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I wish I had known that when I started

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This is the transcript of the eltchat held at 12 GMT on 23.11.2011 "I wish I had known that when I started teaching…’ advice for newbie teachers, e.g. how to get support on/offline, developing, tips and tricks, how to man-manage people you come in contact with…the whole shebang!"

username	time	status
Shaunwilden	12:01 PM	#ELTchat ' 'I wish I had known that when I started teaching, mods for this session are me, @Marisa_C and @barbsaka
Marisa_C	12:01 PM	Welcome all to #ELTchat - What do you wish you had known when you started teaching?
bethcagnol	12:02 PM	@Marisa_C DELTA Queen: what do you wish you had known when you first started teaching? #ELTCHAT
chrisjw133	12:02 PM	#eltchat I wish I'd known that the teachers book sometimes gets things wrong! [and what a third conditional was ;) ]
Shaunwilden	12:02 PM	I wish I had known sth about the English language :-) #ELTchat
esolcourses	12:02 PM	RT @Marisa_C: Welcome all to #ELTchat - What do you wish you had known when you started teaching?
LearnEnglishGW	12:02 PM	RT @GuardianEdu: Finland gives special care to teaching immigrant children http://t.co/W9QhxdmS #elt #esl #tesol #efl #tefl # eltchat
Marisa_C	12:03 PM	Personally I wish I had know how long it takes to develop to a stage when you begin to feel somewhat OK with your teaching #ELTchat
JoHart	12:03 PM	@Marisa_C that students in the future (not the ones I started with) would be so "needy" #ELTchat
yitzha_sarwono	12:03 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: #ELTchat ' 'I wish I had known that when I started teaching‚Ä¶‚Äô mods for this session are me, @Marisa_C and @barbsaka
bethcagnol	12:03 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had known sth about the English language :-) #ELTchat
huebner1	12:03 PM	Early Explorers' blog posts! Comments welcome! http://t.co/O2ruP9j4 #comments4kids #edchat #5thchat #edtech #eltchat #teaching #education
cerirhiannon	12:03 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had known sth about the English language :-) #ELTchat > ditto :)
warnhopepark	12:04 PM	RT @Marisa_C: Personally I wish I had know how long it takes to develop to a stage when you begin to feel somewhat OK with your teaching #ELTchat
Marie_Sanako	12:04 PM	I wish I had known that it's OK to move away from the text book if it's not being helpful! #ELTchat
bethcagnol	12:04 PM	I wish someone had told me "Beth, you will be a terrible teacher the first year". I really was! #ELTCHAT
cerirhiannon	12:04 PM	tweets for next hour dedicated to : RT @Marisa_C: Welcome all to #ELTchat - What do you wish you had known when you started teaching?
Shaunwilden	12:04 PM	@cerirhiannon Seriously though I was appalled out how little I knew when I started #ELTchat
michaelegriffin	12:05 PM	I wish I had known it's not a good idea to teach on 3 hours sleep. #ELTchat Well that and reflective practice
naomishema	12:05 PM	#eltchat Hi all! My firstlesson when I was an elementary teacher was that making the lesson interesting isn't enough. kids will test limits
Shaunwilden	12:05 PM	@bethcagnol Weren't we all? We need to get thru that first year to make us what we are :-) #ELTchat
warnhopepark	12:05 PM	@Marisa_C Then, when you have several yrs of PT teaching because of looking after child, you begin to doubt yourself again! #ELTchat
cerirhiannon	12:05 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: ... appalled out how little I knew when I started #ELTchat > knew more about Italian (my ss language) than English !
barbsaka	12:05 PM	Sorry to be a bit late--but here now. Love the topic! #eltchat
patjack67	12:05 PM	I wish I had known about the power of music in the YL classroom. #ELTCHAT
Marisa_C	12:05 PM	RT @JoHart: @Marisa_C that students in the future (not the ones I started with) would be so "needy" #ELTchat > old times simpler huh!
Shaunwilden	12:05 PM	@JoHart Yes its true sts have got needer as the years have gone by havent they! #ELTchat
michaelegriffin	12:06 PM	Also wish I had known about feedback (to collect it, ways to collect it and what to do with it when I got it) #ELTchat
patjack67	12:06 PM	#ELTCHAT I wish I had known that it's OK to look like a wally in front of your students (well some of the time anyway!)
Marisa_C	12:06 PM	@warnhopepark sounds familiar #ELTchat
Marie_Sanako	12:06 PM	RT @patjack67: I wish I had known about the power of music in the YL classroom. #ELTCHAT
JoHart	12:06 PM	@Shaunwilden #ELTchat I think so !tho I have moved countries & subject so I may be biased
Shaunwilden	12:06 PM	@harrisonmike Welcome - this your topic :-) #ELTchat
harrisonmike	12:06 PM	Just got here #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:06 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had known sth about the English language :-) #ELTchat
AlexandraKouk	12:07 PM	RT @Marisa_C: I wish I knew how much I didn't know #eltchat - took me a while to figure that one out
Marie_Sanako	12:07 PM	I'm still figuring it out!! RT @Marisa_C: I wish I knew how much I didn't know #eltchat - took me a while to figure that one out
carolgau	12:07 PM	RT @huebner1: Early Explorers' blog posts! Comments welcome! http://t.co/O2ruP9j4 #comments4kids #edchat #5thchat #edtech #eltchat #teaching #education
esolcourses	12:07 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @Shaunwilden I look back at my old lesson plans and think "Oh Lord have mercy. What was I thinking!?" #ELTCHAT
cherrymp	12:07 PM	Hi #ELTChat - glad to be here
naomishema	12:07 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @Shaunwilden I look back at my old lesson plans and think "Oh Lord have mercy. What was I thinking!?" #ELTCHAT
Shaunwilden	12:07 PM	@patjack67 haha - I learned that after spectacularly falling over in the classroom :-) #ELTchat
barbsaka	12:07 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @Shaunwilden I look back at my old lesson plans and think "Oh Lord have mercy. What was I thinking!?" #ELTCHAT
esolcourses	12:07 PM	I wish I'd known more about pedagogy behind teaching with tech - I got thrown in at the deep end & it was tough going! #ELTchat
harrisonmike	12:07 PM	RT @theteacherjames: RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had known sth about the English language :-) #ELTchat
bethcagnol	12:07 PM	@Shaunwilden I look back at my old lesson plans and think "Oh Lord have mercy. What was I thinking!?" #ELTCHAT
Marisa_C	12:07 PM	I wish I knew how much I didn't know #eltchat - took me a while to figure that one out
AlexandraKouk	12:07 PM	Hello #ELTChat - great to be here :-)))
cherrymp	12:08 PM	@cerirhiannon that's so very imp n helps a lot in the beginning days. #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:08 PM	@cerirhiannon I wish I had been observed more in my first few years - well actually I wish I had been observed at all #ELTchat
barbsaka	12:08 PM	RT @harrisonmike: I wish I'd known about associations and conferences earlier #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:08 PM	I wish I'd known about associations and conferences earlier #eltchat
chrisjw133	12:08 PM	#eltchat I remember some advice, "Don't hide yourself in the lesson plan. It's okay for students to know things about you."
esolcourses	12:08 PM	RT @Marisa_C: I wish I knew how much I didn't know #eltchat - took me a while to figure that one out
naomishema	12:08 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: i wish i'd had the chance to observe other teachers/ team teach in the early years #eltchat
patjack67	12:08 PM	#ELTCHAT @barbsaka Don't you mean 'Oxford, have mercy...
Marisa_C	12:08 PM	RT @michaelegriffin: Also wish I had known about feedback (to collect it, ways to collect it and what to do with it when I got it) #ELTchat
Shaunwilden	12:08 PM	@cherrymp Hi cherry how are you? #ELTchat
cerirhiannon	12:08 PM	i wish i'd had the chance to observe other teachers/ team teach in the early years #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:09 PM	@dreadnought001 I had been teaching 5+ years before I taught teens. It was like going back to the beginning! Geez! #ELTCHAT
theteacherjames	12:09 PM	I wish I'd known that what I do in the lesson is not as important as what the students do. Once I changed focus, I improved a lot. #ELTChat
AlexandraKouk	12:09 PM	RT @barbsaka: Great advice here. I wonder, do you think you would have listened as a new teacher? #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:09 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish I had been told "You can't please everyone!" #ELTCHAT
JoHart	12:09 PM	@Marisa_C #ELTchat not so much simpler as working with the "if it ain't easy we won't do it gen" mature age stdnts still expect to work
naomishema	12:09 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish I had been told "You can't please everyone!" #ELTCHAT oh YES!!
barbsaka	12:09 PM	Great advice here. I wonder, do you think you would have listened as a new teacher? #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:09 PM	I wish I had been told "You can't please everyone!" #ELTCHAT
prebolledoc	12:09 PM	I see some of my old students now and I just hide! I was so bad! Always following the coursebook #eltchat
dreadnought001	12:09 PM	I wish I had known that teaching adults and teaching kids was NOT the same thing - oh the chaos of my early teen classes in Greece #eltchat
dreadnought001	12:10 PM	Wish I'd known more grammar - first ever real lesson I taught was with Proficiency class on noun clauses - oh, the embarrassment #eltchat
Marie_Sanako	12:10 PM	RT @theteacherjames: I wish I'd known that what I do in the lesson is not as important as what the students do. Once I changed focus, I improved a lot. #ELTChat
Shaunwilden	12:10 PM	RT @yitzha_sarwono: I wish I had known that I'd need stronger arms & shoulders to carry all those material #eltchat haha v true :-)
cherrymp	12:10 PM	I wish I'd known that it's not the quantity but the quality of the lesson that matters - #ELTChat
PatrickAndrews	12:10 PM	@bethcagnol And also that everyone has less good classes sometimes #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:10 PM	But then, if I had known about associations, etc. maybe I'd never have started blogging... #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:10 PM	@theteacherjames That's a good one James - I thought I was more important too (than the Ss) someone should have rung a bell #ELTChat
Shaunwilden	12:10 PM	RT @naomishema: #eltchat - I don't think you can really warn someone about how hard it is going to be at first. some things need to be learnt on your own...
yitzha_sarwono	12:10 PM	I wish I had known that I'd need stronger arms & shoulders to carry all those material #eltchat
chrisjw133	12:10 PM	RT @theteacherjames: I wish I'd known that what I do in the lesson is not as important as what the students do. Once I changed focus, I improved a lot. #ELTChat
esolcourses	12:10 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: @cerirhiannon I wish I had been observed more in my first few years - well actually I wish I had been observed at all #ELTchat
naomishema	12:10 PM	#eltchat - I don't think you can really warn someone about how hard it is going to be at first. some things need to be learnt on your own...
BobK99	12:10 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had known sth about the Eng language #ELTchat !Same here. Had years of bgrd in MFL, and had to wean myself off 1/2
fionamau	12:10 PM	#eltchat Hi. Can't stay, got to zoom out, but can I tweet my 'first and last' wishes as an EFL teacher? ie one as a newbie, one as a veteran
cerirhiannon	12:10 PM	RT @theteacherjames: I wish I'd known that what I do in the lesson is not as important as what the students do. Once I changed focus, I improved a lot. #ELTChat
yitzha_sarwono	12:11 PM	RT @naomishema: #eltchat - I don't think you can really warn someone about how hard it is going to be at first. some things need to be learnt on your own...
