a couple of different ways – self-directed learning by @ElleninEdmonton <\/strong>and\u00a0@Nafooh1988<\/strong> who asked for a chat on learner autonomy<\/p>\n

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It is a topic which has been a frequent concern a number of times on our chat and so we have more than one chats on it. Have a look at the transcripts or summaries I have linked below to have a taste of some of the great ideas which have been shared on #ELTchat in the past before you join our chat on Wednesday,<\/p>\n

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Here are the titles, links to transcripts and to summaries where those are available:<\/p>\n

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  1. Tips for delegating responsibilities to students \u2013 training them for autonomy\u00a0Transcript<\/a> <\/strong>Summary (not available)<\/li>\n
  2. Learner Autonomy: Is it important? If is it, why is it and how can we promote it (should we?) Transcript<\/a>\u00a0Summary<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Ways to develop learner autonomy: tips for learning outside\u00a0class time. Summary<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    So why another #ELTchat on the same topic?<\/p>\n

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    Good question!!! Well, oftentimes, it’s a good idea to repeat topics that have great importance. The issue of autonomy may be a given in many classrooms but this is not a globally embraced notion and more talk needs to be expended on the concept of learners being the stage managers of their own learning.<\/p>\n

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    There are recent trends and echoes of this in Sugatta Mitra’s famous talk. \u00a0Here is the summary of a chat on SOLE, and a discussion after Dr Mitra’s presentation at IATEFL 2014<\/p>\n

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