<![CDATA[This is a quick report of the Pre Conference Events I went to and the first day at IATEFL – there were various PCE events but I briefly went to Associates' Day to be there for the book launch for which Sara Hannam and I wrote a chapter and a […]
<![CDATA[This post is written in response and as part of a twitter conversation with Martin Sketchley – @ELTexperiences on Twitter. His blog post on his own Dogme observed lesson can be found at the end of this post. In the days before writing his experimental asignment for the DELTA course, […]
<![CDATA[The noontime #ELTchat on 09/03/2011 focused on how to motivate teens to extend their speaking activities, so as to go beyond “I agree” “I disagree”. A numbers of issues was raised such as motivation, being relaxed, students’ silence etc. This summary was contributed by Anastasia Kararoudi – @tasoulazac on Twitter […]
<![CDATA[ Last week’s #ELTchat focused on teacher burn-out and here is the summary contributed by Priscilla Santos @teacher_prix on Twitter! Many thanks, Priscilla:-) #ELTchat Summary March 9, 2011. How can we best help burnt-out colleagues? How do we help them get their enthusiasm back and encourage sharing and support? The […]
<![CDATA[ This is not the image a heartbeat. It’s the burst of energy of hundreds of tweets which are sent by the many ELT professionals participating in an online discussion called #ELTchat every Wednesday at two different times, at 12:00 p.m. GTM and at 21:00 p.m. GMT. What is #ELTchat? […]
<![CDATA[ …. and thank you notes to all those who affected my professional life in the past year This has been an amazing year for this blog and this member of a strong and ever-widening PLN. My Christmas stocking is filled already with the gift of friendship of an amazing […]
What are the good things you can draw from each of the approaches labelled traditional? How have you adapted them or changed them/renovated them and how do you integrate them […]
<![CDATA[Inspired by the #ELTchat of November 10, 1020, here is a blog challenge to collect and learn how you use traditional practices in your modern innovative class The topic we discussed was: When you think of traditional ELT approaches, are they all totally bad? What are good things you can […]
<![CDATA[I have been playing with story animation tools for a long time, learning from colleagues' blogs and links on Twitter. Recent posts include Burcu Akyol’s 4-3-2-1 Action! Online Tools For Making Movies in the Language Classroom and Shelly Terrell’s presentation on Digital Storytelling which includes some excellent ideas. Here are […]
I have been writing about Making Big Books for a very long time – since a first short article for a local teachers’ association newsheet in the late 90’s. Later, a slightly different version, addressed to ELL teachers and pre-school and primary school teachers in the US, appeared as a […]