Shaunwilden	12:11 PM	@CollaborationE welcome, what do you wish you'd known? #ELTchat
cherrymp	12:11 PM	@phil2wade great idea - beginners tend to be book bound n it takes a while to break that n come out. #ELTChat
PJC48	12:11 PM	#eltchat I wish I had known how unhelpful grammar is for communication
Marisa_C	12:11 PM	RT @Tamkirja: I wish I had known that what I teach isn't always learned by students. Oh and also how scary parents can be! #eltchat
barbsaka	12:11 PM	RT @Tamkirja: I wish I had known that what I teach isn't always learned by students. Oh and also how scary parents can be! #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:11 PM	RT @dreadnought001: Wish I'd known more grammar -first lesson I taught was CPE class on noun clauses -oh, the embarrassment #eltchat > LOL!
barbsaka	12:11 PM	@CollaborationE Welcome~ #ELTchat
ShirleyNorrie	12:11 PM	RT @brad5patterson: From Riddle to Twittersphere: David Crystal tells the story of English in 100 words http://t.co/D5tyZEOf #english #eltchat
Tamkirja	12:11 PM	I wish I had known that what I teach isn't always learned by students. Oh and also how scary parents can be! #eltchat
JoHart	12:11 PM	@barbsaka @AlexandraKouk I listened to EVERYTHING as new edu - but as mature age entrant still made own judgements #ELTchat
CollaborationE	12:11 PM	#ELTchat enjoying this discovery...Hello from Montreal!
cherrymp	12:11 PM	@dreadnought001 lolz - went through same feelings here too #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:11 PM	@dreadnought001 Mine was a CPE class too - completely clueless (me not the class) #ELTchat
phil2wade	12:11 PM	I wish I'd not just followed a book in every class. #ELTChat
patjack67	12:11 PM	RT @theteacherjames: I wish I'd known that what I do in the lesson is not as important as what the students do. Once I changed focus, I improved a lot. #ELTChat
BobK99	12:11 PM	@Shaunwilden #ELTchat...wds like 'pluperfect' and 'imperfect'. :)
dreadnought001	12:12 PM	@bethcagnol was 5 years before I taught adults!kept waiting 4 them to fall asleep or fight and was surprised they didn't #eltchat
chrisjw133	12:12 PM	#eltchat I wish I'd known more about how to do effective guided discovery for grammar rather than just telling the rules!
yitzha_sarwono	12:12 PM	RT @barbsaka: Great advice here. I wonder, do you think you would have listened as a new teacher? #eltchat
cherrymp	12:12 PM	@PJC48 but to make the students believe that is in deed a feet. #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:12 PM	@Marisa_C I was so preoccupied in planning with "first I'll do this, then I'll do that". Who cares about me, what about them? ;-) #ELTChat
barbsaka	12:12 PM	@Tamkirja Very true! Students have a tendency to find their own teaching points in the lesson :) #eltchat
yitzha_sarwono	12:12 PM	RT @theteacherjames: I wish I'd known that what I do in the lesson is not as important as what the students do. Once I changed focus, I improved a lot. #ELTChat
fionamau	12:12 PM	#eltchat From the newbie point o view, I wish I'd known how 2 deal work w teens b4 I started.In the end, I learned the hard way bt I love em
PatrickAndrews	12:13 PM	@theteacherjames @Marisa_C I know that feeling - now realise more flexibility is needed. #eltchat
barbsaka	12:13 PM	@JoHart You're a wise one Jo. I thought I knew everything :) #ELTchat
yitzha_sarwono	12:13 PM	RT @Marisa_C: RT @Tamkirja: I wish I had known that what I teach isn't always learned by students. Oh and also how scary parents can be! #eltchat
naomishema	12:13 PM	RT @harrisonmike: I wish I had known that, ultimately, people are responsible for their own learning. #eltchat EXACTLY! CRITICAL!
CollaborationE	12:13 PM	#ELTchat time builds confidence and if you are wrong...admit it to your students...be honest
bethcagnol	12:13 PM	RT @fionamau: #eltchat From the newbie point o view, I wish I'd known how 2 deal work w teens b4 I started.In the end, I learned the hard way bt I love em
JoHart	12:13 PM	@cherrymp @phil2wade Was so lucky to do an adult ed qual for teacing in Further Ed - not bookbound but voc orientation #ELTchat
Marisa_C	12:13 PM	@theteacherjames That's why we ask trainees to write a "what the learners are doing" column in plans - to keep thinking abt them #ELTChat
Shaunwilden	12:13 PM	RT @harrisonmike: I wish I had known that, ultimately, people are responsible for their own learning. #eltchat
barbsaka	12:13 PM	Happy to see some fabulous teachers from #jalt joining us after our international conference in Japan this past weekend. Welcome! #eltchat
Tamkirja	12:13 PM	@barbsaka yes - if i had known that I didn't have to be so frustrated lol
englishraven	12:13 PM	I wish I'd known that it would be very hard to raise a family based on this profession's salary trends... #ELTCHAT :-)
harrisonmike	12:13 PM	I wish I had known that, ultimately, people are responsible for their own learning. #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:13 PM	RT @phil2wade: I wish I'd not just followed a book in every class. #ELTChat
bethcagnol	12:14 PM	I wish someone had prepared me for negative feedback from students (which was sometimes useful, but sometimes out of my hands) #ELTCHAT
yitzha_sarwono	12:14 PM	@theteacherjames @Marisa_C aren't we all? #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:14 PM	I guess I wish I'd known that its ok to tell parents that they don't know best #ELTchat
barbsaka	12:14 PM	RT @Tamkirja: you brought me here! @barbsaka I thank you for this - this is so great! #eltchat
prebolledoc	12:14 PM	GTM was very strong in my context and still is! I wish I'd known grammar was not 'the' language but just a part of it #eltchat
fionamau	12:14 PM	#eltchat As a veteran, I wish I'd known pay & contract conditions can be so bad; a lot of lang school owners r wolves in sheep's clothing
theteacherjames	12:14 PM	@Marisa_C That's a great idea. It was on my CELTA where I learned to switch focus. #ELTChat
Tamkirja	12:14 PM	you brought me here! @barbsaka I thank you for this - this is so great!
harrisonmike	12:14 PM	RT @barbsaka: Happy to see some fabulous teachers from #jalt joining us after our international conference in Japan this past weekend. Welcome! #eltchat
cherrymp	12:15 PM	RT @barbsaka: Anyone care to share a lesson you learned as a new teacher that maybe someone else could learn from? #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:15 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had prepared me for negative feedback from students (which was sometimes useful, but sometimes out of my hands) #ELTCHAT
OUPELTGlobal	12:15 PM	hello evryone - just got to my computer #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:15 PM	@PJC48 I wish I had done CELTA :-) #ELTchat
cherrymp	12:15 PM	RT @Marisa_C: RT @antoniaclare: I wish I'd known that learning is a slow process - learning language, learning how to teach #eltchat . yes
yitzha_sarwono	12:15 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I guess I wish I'd known that its ok to tell parents that they don't know best #ELTchat
barbsaka	12:15 PM	Anyone care to share a lesson you learned as a new teacher that maybe someone else could learn from? #eltchat
cherrymp	12:15 PM	@JoHart @phil2wade it takes a while to reorient otherwise. #ELTchat
PJC48	12:15 PM	#ELTchat wish the CELTA taught me that the student(s) is/are the greatest resource.
Marisa_C	12:15 PM	RT @antoniaclare: I wish I'd known that learning is a slow process - learning language, learning how to teach #eltchat . yes
naomishema	12:15 PM	RT @antoniaclare: I wish I'd known that learning is a slow process - learning language, learning how to teach #eltchat
naomishema	12:15 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had prepared me for negative feedback from students (which was sometimes useful, but sometimes out of my hands) #ELTCHAT
antoniaclare	12:15 PM	I wish I'd known that learning is a slow process - learning language, learning how to teach #eltchat
cherrymp	12:15 PM	@PJC48 true - there evolves an impression that they'd learned something when they're taught grammar. but that won't lead to commn. #ELTChat.
cerirhiannon	12:16 PM	I'm glad I worked with interested, sharing Ts and had a really supportive boss - I guess newbies need to know it's gd to share #eltchat
cherrymp	12:16 PM	@esolcourses one bst thing is the times in which we live too. #ELTChat
naomishema	12:16 PM	@barbsaka #eltchat : BIG advice - first you are teaching people, then the material. pay attention to their reactions!
AlexandraKouk	12:16 PM	@Marisa_C lol - astill working at it! #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:16 PM	I wish someone had told me having an unhappy student isn't always the teacher's fault. #ELTCHAT #grumpystudentswhoareforced2takeclasses
BobK99	12:16 PM	@Shaunwilden #ELTchat @cerirhiannon re Observation: I was observed more in my 1mth's CELTA than in 1 yr's PGCE! (Great course) ;)
Shaunwilden	12:16 PM	RT @prebolledoc: I wish I'd known it was ok not to know something. I am not a 'walking dictionary' #eltchat
antoniaclare	12:16 PM	@barbsaka Don't beat yourself up about a lesson that doesn't go as you planned - it's OK #eltchat
prebolledoc	12:16 PM	I wish I'd known it was ok not to know something. I am not a 'walking dictionary' #eltchat
Mo_Americanoid	12:16 PM	#eltchat thinking about question.hmm!guess ignorance is bliss. looking back these 26yrs learnt to expect the unexpected ;-)
Tamkirja	12:16 PM	True. I wish could have said to them"So, let's think together". RT @Shaunwilden: I guess I wish Id known #eltchat
esolcourses	12:16 PM	I wish I had known more about teacher development and how to hunt it down it in situations where none was offered in the workplace #ELTChat
Marisa_C	12:16 PM	RT @AlexandraKouk: wish I knew how to relax more and let Ss take over for a bit :-) #eltchat > control freaks unite
cherrymp	12:16 PM	@OUPELTGlobal welcome - lot of great ideas floating as always. #eltchat
livesofteachers	12:16 PM	@englishraven: I wish I'd known it would be hard to raise a family on this profession's salary #ELTCHAT (yup..great job for young singles)
yitzha_sarwono	12:16 PM	RT @harrisonmike: I wish I had known that, ultimately, people are responsible for their own learning. #eltchat
PJC48	12:16 PM	#eltchat Must go and teach now!
harrisonmike	12:16 PM	RT @prebolledoc: GTM was very strong in my context and still is! I wish I'd known grammar was not 'the' language but just a part of it #eltchat
pigletruth	12:16 PM	@bethcagnol @Shaunwilden I look back on my old lesson plans and think "what's a lesson plan for"? #ELTCHAT
JoHart	12:16 PM	#ELTchat - was already teaching when did my qual & had qual in teaching in a voc area (equine) think this was huge help/value for me
barbsaka	12:16 PM	@OUPELTGlobal Welcome! Who are you tonight? #eltchat
AlexandraKouk	12:16 PM	wish I knew how to relax more and let Ss take over for a bit :-) #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:17 PM	RT @Marisa_C: RT @AlexandraKouk: wish I knew how to relax more and let Ss take over for a bit :-) #eltchat > control freaks unite
englishraven	12:17 PM	@barbsaka Big lesson for me was: In a room full of 4-yr-olds, don't make tragic mistake of thinking you are the smartest! #eltchat
esolcourses	12:17 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @esolcourses When I started out there was none! No association, no #ELTCHAT no PLN. Very lonely. sniff ] same here!
Marisa_C	12:17 PM	RT @dreadnought001: I wish somebody taught me how to look for jobs in ESL, Qs to ask in interviews, what to ask about contracts etc #eltchat
barbsaka	12:17 PM	RT @harrisonmike: What's the first thing to do when you start out as a teacher then? #eltchat
OUPELTGlobal	12:17 PM	@barbsaka I'm always the same me. I see a lot of ideas I missed. trying to catch up. #eltchat
cherrymp	12:17 PM	@cerirhiannon sharing takes lot of time n support. otherwise teaching remains the loneliest profession. #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:17 PM	@esolcourses When I started out there was none! No association, no #ELTCHAT no PLN. Very lonely. sniff
JoHart	12:17 PM	@barbsaka #ELTchat think it is a situation where being an "oldie" might help just more time living/life exp etc
yitzha_sarwono	12:17 PM	RT @barbsaka: Anyone care to share a lesson you learned as a new teacher that maybe someone else could learn from? #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:17 PM	What's the first thing to do when you start out as a teacher then? #eltchat
dreadnought001	12:17 PM	I wish somebody taught me how to look for jobs in ESL, what Qs to ask in interviews, what to ask about contracts etc #eltchat
barbsaka	12:17 PM	My lesson: look at the book before teaching the lesson. (I'd marked 50 papers wrong before discovering that the text was B Eng) #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:17 PM	@prebolledoc true - but the confidence to confess this comes later I guess #eltchat
englishraven	12:17 PM	@livesofteachers And yup, don't reckon I became very good at it until I was married and then had kids, too! #eltchat
cherrymp	12:18 PM	@yitzha_sarwono @barbsaka no doubt about that Icha. #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:18 PM	@harrisonmike I would say talk about your classes. Gain insight on your approach. Look for a mentor(s). #ELTCHAT
fionamau	12:18 PM	#eltchat & I wish I'd known there's such a thing as OVER-planning: intuition, daring & magic count fr more than 'anticipated problems' etc
naomishema	12:18 PM	@pigletruth #eltchat - I agree you can't please all the students but you can't teach according to a "this is the way" approach nomatter what
Tamkirja	12:18 PM	First thing to do when you start out as a teacher - Know your school. #eltchat
barbsaka	12:18 PM	@yitzha_sarwono Very true, Icha! #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:18 PM	RT @OUPELTGlobal: RT @harrisonmike: What's the first thing to do when you start out as a teacher then? #eltchat
JoHart	12:18 PM	@barbsaka @harrisonmike #ELTchat watch, listen, learn - respond to students always, empathise :)
AlexandraKouk	12:18 PM	RT @englishraven: @barbsaka Big lesson 4 me was: In a room full of 4-yr-olds, dont make tragic mistake of thinking UR the smartest! #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:18 PM	I wish I'd known that most of my Ss can run rings around me in their chosen field #eltchat
OUPELTGlobal	12:18 PM	RT @harrisonmike: What's the first thing to do when you start out as a teacher then? #eltchat
yitzha_sarwono	12:18 PM	@barbsaka that listening to all the advises and instructions given are cool,but you still need to be yourself in class and have fun #eltchat
AlexandraKouk	12:18 PM	RT @barbsaka: RT @harrisonmike: What's the first thing to do when you start out as a teacher then? #eltchat
barbsaka	12:18 PM	@englishraven Soooo true! Or that you're the most interesting object in the room :) #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:18 PM	RT @prebolledoc: I wish I'd known it was ok not to know something. I am not a 'walking dictionary' #eltchat
PatrickAndrews	12:18 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had told me having an unhappy student isn't always the teacher's fault. #ELTCHAT #grumpystudentswhoareforced2takeclasses
livesofteachers	12:18 PM	#eltchat actually, the more I do this the less I think I know.... I look back very fondly on my first year when I thought I was invincible!
cherrymp	12:18 PM	@barbsaka planning - guess too much of planning n little attn to what Ss really want to learn. :( #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:18 PM	@englishraven good one #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:18 PM	RT @harrisonmike: What's the first thing to do when you start out as a teacher then? #eltchat
yitzha_sarwono	12:19 PM	@englishraven @barbsaka hear hear! #eltchat
esolcourses	12:19 PM	@bethcagnol @cherrymp think being a freelancer can make you feel isolated - being part of online community makes a BIG difference! #ELTChat
cherrymp	12:19 PM	@bethcagnol finding the support of good n effective mentors is in deed a boon. takes us back to the apprenticeship model. #ELTCHAT
Marisa_C	12:19 PM	I wish I had found a mentor when I was at points of change and wonder - ended up doing more and more courses #eltchat
yitzha_sarwono	12:19 PM	RT @englishraven: @barbsaka Big lesson for me was: In a room full of 4-yr-olds, don't make tragic mistake of thinking you are the smartest! #eltchat
prebolledoc	12:19 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @harrisonmike I would say talk about your classes. Gain insight on your approach. Look for a mentor(s). #ELTCHAT
OUPELTGlobal	12:19 PM	@Marisa_C: RT @AlexandraKouk: wish I knew how to relax more and let Ss take over for a bit :-) #eltchat > control freaks unite
barbsaka	12:19 PM	Gr8 advice! RT @Tamkirja: First thing to do when you start out as a teacher - Know your school. #eltchat
Notyetlanguage	12:19 PM	#ELTChat I wish I had know that I was a good teacher. And still I don't think so...maybe this is better than complacency:)
cerirhiannon	12:19 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @harrisonmike I would say talk about your classes. Gain insight on your approach. Look for a mentor(s). #ELTCHAT > yes
Shaunwilden	12:19 PM	RT @Tamkirja: First thing to do when you start out as a teacher - Know your school. #eltchat - as in know what they expect you to do?
patjack67	12:19 PM	#ELTCHAT I wish I had spent more time with Japanese English teachers.
JoHart	12:20 PM	@barbsaka @harrisonmike #ELTchat watch, listen, learn - respond to students always, empathise :) - always try to do this
englishraven	12:20 PM	Wish I'd known that all that endless meticulous lesson planning was making me deaf to the classroom's symphony... #eltchat
mkofab	12:20 PM	I can't join, class in 5 minutes but I loved this plenary at IATEFL Harrogate..... http://t.co/DcgCwCPs #eltchat
naomishema	12:20 PM	RT @pigletruth: @naomishema no but I came to the conclusion that if I am bored they surely will be #eltchat TRUE
Shaunwilden	12:20 PM	@esolcourses @bethcagnol @cherrymp Yes I agree Sue, I cant imagine starting out as a freelancer #ELTchat
cherrymp	12:20 PM	@esolcourses @bethcagnol thanks to tech this has been possible. still Ts need to come out n join in. #ELTChat
esolcourses	12:20 PM	RT @fionamau: #eltchat & I wish I'd known there's such a thing as OVER-planning: intuition, daring & magic count fr more than 'anticipated problems' etc
Mo_Americanoid	12:20 PM	@barbsaka @harrisonmike #eltchat have a support network and be accountable to sb.
Notyetlanguage	12:20 PM	RT @esolcourses: I wish I had known more about teacher development and how to hunt it down it in situations where none was offered in the workplace #ELTChat
cerirhiannon	12:20 PM	RT @pigletruth: @naomishema no but I came to the conclusion that if I am bored they surely will be #eltchat > nice lesson
OUPELTGlobal	12:20 PM	@Shaunwilden For me the first thing is to focus on the students and start building that learning/teaching relationship #eltchat
naomishema	12:20 PM	@Marisa_C #eltchat YES! mentors are so important!
PatrickAndrews	12:20 PM	@fionamau Completely agree #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:20 PM	@Marisa_C That's just the kid, isn't it, Marisa #eltchat #justjoshing ;o)
pigletruth	12:20 PM	@naomishema no but I came to the conclusion that if I am bored they surely will be #eltchat
JoHart	12:21 PM	RT @englishraven: Wish I'd known that all that endless meticulous lesson planning was making me deaf to the classroom's symphony... #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:21 PM	RT @mkofab: I can't join, class in 5 minutes but I loved this plenary at IATEFL Harrogate..... http://t.co/DcgCwCPs #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:21 PM	I guess practical stuff, try and get to see a lesson/s at the school where you're going to teach #eltchat
Mo_Americanoid	12:21 PM	@livesofteachers #eltchat guess it's country difference.You're welcome to move to Brazil ;-)
cherrymp	12:21 PM	@Marisa_C @englishraven classroom's symphony - wow - superliked :) #eltchat
AlexandraKouk	12:21 PM	RT @englishraven: Wish I'd known that all that endless meticulous lesson planning was making me deaf to the classroom's symphony... #eltchat
pernilleripp	12:21 PM	RT @englishraven: Wish I'd known that all that endless meticulous lesson planning was making me deaf to the classroom's symphony... #eltchat
Tamkirja	12:21 PM	Big lesson - Open day. Parents came in - Japanese parents are not confident with English. Hard not to make them feel embarrased. #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:21 PM	@englishraven very poetic dear Jason - loved that phrase #eltchat
naomishema	12:21 PM	RT @englishraven: Wish I'd known that all that endless meticulous lesson planning was making me deaf to the classroom's symphony... #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:21 PM	I knew this but I think it is important: If possible learn the students L1. #ELTCHAT
cherrymp	12:21 PM	@mkofab thanks for that link :) #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:21 PM	RT @englishraven: Wish I'd known that all that endless meticulous lesson planning was making me deaf to the classroom's symphony... #eltchat
yitzha_sarwono	12:22 PM	RT @englishraven: Wish I'd known that all that endless meticulous lesson planning was making me deaf to the classroom's symphony... #eltchat
cherrymp	12:22 PM	@livesofteachers observation n reflection - very crucial not only there but through out the journey in teaching. #eltchat
yearinthelifeof	12:22 PM	RT @IsilBoy: By @yearinthelifeof I need help! The Doƒüu≈ü University ELT Conference Roving Reporter needs questions from you http://t.co/oUxr7wvH #ELTchat
pysproblem81	12:22 PM	RT @englishraven: Wish I'd known that all that endless meticulous lesson planning was making me deaf to the classroom's symphony... #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:22 PM	RT @Marisa_C: I wish there had been more super master teachers around me to observe and learn from #ELTchat
Shaunwilden	12:22 PM	RT @livesofteachers: #eltchat I would watch as many other teachers in action as possible - good or bad!
cerirhiannon	12:22 PM	RT @michaelegriffin: RT @cerirhiannon I would say talk about your classes.> Yes..Talking productively n not just complaining but really looking @ issues #eltchat
CollaborationE	12:22 PM	RT @englishraven: Wish I'd known that all that endless meticulous lesson planning was making me deaf to the classroom's symphony... #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:22 PM	I wish there had been more super master teachers around me to observe and learn from #ELTchat
michaelegriffin	12:22 PM	RT @cerirhiannon I would say talk about your classes.> Yes..Talking productively n not just complaining but really looking @ issues #eltchat
livesofteachers	12:22 PM	#eltchat I would watch as many other teachers in action as possible - good or bad!
cherrymp	12:22 PM	@Shaunwilden @esolcourses @bethcagnol in Myanmar many start as freelancer right after their first degree. #ELTchat
Tamkirja	12:23 PM	(((talking to herself : oh my god this is so cool < first time here))) #eltchat
AlexandraKouk	12:23 PM	the sooner you realise that this is more than just a job, the better - it can define who you are... #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:23 PM	@englishraven @Marisa_C yes i was in a school with a total staff of two, looking back none to observe and no team to learn from #ELTchat
PatrickAndrews	12:23 PM	@bethcagnol Yes and if you do not know it (may be impossible if there are many L1s) show an interest in it #eltchat
esolcourses	12:23 PM	RT @Marisa_C: I wish there had been more super master teachers around me to observe and learn from #ELTchat
naomishema	12:23 PM	RT @cherrymp: @Marisa_C at times the super master teachers can be detrimental too Marisa - sadly though. #ELTchat > can be initimidating
JoHart	12:23 PM	@Shaunwilden @esolcourses @bethcagnol @cherrymp #ELTchat I did not in ESL was pt short contact in several FE colls in UK while doing qual!
bethcagnol	12:23 PM	RT @livesofteachers: #eltchat I would watch as many other teachers in action as possible - good or bad!
cherrymp	12:23 PM	@Marisa_C there you've a poin - w/o feeling threatened. #ELTchat
rliberni	12:23 PM	sorry I'm here all my hens escaped so I've been chasing them round the garden! #eltchat
dreadnought001	12:23 PM	What was the best advice you ever got from a trainer/fellow teacher? #eltchat
cherrymp	12:23 PM	@Marisa_C at times the super master teachers can be detrimental too Marisa - sadly though. #ELTchat
prebolledoc	12:23 PM	RT @Marisa_C: I wish there had been more super master teachers around me to observe and learn from #ELTchat
Marisa_C	12:23 PM	Or even not so super master ones - just teachers who were OK for me to watch and open to talking after w/o feeling threatened #ELTchat
Tamkirja	12:23 PM	To know school - yes, and what you can / can't do with them #eltchat - as in know what they expect you to do? #eltchat
englishraven	12:23 PM	RT @Marisa_C: I wish there had been more super master teachers around me to observe and learn from #ELTchat > me too. Common experience...
rliberni	12:24 PM	RT @Marisa_C: @cherrymp Can be but early on you need some role models #ELTchat
cherrymp	12:24 PM	@Marisa_C i agree to the role model part - but if they're as @naomishema told 'intimidating' i'd better be happy w/o one. #ELTchat
cerirhiannon	12:24 PM	RT @englishraven: 'Take in colour pencils and a stack of blank paper' Has NEVER failed me! #eltchat > likewise post-its 4 older ss
rliberni	12:24 PM	@shamsensei @cherrymp yes, it's not an easy job to do - all have clipped wings now! #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:24 PM	@englishraven I wish I had your imagination :-) #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:24 PM	RT @englishraven: Best advice I ever got... 'Take in colour pencils and a stack of blank paper' Has NEVER failed me! #eltchat
fionamau	12:24 PM	RT @rliberni: Trying to catch up! #eltchat > Good luck!!
Shaunwilden	12:24 PM	@Tamkirja Glad you are enjoying it, we're here every Wednesday to chat :-) #ELTchat
englishraven	12:24 PM	Best advice I ever got... 'Take in colour pencils and a stack of blank paper' Has NEVER failed me! #eltchat
rliberni	12:24 PM	RT @michaelegriffin: #ELTchat I wish I had take the chance to observe as many classes as possible (from masters and otherwise).
OUPELTGlobal	12:24 PM	Also important to watch students and how they react to each other and the teacher #eltchat
Marie_Sanako	12:24 PM	If you're struggling with a class, talk to colleagues, don't assume it must be you - probably a wider issue than just your group. #eltchat
cherrymp	12:24 PM	@rliberni welcome Berni. now you can chase after ideas - wish you still have some energy. #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:24 PM	@cherrymp Can be but early on you need some role models #ELTchat
harrisonmike	12:24 PM	#eltchat RT @phil2wade: @harrisonmike Learn how your institution works and fit in.
rliberni	12:24 PM	Trying to catch up! #eltchat
michaelegriffin	12:24 PM	#ELTchat I wish I had take the chance to observe as many classes as possible (from masters and otherwise).
barbsaka	12:25 PM	@Tamkirja Was the class visit day part of a public school or a language school? (for parents) #eltchat
livesofteachers	12:25 PM	#eltchat I wish I had known that it is better to prepare for lessons than to plan them.
rliberni	12:25 PM	@Marie_Sanako welcome to use it! #eltchat
JoHart	12:25 PM	@englishraven #ELTchat -still works in adult lit - these days with all remote online I have a blank wbd to play with "chuckle"
rliberni	12:25 PM	RT @englishraven: Best advice I ever got... 'Take in colour pencils and a stack of blank paper' Has NEVER failed me! #eltchat
rliberni	12:25 PM	RT @OUPELTGlobal: Also important to watch students and how they react to each other and the teacher #eltchat
michaelegriffin	12:25 PM	@englishraven Best advice I ever got... 'Take in colour pencils and a stack of blank paper' Has NEVER failed me! #eltchat>>poster paper 4 me
cerirhiannon	12:25 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had told me that it was OK to disagree with my colleagues' methodologies. #ELTCHAT > v nice
Marisa_C	12:25 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had told me that it was OK to disagree with my colleagues' methodologies. #ELTCHAT
bethcagnol	12:25 PM	I wish someone had told me that it was OK to disagree with my colleagues' methodologies. #ELTCHAT
Marie_Sanako	12:25 PM	Surely the best excuse ever! RT @rliberni: sorry I'm here all my hens escaped so I've been chasing them round the garden! #eltchat
barbsaka	12:25 PM	@englishraven poetic, Jason :) #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:26 PM	RT @mkofab: Some lessons are just not good. Accept it & start again the next day. #eltchat > yes, don't flog yourself!
barbsaka	12:26 PM	@rliberni That sounds like it belongs on a list of excuses for school :) #eltchat
rliberni	12:26 PM	RT @OUPELTGlobal: RT @livesofteachers: #eltchat I wish I had known that it is better to prepare for lessons than to plan them.
bethcagnol	12:26 PM	@PatrickAndrews An article in the latest #IATEFL Voices talks about learning sts L1. It's got good advice. #ELTCHAT
antoniaclare	12:26 PM	@dreadnought001 Best advice I ever got 'You have some really nice ideas, why don't you write a book?' ;) #eltchat
englishraven	12:26 PM	RT @livesofteachers: #eltchat I wish I had known that it is better to prepare for lessons than to plan them. > YES.
OUPELTGlobal	12:26 PM	RT @livesofteachers: #eltchat I wish I had known that it is better to prepare for lessons than to plan them.
cherrymp	12:26 PM	wish I'd known there's nothing wrong in distractions esp if that leads to learning. lesson plan is not the bible. #ELTChat
theteacherjames	12:26 PM	RT @livesofteachers: #eltchat I wish I had known that it is better to prepare for lessons than to plan them.
barbsaka	12:26 PM	Good one! RT @dreadnought001: What was the best advice you ever got from a trainer/fellow teacher? #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:26 PM	@michaelegriffin @englishraven #eltchatwe call it meter paper here :-) yes #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:26 PM	@rliberni @englishraven Best worksheets ever! #eltchat
dreadnought001	12:26 PM	@cerirhiannon @englishraven post-it notes are still the only thing I make sure I take into class! So versatile... #eltchat
mkofab	12:26 PM	And just 1more thought ( stll haven't learnt that though) Some lessons are just not good. Accept it and start again the next day. #eltchat
Tamkirja	12:26 PM	@Shaunwilden It's the national holiday today in Japan - that's why I can come here today...but I'll try to come for sure!!! #eltchat
AlexandraKouk	12:26 PM	@chrisjw133 true :-) #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:27 PM	@mkofab But no lesson idea should be thrown away easily. Go back, work on it & you might find it's only a small flaw. #eltchat
antoniaclare	12:27 PM	Best advice tends to be about raising confidence (for our sts too) #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:27 PM	I was trained for this, but it's necessary: know what to do when the photocopier breaks down! ;-) #ELTCHAT
cerirhiannon	12:27 PM	RT @michaelegriffin: I wish I had known something (anything!) about objectives! #eltchat > especially global /end aims
barbsaka	12:27 PM	@Tamkirja It is pretty freakin' awesome! I get a rush each week :) #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:27 PM	@barbsaka @dreadnought001 Don't let your planning extend too much outside working hours. Still havent got the hang of that 100% tho #eltchat
esolcourses	12:27 PM	RT @barbsaka RT @dreadnought001 What was the best advice U ever got from a trainer/fellow teacher? #eltchat ] don't sweat the small stuff :)
barbsaka	12:27 PM	RT @Tamkirja: (((talking to herself : oh my god this is so cool < first time here))) #eltchat
michaelegriffin	12:27 PM	I wish I had known something (anything!) about objectives! #eltchat
rliberni	12:27 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @PatrickAndrews An article in the latest #IATEFL Voices talks about learning sts L1. It's got good advice. #ELTCHAT
rliberni	12:28 PM	RT @JoHart: @esolcourses @barbsaka @dreadnought001 #ELTchat mine was - you will always look sily at some point - live with it & get over it!
JoHart	12:28 PM	@esolcourses @barbsaka @dreadnought001 #ELTchat mine was - you will always look sily at some point - live with it & get over it!
cherrymp	12:28 PM	best advice: don't fret over whether Ss enjoyed the lesson; but over whether they'd learned. #ELTChat
rliberni	12:28 PM	My first ever students were also teachers so they were great at helping me! #eltchat I wrote about it here http://t.co/wwdEljB7
Shaunwilden	12:28 PM	@dreadnought001 Well cos my voice is better and more fluent of course ;-) #ELTchat
antoniaclare	12:28 PM	sorry all - got a train to catch, see you next time ;) #eltchat
prebolledoc	12:28 PM	I simply think I knew a lot 'about'.. but very liitle or none of 'how to' #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:28 PM	I wish someone had told me that sleepless nights planning don't result in more learning - I wish I could have out dancing more #ELtchat
Tamkirja	12:28 PM	@barbsaka OHHH yeah! This is gonna change my life. #eltchat
englishraven	12:28 PM	RT @yearinthelifeof: Arts and crafts hour, as I call it! #ELTChat http://t.co/r8EDKCNU
Notyetlanguage	12:28 PM	#ELTchat I wish I had known that the limits of your teaching are the limits of your world...
BobK99	12:28 PM	RT @AlexandraKouk: wish I knew how to relax more and let Ss take over for a bit :-) #eltchat! Gd point. I was a control frk at first
esolcourses	12:28 PM	RT @harrisonmike: @barbsaka @dreadnought001 Don't let your planning extend too much outside working hours ] #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:28 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: RT @mkofab: Some lessons are just not good. Accept it & start again the next day. #eltchat > yes, don't flog yourself!
yearinthelifeof	12:28 PM	@englishraven Arts and crafts hour, as I call it! #ELTChat http://t.co/ov4Z8vh3
phil2wade	12:28 PM	I wish I'd been told that most evaluation's based on student FB and they usually prefer friendly+relaxed teachers. #ELTChat
dreadnought001	12:28 PM	Best advice: (from Dip TESOL trainer) If it's your students who are learning to speak English, why are you talking so much? #eltchat
Sheffield68	12:29 PM	A relationship with one student is a relationship with all of your students. #eltchat #sschat #edchat
englishraven	12:29 PM	RT @Marisa_C: I wish someone had told me that sleepless nights planning don't result in more learning - I wish I could have out dancing more #ELtchat
rliberni	12:29 PM	RT @SimonGreenall: I wish I'd known I was in the right job, the right profession, and that I'd never get bored in ELT #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:29 PM	@Tamkirja Aha happy holiday :-) If you cant join in you can always see what we said on the wiki and blog #ELTchat
theteacherjames	12:29 PM	@bethcagnol @PatrickAndrews But even if you can't learn the SS L1 (ESL for e.g.) you can at least learn some other foreign lang. #ELTCHAT
cherrymp	12:29 PM	RT @rliberni: Best advice smile and be polite whatever happens - there's always tomorrow! #eltchat
dreadnought001	12:29 PM	RT @cherrymp: best advice: don't fret over whether Ss enjoyed the lesson; but over whether they'd learned. #ELTChat
SimonGreenall	12:29 PM	I wish I'd known I was in the right job, the right profession, and that I'd never get bored in ELT #eltchat
esolcourses	12:29 PM	RT @BobK99: RT @AlexandraKouk: wish I knew how to relax more and let Ss take over for a bit :-) #eltchat! Gd point. I was a control frk at first
barbsaka	12:29 PM	So these days, one of the things new teachers might wish they'd known is #eltchat :)
rliberni	12:29 PM	Best advice smile and be polite whatever happens - there's always tomorrow! #eltchat
OUPELTGlobal	12:29 PM	RT @antoniaclare: Best advice tends to be about raising confidence (for our sts too) #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:29 PM	RT @theteacherjames: @mkofab no lesson idea shd be thrown away easily ... it might fbe a small flaw. #eltchat > or a bad day/wrong time
cherrymp	12:29 PM	@antoniaclare sure Antonia - thanks for joining in. see you. #eltchat
akko00e328akko	12:29 PM	RT @Marie_Sanako: If you're struggling with a class, talk to colleagues, don't assume it must be you - probably a wider issue than just your group. #eltchat
englishraven	12:30 PM	RT @yearinthelifeof: No one ever said, 'Relax and enjoy it - the students are human beings' shame #ELTChat
theteacherjames	12:30 PM	@cerirhiannon @mkofab Or confusing instructions, or they are in a bad mod, or.... #eltchat
TFilTeacher	12:30 PM	@harrisonmike be prepared. be doubly prepared. and then smile :) #eltchat
JoHart	12:30 PM	@rliberni #ELTchat my early ones were teachers/trainers and/or horse riders - teachers gr8 support & horses make u look silly :)
PatrickAndrews	12:30 PM	@theteacherjames @bethcagnol Yes, I agree. #eltchat
yearinthelifeof	12:30 PM	@JoHart @esolcourses @barbsaka @dreadnought001 No one ever said, 'Relax and enjoy it - the students are human beings' shame #ELTChat
rliberni	12:30 PM	@barbsaka could be an interesting one :-) #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:30 PM	RT @SimonGreenall: I wish I'd known I was in the right job, the right profession, and that I'd never get bored in ELT #eltchat
esolcourses	12:30 PM	RT @SimonGreenall wish I'd known I was in the right job, the right profession, & that I'd never get bored in ELT #eltchat ] nice one, Simon!
cherrymp	12:30 PM	RT @Sheffield68: A relationship with one student is a relationship with all of your students. #eltchat - agreed.
Shaunwilden	12:30 PM	@SimonGreenall How long did it take you to realise? #ELTchat
cherrymp	12:30 PM	@SimonGreenall brilliant :) #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:31 PM	I wish someone had told me that silence from the students is sometimes a good thing! #ELTCHAT
rliberni	12:31 PM	@JoHart I once had some civil servants and we had the best time! They were so keen to have fun #eltchat
Tamkirja	12:31 PM	I wish I had known teaching is actually THE job for me - so that I wouldn't have left!(I'm an editor trying to go back to teaching) #eltchat
michaelegriffin	12:31 PM	It works or "It doesn't work" are probably not the most useful ways of thinking,I wish I knew this when I first started teaching. #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:31 PM	RT @theteacherjames: @cerirhiannon @mkofab Or confusing instructions, or they are in a bad mod, or.... #eltchat > yup, etc, etc ;)
barbsaka	12:31 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @PatrickAndrews An article in the latest #IATEFL Voices talks about learning sts L1. It's got good advice. #ELTCHAT
cerirhiannon	12:32 PM	RT @dreadnought001: I wish i'd known that students forget a crappy lesson much quicker than I do #eltchat > so muhc quicker ;)
barbsaka	12:32 PM	So true! RT @SimonGreenall: I wish I'd known I was in the right job, the right profession, and that I'd never get bored in ELT #eltchat
esolcourses	12:32 PM	RT @englishraven: Biggest thing I've learned is that it is all about getting to know people. Without that, your methods aren't worth a dime. #eltchat
rliberni	12:32 PM	Also don't ever underestimate the part you play in people's lives it's worth doing your best for that reason alone! #eltchat
royparmesan	12:32 PM	I wish educators would give more attention to what learners are not putting on the table #ELTchat
esolcourses	12:32 PM	RT @TFilTeacher: @harrisonmike be prepared. be doubly prepared. and then smile :) #eltchat
PatrickAndrews	12:32 PM	RT @michaelegriffin: "It works" or "It doesn't work" are probably not the most useful ways of thinking,I wish I knew this when I first started teaching. #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:32 PM	RT @englishraven: RT @yearinthelifeof: No one ever said, 'Relax and enjoy it - the students are human beings' shame #ELTChat
cherrymp	12:32 PM	@englishraven affect in the language classroom. :) #eltchat
Tamkirja	12:32 PM	RT @rliberni: RT @SimonGreenall: I wish Id known I was in the right job, the right profession, and that Id never get bored in ELT #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:32 PM	I wish I had studied Tom Farrell's works before teaching. Man oh man! #ELTCHAT
dreadnought001	12:32 PM	I wish i'd known that students forget a crappy lesson much quicker than I do #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:32 PM	I wish i'd known more about revisiting, recalling, retelling, linking one lesson to another, watching progress #eltchat
harrisonmike	12:32 PM	RT @TFilTeacher: @harrisonmike be prepared. be doubly prepared. and then smile :) #eltchat
AlexandraKouk	12:32 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had told me that silence from the students is sometimes a good thing! #ELTCHAT
OUPELTGlobal	12:32 PM	RT @englishraven: RT @yearinthelifeof: No one ever said, 'Relax and enjoy it - the students are human beings' shame #ELTChat #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:32 PM	RT @dreadnought001: Best advice: (from Dip TESOL trainer) If it's your students who are learning to speak English, why are you talking so much? #eltchat
cherrymp	12:32 PM	@Notyetlanguage n it's our duty as Ts to help them notice that. takes time. but it's worth. #ELTChat
englishraven	12:32 PM	Biggest thing I've learned is that it is all about getting to know people. Without that, your methods aren't worth a dime. #eltchat
esolcourses	12:32 PM	@yearinthelifeof @JoHart @barbsaka @dreadnought001 totally agree, Adam! Wish I'd worried less about getting it wrong in early days #ELTChat
cherrymp	12:33 PM	@esolcourses @cerirhiannon agreed :) to see the larger picture - how connections are made. wish my Ts had done that. #eltchat
PatrickAndrews	12:33 PM	@royparmesan Interesting comment - do you mean that they want to keep some things private? #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:33 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had told me that silence from the students is sometimes a good thing! #ELTCHAT
OUPELTGlobal	12:33 PM	RT @rliberni: Also don't ever underestimate the part you play in people's lives it's worth doing your best for that reason alone! #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:33 PM	@dreadnought001 I wish I had known that sts might think a lesson was good when I thought it was crappy! #ELTCHAT
JoHart	12:33 PM	@rliberni #ELTchat Yes! the students who want fun! are the best - it all gets too serious with many adults & the learning is lost ineffort
prebolledoc	12:33 PM	RT @dreadnought001: I wish i'd known that students forget a crappy lesson much quicker than I do #eltchat
naomishema	12:33 PM	@barbsaka #eltchat I'm amazed that some people are bored by teaching. Can't figure it out...
Marisa_C	12:33 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had realized I taught in dogmelike way long before Scott et al wrote a book about it ;-) #eltchat > don't we all!
rliberni	12:33 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had realized I taught in dogmelike way long before Scott et al wrote a book about it ;-) #eltchat me too
SimonGreenall	12:33 PM	@Shaunwilden About thirty years ago. Out of thirty-five. #ELTchat
theteacherjames	12:33 PM	RT @SimonGreenall: I wish I'd known I was in the right job, the right profession, and that I'd never get bored in ELT #eltchat
esolcourses	12:33 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: I wish i'd known more about revisiting, recalling, retelling, linking one lesson to another, watching progress #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:33 PM	I wish I had realized I taught in dogmelike way long before Scott et al wrote a book about it ;-) #eltchat
cherrymp	12:33 PM	it's always good to know your students' name - so learn them even before you go to the class. #ELTChat
rliberni	12:33 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: RT @dreadnought001: I wish i'd known that students forget a crappy lesson much quicker than I do #eltchat > so muhc quicker ;)
CollaborationE	12:33 PM	#ELTchat couldn't agree more with the importance of smiling :) :)
CL_OKI	12:33 PM	To listen and pick up what S ate saying as asides and in response to what they see/hear #eltchat
englishraven	12:34 PM	I also wish I'd known that getting published does not mean you've 'made it'. #eltchat
OUPELTGlobal	12:34 PM	After 25 years teaching, I have a class of 25 students, a board, and me. Wish someone had told me it could be so great! #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:34 PM	@rliberni :-) Yes darn them fast thinkers :-) #eltchat
rliberni	12:34 PM	@OUPELTGlobal and also what students can bring to your life too - we're all growing in some way or another #eltchat
CELT_Athens	12:34 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had realized I taught in dogmelike way long before Scott et al wrote a book about it ;-) #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:34 PM	RT @cherrymp: @esolcourses agreed :) to see the larger picture...wish my Ts had done that. #eltchat > was lucky sm of mine did
cherrymp	12:34 PM	@BobK99 best - see you next week for #eltchat
PatrickAndrews	12:34 PM	@dreadnought001 Good point #eltchat
yitzha_sarwono	12:34 PM	RT @Sheffield68: A relationship with one student is a relationship with all of your students. #eltchat #sschat #edchat
CL_OKI	12:34 PM	@esolcourses good point! #eltchat
esolcourses	12:34 PM	RT @rliberni: RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had realized I taught in dogmelike way long before Scott et al wrote a book about it ;-) #eltchat me too
BobK99	12:34 PM	Bue all at #eltchat. Lunch/bus/train/interview ;-)
michaelegriffin	12:34 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish I had studied Tom Farrell's works before teaching. Man oh man! #ELTCHAT
theteacherjames	12:34 PM	RT @englishraven: Biggest thing I've learned is that it is all about getting to know people. Without that, your methods aren't worth a dime. #eltchat
rliberni	12:34 PM	@Shaunwilden really annoying when someone else get's there first :-( #eltchat darn!
cerirhiannon	12:35 PM	@dreadnought001 @bethcagnol I wish i'd asked for more feedback from ss earlier on - involved htem more in choices and planning #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:35 PM	@cherrymp I think a new teacher who has just arrived in their host country might have major difficulties learning sts names. #ELTCHAT
cherrymp	12:35 PM	@englishraven loved that one too - these days getting published is redefined. :) #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:35 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had realized I taught in dogmelike way long before Scott et al wrote a book about it ;-) #eltchat >> 33 minutes
rliberni	12:35 PM	RT @dreadnought001: @bethcagnol yes, always amazed which lessons Sts think are 'good' and 'bad' - often very diff. from my opinion!! #eltchat
rliberni	12:35 PM	RT @englishraven: I also wish I'd known that getting published does not mean you've 'made it'. #eltchat great point!
dreadnought001	12:35 PM	@bethcagnol yes, always amazed which lessons Sts think are 'good' and 'bad' - often very diff. from my opinion!! #eltchat
rliberni	12:35 PM	RT @OUPELTGlobal: After 25 years teaching, I have a class of 25 students, a board, and me. Wish someone had told me it could be so great! #eltchat
cherrymp	12:36 PM	@cerirhiannon lucky you that they did - it might have influenced you in your own practice too. #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:36 PM	I wish I had started asking my learners how they felt abt my lessons/activities earlier #eltchat
cherrymp	12:36 PM	@bethcagnol of course n i just went through that - but i'd learned it's an investment worth trying for. #ELTCHAT
rliberni	12:36 PM	RT @JoHart: @dreadnought001 @prebolledoc #ELTchat mmm! imptnt that I remember crappy lessons & if I think my stdnts do then I am more likely to improve
englishraven	12:36 PM	RT @theteacherjames: RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had realized I taught in dogmelike way long before Scott et al wrote a book about it ;-) #eltchat >> 33 minutes
Shaunwilden	12:36 PM	@theteacherjames And it was me :-) Am going to have words with myself after chat #eltchat
rliberni	12:36 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: @dreadnought001 @bethcagnol I wish i'd asked for more feedback from ss earlier on - involved htem more in choices and planning #eltchat
JoHart	12:36 PM	@dreadnought001 @prebolledoc #ELTchat mmm! imptnt that I remember crappy lessons & if I think my stdnts do then I am more likely to improve
claire_hart	12:37 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: @dreadnought001 @bethcagnol I wish i'd asked for more feedback from ss earlier on - involved htem more in choices and planning #eltchat
JoHart	12:37 PM	@Marisa_C #ELTchat was part of all my training to get f'back from students throughout - I was sooo lucky in my courses/teachers
bethcagnol	12:37 PM	RT @Marisa_C: I wish I had started asking my learners how they felt abt my lessons/activities earlier #eltchat
naomishema	12:37 PM	#eltchat heard SS complain that a new T only plays with them & they didn't learn anything. creative is good but SS have to see the point!
rliberni	12:37 PM	I wish (is this an I wish drill?) that I had had the internet we could have done so much more! #eltchat
cherrymp	12:37 PM	@Marisa_C good point Marisa. but sometimes Ss - esp in s east asia can be v polite n will try to please you. :( #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:37 PM	@cherrymp Do you get the sts names and photos in advance? If so you're lucky! #ELTCHAT
theteacherjames	12:37 PM	@Shaunwilden Obviously my brainwashing program is working... #eltchat
Tamkirja	12:37 PM	True - but I was also afraid! RT @Marisa_C: I wish I had started asking my learners how they felt abt my lessons/activities earlier #eltchat
cherrymp	12:38 PM	@bethcagnol but the tragedy can happen when you end up mispronounce their names. for that one can make use of local colleagues. #ELTCHAT
OUPELTGlobal	12:38 PM	@bethcagnol I make a point of getting my sts names now - very important. I wish someone ... #eltchat
rliberni	12:38 PM	RT @SimonGreenall: #eltchat @rliberni I think we should give more practise in If only + past perfect.... :) Lol but spot on :-)
claire_hart	12:38 PM	RT @Marisa_C: I wish someone had told me that sleepless nights planning don't result in more learning - I wish I could have out dancing more #ELtchat
Shaunwilden	12:38 PM	RT @SimonGreenall: #eltchat @rliberni I think we should give more practise in If only + past perfect.... :)
rliberni	12:38 PM	RT @cherrymp: @Marisa_C good point Marisa. but stimes Ss - esp in s east asia can be v polite n will try to please you. :( #eltchat v true!
SimonGreenall	12:38 PM	#eltchat @rliberni I think we should give more practise in If only + past perfect.... :)
cherrymp	12:38 PM	@bethcagnol i got the names - once the names are familiar in the class you try to connect them with the faces n go on. #ELTCHAT
SimonGreenall	12:39 PM	@OUPELTGlobal Or a TT loop. #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:39 PM	@cherrymp I use mini quizzes to learn names. Every lesson, I hand back corrected quizzes, say their name and "here you are." #ELTCHAT
naomishema	12:39 PM	@theteacherjames #eltchat - can you relax if you are told to relax? When you are new it is hard to relax! LOL!
Tamkirja	12:39 PM	If only I had known better about seating affcts teaching/learning #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:39 PM	taught for a whole year without being trained -a yr to forget- I wish I had known how important it is to do pre-service training #eltchat
michaelegriffin	12:39 PM	I wish I had known that I could be the world's leading expert on my students and my classroom. #ELTchat
Shaunwilden	12:39 PM	@OUPELTGlobal @bethcagnol Yes names so imp and finding out about them as people #eltchat
OUPELTGlobal	12:39 PM	@SimonGreenall we can use this chat as great lesson material #eltchat
cherrymp	12:39 PM	@theteacherjames a smile does lot in the class :) #ELTchat
parrpakala	12:39 PM	RT @cherrymp: @Marisa_C @englishraven classroom's symphony - wow - superliked :) #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:39 PM	Wish I'd been told to relax, enjoy yourself and smile more! #ELTchat
bethcagnol	12:40 PM	@cherrymp In France, I turn the mispronunciation of their names into a lesson - so they are prepared for that in the future. #ELTCHAT
dreadnought001	12:40 PM	@naomishema yes, the danger of the clapometer school of teacher training - if there's laughter, sts will think they're learning. #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:40 PM	@naomishema Maybe not, but it still would have been nice to have been told! #eltchat
OUPELTGlobal	12:40 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: @OUPELTGlobal @bethcagnol Yes names so imp and finding out about them as people #eltchat
rliberni	12:40 PM	@cherrymp I remember in Indonesia having a student called 'Turnip' then in my 2nd class another one! I explained & they loved it! #eltchat
JoHart	12:40 PM	@naomishema #ELTchat sometimes they need to see point but I work with disengaged so better they just see as fun/play
Marisa_C	12:40 PM	RT @naomishema: @barbsaka #eltchat I'm amazed that some people are bored by teaching. Can't figure it out...> me neither
theteacherjames	12:40 PM	@cherrymp Definitely - I saw the effect in front of me! #ELTchat
Shaunwilden	12:40 PM	@Marisa_C Only a year! Shamefully it took me about 5 #eltchat
OUPELTGlobal	12:40 PM	RT @theteacherjames: Wish I'd been told to relax, enjoy yourself and smile more! #ELTchat #eltchat
rliberni	12:41 PM	@Marisa_C guessing in the wrong profession - get bored with all the theory at times but keep focused on stds & never happens #eltchat
cherrymp	12:41 PM	@bethcagnol that's fine. even i make it a point to use the Ss names as often as i can to reinforce it. else i'd forget. :( #ELTCHAT
Marisa_C	12:41 PM	@Shaunwilden Not only that - no one told me anything about HOW to teach anything #eltchat
yokkaichi1	12:41 PM	RT @barbsaka: So true! RT @SimonGreenall: I wish I'd known I was in the right job, the right profession, and that I'd never get bored in ELT #eltchat
AlexandraKouk	12:41 PM	I wish I'd realised that Ss are often more stressed and nervous about a new class than I am :-) #ELTCHAT
bethcagnol	12:42 PM	@cherrymp They absolutely love it when they hear their names pronounced like it would be @ a restaurant. "Mr 'Dooboys' party of 4?" #ELTCHAT
barbsaka	12:42 PM	@englishraven Good to see you again! #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:42 PM	i wish i'd been shown how to harness the power of a group #eltchat
englishraven	12:42 PM	It was a delight to take a dip in #eltchat again, but I must away 'ere break of day and all that... 6-yr-old with a stomache ache. :-(
barbsaka	12:42 PM	RT @GeeSamir: @barbsaka @dreadnought001 #eltchat learning to love the material before teaching it ;)
theteacherjames	12:42 PM	@cherrymp @bethcagnol That mispronunciation problem is the reason many of my Korean ss used western names. Wish they hadn't :-( #ELTCHAT
JoHart	12:42 PM	@dreadnought001 #ELTchat mmm! imho if there is laughter they usually are learning - especially the disengaged
Shaunwilden	12:42 PM	@Marisa_C No nor me, I just turned up in Greece and that's was that #eltchat
oyajimbo	12:42 PM	make a point of getting all ss names wrong until I am sure which is which #eltchat
rliberni	12:43 PM	RT @Marisa_C: RT @cerirhiannon: i wish i'd been shown how to harness the power of a group #eltchat > very little done on tt courses abt gp dynamics yes
cherrymp	12:43 PM	@theteacherjames @bethcagnol even in Myanmar Ss in pvt schools have English names. #ELTCHAT
parrpakala	12:43 PM	@cherrymp yes to please tchr is difficult when conducting surveys #eltchat
cherrymp	12:43 PM	@rliberni @bethcagnol both of you're using mispronunciation n names as the opp. to teach L - loved it #ELTChat
Marisa_C	12:43 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: i wish i'd been shown how to harness the power of a group #eltchat > very little done on tt courses abt gp dynamics yes
AlexandraKouk	12:43 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: i wish i'd been shown how to harness the power of a group #eltchat > good point! and make it work for them #ELTCHAT
cherrymp	12:44 PM	@parrpakala what surveys Jane? #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:44 PM	@englishraven Great to see you around this parish again Jason! #eltchat
JoHart	12:44 PM	@Marisa_C @Shaunwilden LOL #ELTchat was teaching before did quals - quals were fantasitc as they validated/explained/justified what I did
rliberni	12:44 PM	@cerirhiannon @Marisa_C group dynamic is sooo imp and can be fascinating esp w/hierarchy forms #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:44 PM	@Marisa_C how to get the ss doing the work - peer feedback, peer correction, writing the comp qs, making decisions, etc etc #eltchat
cherrymp	12:44 PM	@bethcagnol loved that on acronym - Beth. #ELTCHAT
cherrymp	12:44 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had told me that I wouldn't need all the ELT acronyms at work. Only during conferences and workshops. #ELTCHAT
bethcagnol	12:44 PM	I wish someone had told me that I wouldn't need all the ELT acronyms at work. Only during conferences and workshops. #ELTCHAT
parrpakala	12:45 PM	It used to take me half an hour to mark the roll in nth east Arnhem land, long 5 syllable names #eltchat
cherrymp	12:45 PM	@dreadnought001 @JoHart i made the same point - some classes Ss tend to enjoy a lot w/o any idea of what they've learned! #eltchat
oyajimbo	12:45 PM	in TT always expected 2B right/know the answer - should be about enabling T with the inevitable sitn of coping when wheels fall off#eltchat
yearinthelifeof	12:45 PM	@AlexandraKouk @cerirhiannon I still feel that the world of ELT has a poor understanding of group work http://t.co/zK2G7cWS #ELTchat
rliberni	12:45 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had told me that I wouldn't need all the ELT acronyms at work. Only during conferences and workshops. #ELTCHAT
OUPELTGlobal	12:45 PM	Always enjoyed learning students' names - first step in building the relationship #eltchat
dreadnought001	12:45 PM	@JoHart not sure that always the case, it's a start to get them laughing but doesn't equal learning - or involvement necessarily #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:46 PM	RT @Marisa_C: @JoHart #ELTchat You re lucky you liked what you did - I still hate what I did
AlexandraKouk	12:46 PM	RT @rliberni: I wish I'd been told that business students are just human beings I wouldn't have been so worried! #eltchat lol
Marisa_C	12:46 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: also to think of yourself as one of the group, not apart - and yes, hierarhcy & pack instincts v interesting #eltchat
cherrymp	12:46 PM	to wait for Ss answer might be difficult; but to do so can help many talking. #ELTChat
TFilTeacher	12:46 PM	RT @OUPELTGlobal: Always enjoyed learning students' names - first step in building the relationship #eltchat
rliberni	12:46 PM	I wish I'd been told that business students are just human beings I wouldn't have been so worried! #eltchat
mattledding	12:46 PM	@bethcagnol with James and Divva we noticed that ELT was an OAF. (Over Acronymized Field.) #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:46 PM	@rliberni @Marisa_C also to think of yourself as one of the group, not apart - and yes, hierarhcy & pack instincts v interesting #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:46 PM	@cherrymp I don't use the acronyms with my sts, but it was lesson 1 during my teacher training. #ELTCHAT
Marisa_C	12:46 PM	@JoHart #ELTchat You re lucky you liked what you did - I still hate what I did
cherrymp	12:47 PM	@bethcagnol thanks for sharing - the acronyms can be extended to grammar terms as well. sme Ts thrive by dropping all that. #ELTCHAT
evrekaa	12:47 PM	#ELTChat I wish I hadn't been so demanding. It is what it is.
cherrymp	12:47 PM	@rliberni true Berni - all Ss are human beings n want to learn. wish we remind this all the time. #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:47 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: @rliberni @Marisa_C also to think of yourself as one of the group, not apart - and yes, hierarhcy & pack instincts v interesting #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:47 PM	I wish someone had shown me Resource Books For Teachers - our secret weapon! #ELTchat
Shaunwilden	12:47 PM	@mattledding @bethcagnol OAF LOL :-) #eltchat
rliberni	12:47 PM	RT @Marisa_C: RT @cerirhiannon: also to think of yourself as one of the group, not apart - and yes, hierarhcy & pack instincts v interesting #eltchat
rliberni	12:48 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: RT @Tamkirja: I wish I had known silence in classroom not always bad #eltchat Oh thats a really good one :-)
oyajimbo	12:48 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: RT @Tamkirja: I wish I had known silence in classroom not always bad #eltchat > yes :))
rliberni	12:48 PM	@cherrymp treu it's often more to do with lucrative contracts for the school than the stds themselves I think #eltchat
ElindaGjondedaj	12:48 PM	#ELTCHAT Hello everyone. What is the theme today?
cherrymp	12:48 PM	@bethcagnol n scaring Ss. it sort of give T some power which they think would be there if they focus on communication. #ELTCHAT
Shaunwilden	12:48 PM	RT @Tamkirja: I wish I had known silence in classroom not always bad #eltchat Oh thats a really good one :-)
cerirhiannon	12:48 PM	RT @Tamkirja: I wish I had known silence in classroom not always bad #eltchat > yes :))
Tamkirja	12:48 PM	I wish I had known silence in classroom not always bad #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:48 PM	RT @mattledding: @bethcagnol with James and Divva we noticed that ELT was an OAF. (Over Acronymized Field.) #eltchat >>> Hehehe!!
JoHart	12:48 PM	@dreadnought001 #ELTchat - I said usually learning not always. & so agree @cherrymp if stdnts laughing/enjoying then not aware learning
Shaden_Hamad	12:49 PM	#eltchat TEACHERS do U have any creative games, or activities for explaining the present perfect progressive to intermediate level class?
rliberni	12:49 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish @kenwilsonlondon 's guest blog posts on teaching all over the world had existed when I first started out. #ELTCHAT
English_safari	12:49 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: RT @Tamkirja: I wish I had known silence in classroom not always bad #eltchat Oh thats a really good one :-)
bethcagnol	12:49 PM	RT @mattledding: @bethcagnol with James and Divva we noticed that ELT was an OAF. (Over Acronymized Field.) #eltchat
mattledding	12:49 PM	RT @Marisa_C: @mattledding In my first yr of teaching I folloed the TENOL approach = Teaching English for no Obvious Reason #eltchat
cherrymp	12:49 PM	@JoHart @dreadnought001 yeah - one of the roles of the T is to help S u/s what they'd learned. #ELTchat
rliberni	12:49 PM	@ElindaGjondedaj things you wish you'd known when starting out in ELT #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:49 PM	@ElindaGjondedaj Hi it's what you wish you'd known when you started #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:49 PM	I wish @kenwilsonlondon 's guest blog posts on teaching all over the world had existed when I first started out. #ELTCHAT
yearinthelifeof	12:49 PM	@cerirhiannon @AlexandraKouk Latest (crackpot) theory on why groups don't work well in class... another thing they never told you! #ELTchat
Marisa_C	12:49 PM	@mattledding In my first yr of teaching I folloed the TENOL approach = Teaching English for no Obvious Reason #eltchat
naomishema	12:49 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: RT @Tamkirja: I wish I had known silence in classroom not always bad #eltchat > yes :))
cherrymp	12:49 PM	@bethcagnol wish Ts think the way you do :) #ELTCHAT
bethcagnol	12:50 PM	Here's Ken's blog in case people are interested: http://t.co/S1SArLJD #ELTCHAT CC: @kenwilsonlondon
Shaunwilden	12:50 PM	@barbsaka Great advice but quite a lot for a newbie to take on board :-) #eltchat
cherrymp	12:50 PM	@parrpakala gotcha - yeah i can u's how they can be. #eltchat
JoHart	12:50 PM	@cerirhiannon @Tamkirja @naomishema #ELTchat I wish I had really known that silence was allowed!!
Marisa_C	12:50 PM	that should have been TENOR #eltchat
cherrymp	12:50 PM	@rliberni n always hated it when Ss are sent to join a class anytime. #eltchat
barbsaka	12:50 PM	What really great advice tonight! Last 10 minutes :-) #eltchat
parrpakala	12:50 PM	@cherrymp Surveys for TAFE to measure sts satisfaction they r rediculous #eltchat
rliberni	12:51 PM	@cherrymp yes one needs to prepare - but was thinking about being told to give spec attention to bus stds - surely to ALL stds :-) #eltchat
KC_Boyd	12:51 PM	New Post on Miss Domino - Author Spotlight: Vanessa Irvin Morris http://t.co/lLjXAKpk #tlchat #edchat #eltchat #librarians
Tamkirja	12:51 PM	You know, there are many kind of silence - I'm sure you can all tell what they are now when you feel one #eltchat
OUPELTGlobal	12:51 PM	#eltchat
barbsaka	12:51 PM	Lucky to have an archive on the wiki! RT @Shaunwilden: @barbsaka Great advice but quite a lot for a newbie to take on board :-) #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:51 PM	RT @JoHart: @cerirhiannon @Tamkirja @naomishema #ELTchat I wish I had really known that silence was allowed!!> and not rush in to fill it
AlexandraKouk	12:51 PM	RT @bethcagnol: Here's Ken's blog in case people are interested: http://t.co/S1SArLJD #ELTCHAT CC: @kenwilsonlondon
English_safari	12:52 PM	#eltchat I wish I'd saved all the resources I created throughout my career! Never delete/chuck out anything!
bethcagnol	12:52 PM	@Marisa_C @mattledding My FAVE: WICDOM (What I Can Do On Monday) #ELTCHAT
CL_OKI	12:52 PM	That effort is more important than accuracy in YL classrooms and to just let them have a go #ELTchat
cherrymp	12:52 PM	@Marisa_C @JoHart @cerirhiannon @Tamkirja @naomishema true - it's worth a wait for what Ss have to tell. #ELTchat
rliberni	12:52 PM	RT @Tamkirja: You know, there are many kind of silence - I'm sure you can all tell what they are now when you feel one #eltchat
OUPELTGlobal	12:53 PM	RT @CL_OKI: That effort is more important than accuracy in YL classrooms and to just let them have a go #ELTchat #eltchat
JoHart	12:53 PM	@cherrymp @dreadnought001 #ELTchat want my students to be "unconscious competents" ie confident to do - not think "I have learned this"
SimonGreenall	12:53 PM	@Marisa_C I have my first lesson plans too. #eltchat
barbsaka	12:53 PM	@Shaunwilden Great advice, Shaun! #eltchat
rliberni	12:53 PM	@English_safari downside is you need a large vault to store them :-) (unless all online) #eltchat
philhart	12:53 PM	.@Marisa_C (@JoHart @cerirhiannon @Tamkirja @naomishema) Silence, a few moments of reflection, is an undervalued teaching tool. #ELTchat
Marisa_C	12:53 PM	@English_safari I don't I am a magpie! I even have my very first lesson plan #eltchat
cherrymp	12:53 PM	@rliberni yeah - when money gets in to the show such ridiculous instructions would come from ppl who never went to any cr as T. #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:53 PM	@barbsaka made me think the advice I'd give now is make yr own mistakes & learn from them - what works 4 1 might not work for u #eltchat
Tamkirja	12:53 PM	RT @English_safari: #eltchat I wish Id saved all the resources I created throughout my career! Never delete/chuck out anything! #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:54 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: @barbsaka made me think the advice I'd give now is make yr own mistakes & learn from them - what works 4 1 might not work for u #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:54 PM	RT @Tamkirja: Agree! RT @Marisa_C: @philhart Learn the art of waiting - :-) letting people think ! #eltchat > yes, yes, yes :)
rliberni	12:54 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: RT @Tamkirja: But I LOVE chucking things - more room for new ideas! lol #eltchat > agree, if an idea's good it'll resurface ;)
mattledding	12:54 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @Marisa_C @mattledding My FAVE: WICDOM (What I Can Do On Monday) #ELTCHAT
rliberni	12:54 PM	RT @JoHart: @cherrymp @dreadnought001 #ELTchat want my students to be "unconscious competents" ie confident to do - not think "I have learned this"
cherrymp	12:54 PM	@JoHart @dreadnought001 won't that feeling of i'd learned this lead to 'unconscious competence' Jo? #ELTchat
Tamkirja	12:54 PM	Agree! RT @Marisa_C: @philhart Learn the art of waiting - :-) letting people think ! #eltchat
cerirhiannon	12:54 PM	RT @Tamkirja: But I LOVE chucking things - more room for new ideas! lol #eltchat > agree, if an idea's good it'll resurface ;)
oyajimbo	12:54 PM	RT @JoHart: @cherrymp @dreadnought001 #ELTchat want my students to be "unconscious competents" ie confident to do - not think "I have learned this"
CL_OKI	12:54 PM	Wish i'd known to expect more and adjust down as needed #ELTchat
JoHart	12:54 PM	RT @Marisa_C: RT @JoHart: @cerirhiannon @Tamkirja @naomishema #ELTchat I wish I had really known that silence was allowed!!> and not rush in to fill it
Tamkirja	12:54 PM	But I LOVE chucking things - more room for new ideas! lol #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:54 PM	@philhart Learn the art of waiting - :-) letting people think ! #ELTchat
bethcagnol	12:54 PM	RT @JoHart: @cerirhiannon @Tamkirja @naomishema #ELTchat I wish I had really known that silence was allowed!!
mattledding	12:55 PM	RT @bethcagnol: Wish I had known: What doesn't work one day may work on a different day and/or with different sts. #ELTCHAT
JoHart	12:55 PM	@Marisa_C #ELTchat I had to learn that silence is allowed all over again with virtual class (Elluminate) (hard b'cos pple think audio failed
oyajimbo	12:55 PM	Anticipa.........tion #eltchat A skill I ask my esol examiners to resist - because they are experienced teachers!
cerirhiannon	12:55 PM	it's not the materials that are important its the way you and students use them and respond to them #eltchat
mattledding	12:55 PM	I am actually really happy about how I started. A half schedule at IH Madrid, rest of time in Resource room. #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:55 PM	RT @bethcagnol: Wish I had known: What doesn't work one day may work on a different day and/or with different sts. #ELTCHAT
Tamkirja	12:55 PM	@cerirhiannon Exactly - if iit doesn't, it wasn't yours in the 1st place :) #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:55 PM	Wish I had known: What doesn't work one day may work on a different day and/or with different sts. #ELTCHAT
cherrymp	12:55 PM	@cerirhiannon @Tamkirja @Marisa_C @philhart guess the refusal to wait sometimes comes out of the time constraint. #eltchat
Tamkirja	12:56 PM	yes! RT @cerirhiannon: its not the materials that are important its the way you and students use them and respond to them #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:56 PM	@Marisa_C @English_safari I have my first one too, for what's worth! #eltchat
AlexandraKouk	12:56 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: it's not the materials that R important its the way U & students use them & respond 2 them #eltchat > that's a gr8 1!
cerirhiannon	12:56 PM	RT @mattledding: really happy about how I started. half schedule at IH Madrid, rest of time in Resource room. #eltchat > sounds ideal :)
English_safari	12:56 PM	@Marisa_C that's the spirit! Hoard it all! :-) #ELTChat
vimpela	12:56 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: @barbsaka made me think the advice I'd give now is make yr own mistakes & learn from them - what works 4 1 might not work for u #eltchat
rliberni	12:56 PM	RT @JoHart: @Marisa_C #ELTchat I had to learn that silence is allowed all over again with virtual class (Elluminate) (hard b'cos pple think audio failed
cerirhiannon	12:56 PM	RT @Tamkirja: @cerirhiannon Exactly - if iit doesn't, it wasn't yours in the 1st place :) #eltchat > love the sentiment - totally agree :)
theteacherjames	12:56 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: @barbsaka made me think the advice I'd give now is make yr own mistakes & learn from them - what works 4 1 might not work for u #eltchat
cherrymp	12:56 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: it's not the materials that are important its the way you and students use them and respond to them #eltchat
cherrymp	12:57 PM	teacher is the method n once you know what method you're keep on reflecting n learning. #ELTChat
bethcagnol	12:57 PM	I remember my first lesson was the longest hour and a half of my life. #ELTCHAT
ElindaGjondedaj	12:57 PM	RT @theteacherjames: Wish I'd been told to relax, enjoy yourself and smile more! #ELTchat
philhart	12:57 PM	@cherrymp In my 20 minutes of silence, all my students were working like crazy. #eltchat
lu_bodeman	12:57 PM	RT @bethcagnol: I wish someone had told me that silence from the students is sometimes a good thing! #ELTCHAT
theteacherjames	12:57 PM	RT @Marisa_C: @philhart Learn the art of waiting - :-) letting people think ! #ELTchat
ElindaGjondedaj	12:57 PM	RT @Marisa_C: taught for a whole year without being trained -a yr to forget- I wish I had known how important it is to do pre-service training #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:58 PM	@mattledding I was just saying #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:58 PM	@CL_OKI Hope you enjoyed it #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:58 PM	@Marisa_C New blog idea: My First (Terrible) Lesson Plan! #eltchat
cherrymp	12:58 PM	@philhart even i'd noticed that - but in Myanmar initially they're a bit lost wondering what to do. Ss are wonderful learners. #eltchat
barbsaka	12:58 PM	So, who wants to do the summary tonight? Going to be a fun one! #eltchat
mattledding	12:58 PM	Hey... where do we post our first lesson plans? #eltchat
CL_OKI	12:58 PM	Thanks for the first time experience. #ELTchat
cerirhiannon	12:58 PM	RT @AlexandraKouk: And it's OK not to like the coursebook - you can always adapt it! #eltchat > like all materials, adapt to the class :)
Tamkirja	12:58 PM	Did you enjoy it? :D RT @bethcagnol: I remember my first lesson was the longest hour and a half of my life. #eltchat
CollaborationE	12:58 PM	RT @Marisa_C: @philhart Learn the art of waiting - :-) letting people think ! #ELTchat ...absolutely!
Shaunwilden	12:58 PM	@bethcagnol and now 90 minutes is too short :-) #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:58 PM	@theteacherjames may be we should collect all those gems somewhere :-) #eltchat
AlexandraKouk	12:58 PM	And it's OK not to like the coursebook - you can always adapt it! #eltchat
theteacherjames	12:58 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: it's not the materials that are important its the way you and students use them and respond to them #eltchat
bethcagnol	12:59 PM	@Marisa_C @theteacherjames Totally agree! A first lesson plan blog. #ELTCHAT Love the idea!
cerirhiannon	12:59 PM	@Shaunwilden @theteacherjames or voicethreads - lesson plan and explanation? #eltchat
JoHart	12:59 PM	@cherrymp @dreadnought001 #ELTchat It may but don;t think it automatically does - ime it leads to "conscious competence" ie less "fluent"
esolcourses	12:59 PM	RT @bethcagnol: Wish I had known: What doesn't work one day may work on a different day and/or with different sts. #ELTCHAT
Tamkirja	12:59 PM	@barbsaka summarize???? oh my gosh I'm sorry I can't - too much for a newbie whose mother tongue is not English.. #eltchat
cherrymp	12:59 PM	@lu_bodeman thanks Lu. do go through the transcript later - great ideas in today's #ELTChat - all practical.
Marisa_C	12:59 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: @theteacherjames Or part of a series for a podcast :-) #eltchat > I like that too :-D
oyajimbo	12:59 PM	Thanks #eltchat - Nat Hol today in Japan; can't usually play with the grown ups
Shaunwilden	12:59 PM	@theteacherjames Or part of a series for a podcast :-) #eltchat
rliberni	12:59 PM	RT @barbsaka: So, who wants to do the summary tonight? Going to be a fun one! #eltchat
Marisa_C	12:59 PM	@theteacherjames yes :-) #eltchat
mattledding	12:59 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: RT @AlexandraKouk: And it's OK not to like the coursebook - you can always adapt it! #eltchat > like all materials, adapt to the class :)
bethcagnol	12:59 PM	@Shaunwilden Yeah no kidding! (re: 90mn being too short). #ELTCHAT
cherrymp	12:59 PM	@philhart soon they got it n started loving that learning from each other part rather than from the T alone. #eltchat
rliberni	12:59 PM	@English_safari the ones I wish I'd kept were hand-made and games, cards etc.. I have too much online too need to organise better #eltchat
Shaunwilden	12:59 PM	RT @barbsaka: So, who wants to do the summary tonight? Going to be a fun one! #eltchat
lu_bodeman	12:59 PM	Too late to participate in today's #eltchat but I am reading the tweets. Gr8 'I wish' sentences. :)
theteacherjames	1:00 PM	@Marisa_C @cerirhiannon @bethcagnol @Shaunwilden Hmmmm, I think like this idea! #ELTCHAT
cerirhiannon	1:00 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @Marisa_C @theteacherjames Totally agree! A first lesson plan blog. #ELTCHAT Love the idea! > me too! go James :)
cherrymp	1:00 PM	@JoHart @dreadnought001 k - let's agree to disagree then :). #ELTchat
bethcagnol	1:00 PM	@Tamkirja I don't remember having any emotion except fear. #ELTCHAT
esolcourses	1:00 PM	RT @Marisa_C: RT @JoHart: @cerirhiannon @Tamkirja @naomishema #ELTchat I wish I'd known that silence was allowed!!> & not rush in to fill it
oyajimbo	1:00 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @Marisa_C @theteacherjames Totally agree! A first lesson plan blog. #ELTCHAT Love the idea!
cerirhiannon	1:00 PM	RT @esolcourses: RT @bethcagnol: Wish I had known: What doesn't work one day may work on a different day and/or with different sts. #ELTCHAT
rliberni	1:00 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @Marisa_C @theteacherjames Totally agree! A first lesson plan blog. #ELTCHAT Love the idea!
Shaunwilden	1:01 PM	21.00 #eltchat is Reflective practice in ELT: The What, Why and How.
oyajimbo	1:01 PM	First lesson plan blog #eltchat and all the horrible ones we all strolled in with? great idea - needs feedback enabled!
Tamkirja	1:01 PM	A first lesson plan blog! interesting! #eltchat
bethcagnol	1:01 PM	@Tamkirja But I enjoyed it enough to stick to it and here I am 10 years later still loving it! #ELTCHAT
Shaunwilden	1:01 PM	@theteacherjames which there are three now :-) #eltchat
Marisa_C	1:01 PM	It's all of course part of reflection - what we ve all been doing - which leads us to our second #ELTchat today very very nicely
lu_bodeman	1:01 PM	@cherrymp Will do! :) #ELTChat
barbsaka	1:01 PM	@Tamkirja No worries! #eltchat
rliberni	1:01 PM	RT @bethcagnol: @Tamkirja I don't remember having any emotion except fear. #ELTCHAT me too terrified!
Shaunwilden	1:02 PM	I wish I had been able to write summaries for #eltchat when I first started teaching ;-)
rliberni	1:02 PM	RT @Marisa_C: RT @barbsaka: Someone out there must be thinking, "I'd really love to do a summary..." Don't leave without speaking up :) #eltchat
esolcourses	1:02 PM	gtg, but thanks for another great #ELTChat discussion everyone, with special thanks to mods @barbsaka, @shaunwilden, @Marisa_C & @rliberni
theteacherjames	1:02 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: RT @Shaunwilden: 21.00 #eltchat is Reflective practice in ELT: The What, Why and How. > see you there :)
rliberni	1:02 PM	Great chat as ever! Sorry 4 l8 arrival gr8 mods as ever, @Marisa_C , @barbsaka and @Shaunwilden #eltchat Thanks everyone!
ElindaGjondedaj	1:02 PM	#ELTCHAT I wish I have known that there is not a perfect coursebook.
cherrymp	1:02 PM	time flies when you're in #ELTChat. thanks to @Shaunwilden @Marisa_C @barbsaka @rliberni n all others for this.
theteacherjames	1:02 PM	RT @barbsaka: Someone out there must be thinking, "I'd really love to do a summary..." Don't leave without speaking up :) #eltchat
Tamkirja	1:02 PM	@bethcagnol SO happy to hear that...! I am sorry I left actually after working 7 yrs - now I'm seriously going back to teaching :) #eltchat
Marisa_C	1:02 PM	RT @barbsaka: Someone out there must be thinking, "I'd really love to do a summary..." Don't leave without speaking up :) #eltchat
Shaunwilden	1:02 PM	But for now we need a summary writer #ELTCHAT
cerirhiannon	1:02 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: 21.00 #eltchat is Reflective practice in ELT: The What, Why and How. > see you there :)
JoHart	1:02 PM	#ELTchat Wow! such fun always feel so grateful to be "allowed" to take part as I am only incidentally an ESL person :)
barbsaka	1:02 PM	Someone out there must be thinking, "I'd really love to do a summary..." Don't leave without speaking up :) #eltchat
English_safari	1:02 PM	@rliberni yep, me too! Dozens of taboo game cards for example...I've moved too many times. #ELTChat
OUPELTGlobal	1:03 PM	Great chat as usual - and lots of ideas. Thanks everyone! Off to lunch #eltchat
bethcagnol	1:03 PM	RT @esolcourses: gtg, but thanks for another great #ELTChat discussion everyone, with special thanks to mods @barbsaka, @shaunwilden, @Marisa_C & @rliberni
AlexandraKouk	1:03 PM	RT @esolcourses: gtg, but thx 4 another gr8 #ELTChat discussion every1, w/ special thx 2 mods @barbsaka, @shaunwilden, @Marisa_C & @rliberni
SimonGreenall	1:03 PM	@rliberni #eltchat Seems to be a couple of your hens in my garden right now.
cerirhiannon	1:03 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: I wish I had been able to write summaries for #eltchat when I first started teaching ;-) > gr8 message of enticement Shaun!
bethcagnol	1:03 PM	RT @Shaunwilden 21.00 #eltchat is Reflective practice in ELT: The What, Why and How. >> 22:00 CET
JoHart	1:03 PM	@cherrymp @dreadnought001 #ELTchat absolutely - we & our students are all different as are our perceptions of teaching & learning :0
Tamkirja	1:03 PM	Are we finishing already? #eltchat
rliberni	1:03 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: RT @Shaunwilden: 21.00 #eltchat is Reflective practice in ELT: The What, Why and How. > see you there :)
theteacherjames	1:03 PM	RT @cherrymp: time flies when you're in #ELTChat. thanks to @Shaunwilden @Marisa_C @barbsaka @rliberni n all others for this.
CollaborationE	1:04 PM	first time at #ELTchat great stuff..thanks!.. back to lesson planning!
Shaunwilden	1:04 PM	RT @ElindaGjondedaj: @Shaunwilden I would love to write the summary! Yay we have a volunteer :-) #ELTCHAT
ElindaGjondedaj	1:04 PM	RT @Shaunwilden: 21.00 #eltchat is Reflective practice in ELT: The What, Why and How.
Marisa_C	1:04 PM	@ElindaGjondedaj Great ELinda! Go for it #ELtchat - transcript will be up soon
lu_bodeman	1:04 PM	I'll try and make it to that one. :) RT @Shaunwilden: 21.00 #eltchat is Reflective practice in ELT: The What, Why and How.
cerirhiannon	1:04 PM	RT @seburnt: What time do you want #EAPchat in January? http://t.co/FDYWvAgy #eltchat - a new chat space opening up
SimonGreenall	1:04 PM	#eltchat Bye, thanks and well done as usual to our moderators.
cherrymp	1:04 PM	@JoHart @dreadnought001 nothing is finite - that's for sure. we can reflect on our perceptions n do our best for our Ss. #ELTchat
Shaunwilden	1:04 PM	@Tamkirja Yes sorry always for one hour we meet again at 21.00 GMT tonight but thats a bit late / early for Japan #ELTCHAT
Shaunwilden	1:05 PM	@SimonGreenall Thanks Simon, see you friday :-) #ELTCHAT
mattledding	1:05 PM	Ok, blogs are a better idea. Thanks for convo! #eltchat
Marisa_C	1:05 PM	RT @mattledding: Especially to @Marisa_C google doc to put link to 1st lesson plans if no better plan... http://t.co/QsGRXvtx #eltchat
cherrymp	1:05 PM	@CollaborationE sure you'd return. #ELTchat
bethcagnol	1:05 PM	@ElindaGjondedaj Go Elinda! :-) (PS New TESOL France Members) :-) #ELTCHAT
Marisa_C	1:06 PM	Great chat - a lot off my chest - see you all later today for 'Reflectice Practice" #ELTchat
Shaunwilden	1:06 PM	@ElindaGjondedaj @theteacherjames @marisa_c @cerirhiannon @bethcagnol I'll set up a page for it on eltchat bl‚Ä¶ (cont) http://t.co/YNkvbZuD
Tamkirja	1:06 PM	Well, thank you everyone! I reeeally enjoyed chatting with you all. My first time - and I'll try to come again! :) #eltchat
cherrymp	1:06 PM	@bethcagnol a proud TESOL France P :) good work. #ELTCHAT
Marisa_C	1:07 PM	@cherrymp Yep - better go and get that together #ELTchat
Shaunwilden	1:07 PM	RT @cherrymp: @Marisa_C thanks Marisa - see you for mentor workshop. #ELTchat thats in 2 hours yes?
CeciELT	1:07 PM	RT @cerirhiannon: RT @seburnt: What time do you want #EAPchat in January? http://t.co/FDYWvAgy #eltchat - a new chat space opening up
mattledding	1:07 PM	RT @esolcourses: gtg, but thanks for another great #ELTChat discussion everyone, with special thanks to mods @barbsaka, @shaunwilden, @Marisa_C & @rliberni
cherrymp	1:07 PM	@Marisa_C thanks Marisa - see you for mentor workshop. #ELTchat
cherrymp	1:07 PM	@Tamkirja good to hear that :) #eltchat
cerirhiannon	1:08 PM	great chatting, thanks everybody, a special thanks to the mods - see you at 9 for reflective practice :) #eltchat
Tamkirja	1:08 PM	Thank you thank you :) Arigato-! #eltchat
cherrymp	1:08 PM	@Marisa_C see you in 2 hours then. #ELTchat
cherrymp	1:08 PM	@Shaunwilden @Marisa_C exactly. #ELTchat
blagonwights	1:08 PM	What a concept! RT @michaelegriffin I wish I had known that I could be the world's leading expert on my students and my classroom. #ELTchat
English_safari	1:08 PM	@Tamkirja @collaborationE Welcome to #ELTChat :)
CeciELT	1:09 PM	RT @bethcagnol: RT @Shaunwilden 21.00 #eltchat is Reflective practice in ELT: The What, Why and How. >> 22:00 CET
mattledding	1:10 PM	@cerirhiannon it is really nice to catch eltchat, lately I have been a bit frantic balancing my multiple jobs.
Marisa_C	1:11 PM	@Shaunwilden that's right #ELTchat aPLaNet online Mentor Workshop in abt 2 hrs pls register here http://t.co/BenUo6Ev #eltchat
Marisa_C	1:12 PM	@ElindaGjondedaj wait for transcript @Shaunwilden working on it now - will be tweeted soon #eltchat
Marisa_C	1:13 PM	@JoHart Yes it is "reflective practice - what why and how" at 21.00 p.m. GMT #eltchat