July
4th, first chat: How to build rapport and confidence in the ELT classroom SummaryTranscript
4th, second chat: Creating materials from scratch as course book complements, how to make them effective tasks Summary Transcript
11th, first chat: How to help students improve their speaking abilities for proficiency tests TranscriptSummary
11th, second chat: How can we best teach spelling? TranscriptSummary
18th, first chat How do you make sure your classes stay fresh & inspiring? What sources and influences outside of ELT do you use to find the subjects for your lessons? TranscriptSummary
18th, second chat: how to integrate dictionary work into lessons? TranscriptSummary
25th, first chat, What do we do when a lesson goes horribly wrong? How do you cope and recover? TranscriptSummary
June
6th, first chat: Is 1-2-1 teaching intrinsically better than in a group? TranscriptSummary
6th, second chat: What web tools / sites are there that can benefit EAP (English for Academic Purposes) students and teachers? TranscriptSummary
13th, first chat: How can CPD be cost effective and not take up too much time? TranscriptSummary
13th, Second chat: How do you give feedback on writing?TranscriptSummary
20th First Chat: The Next Big Thing - what is it? Is ELT becoming a fad-driven profession? TranscriptSummary
20th Second Chat: What is the best way to approach cover lessons? Transcript Summary
27th First chat: What is, or should be, the role of drilling in the classroom? TranscriptSummary
27th Second chat: introverted Ss and how to deal with them TranscriptSummary
May
2nd, first chat: Practical ideas to introduce workshops on CPD to dinosaurs:-) What is important and how to go about setting up a programme. Transcript Summary
2nd, second chat: Job Interviews for ELT - tips for interviewers/ees - what to ask/do's & don'ts Transcript Summary
9th, first chat: Alternative approaches and techniques in ELT: How can a teacher research what works in their own context? Transcript Summary
9th, second chat:Is Globish and 'International English" or Standard English the answer? What variety should we teach? TranscriptSummary
16th, first chat: Do ELT publishers have too much influence and are they out of touch with reality? Do they lag behind the times? TranscriptSummary
16th, second chat: How to analyse and restage activities to make them more learner centred. TranscriptSummary
23rd No chats because of the ELTONS
30th First chat: How do/could you use a resource such as #eltpics? TranscriptSummary
30th Second chat: Is motivation enough to learn English effectively? What ways do you use to encourage motivated,but lazy students to really do work? Transcript Summary
April
4th, first chat: How effective is Guided Discovery in the ELT classroom? Can it help promote learner autonomy? Transcript Summary
4th, second chat: How can a teacher deal with institutional directives, especially when those clash with their own values and beliefs about best education practices? Transcript Summary
11th, first chat: How can we introduce, implement, evaluate an extensive reading programme & convince admins of its value? Transcript Summary
11th, second chat: How the global recession is affecting/has affected the ELT profession Transcript Summary
18th, first chat: What qualities make excellent teachers, students? Can you recognise a bad teacher after first five minutes spend with him/her? How do you find your way to your new students, especially if they are not too open to you? Transcript Summary
18th, second chat: Best practice for observing teachers Transcript Summary
25th, first chat: What’s in your essential teacher’s kit? Transcript Summary
25th, second chat: How can we combine face-to-face and online learning in blended courses? Transcript Summary
March
7th, first chat: Can a teacher personalise the classroom to take account of multiple intelligences? Transcript Summary
7th, second chat: What are the best apps to use with iPads/iPhones in the classroom? Transcript Summary
14th, first chat: How can we get the most from conferences, whether we attend or not? Transcript Summary
14th, second chat: Grammar teaching in the communicative language classroom Transcript Summary
21st - no chats due to #eltchat symposium at IATEFL Glasgow on the 22nd. Symposium Transcript
28th, first chat Demand High Teaching How to Foster it and How Far we should go? Transcript Summary
28th, second chat How can you make the most of films/movies in and out of class? Transcript Summary
February
1st, first chat: How to help students to remember and reuse functional language Transcript Summary
1st, second chat: How to get teenage learners to work together effectively in class Transcript
8th, first chat: Differences in approaches between regular classes and those with an exam focus (FCE, CPE, IELTS…) Transcript Summary
8th, second chat: Critical Thinking in Teacher Development Transcript Summary
15th, second chat: Why and How to Encourage Students' Critical Thinking Skills Transcript Summary
15th, second chat: Monitoring, Feedback and Debriefing: when and how to do it in class Transcript Summary
22nd, first chat: IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet): The theory and beyond Transcript Summary
22nd: second chat: The future of publishing in the ELT industry for teachers and students Transcript Summary
29th, first chat: Time management for teachers: how easy people find it to juggle the various demands of the job Transcript Summary
29th, second chat: If you could recommend one webtool for the classroom, what would it be and why? Transcript Summary
January
4th, first chat: How can we focus language teaching more at discourse level rather than sentence level? Transcript Summary
4th, second chat: New Year's Resolutions: What are you going to continue/develop/refrain from doing in 2012? Transcript Summary
11th, first chat: How to help slow learners inside and outside the classroom Transcript Summary
11th, second chat: The what's, why's and how's of m-learning (mobile learning) Transcript Summary
18th, second chat: Your experience with needs analysis with adult learners in TEFL: the if's, why's and how's Transcript Summary
18th, second chat: The advantages and disadvantages of social networks for teachers Transcript Summary
December
7th, first chat: How much does taking part in webinars or workshops actually change ways of doing things in class? Transcript Summary
7th, second chat: Sexism in ELT: how do we raise awareness and combat it. Transcript
14th, first chat: Using corpora in our teaching: what is available and how can we best use it? Transcript Summary
14th, second chat: The ELT teacher's life cycle: where are you and where should you be? Transcript Summary
November
2nd, first chat: Using virtual learning environments for ELT. Transcript
2nd, second chat: How to make the most out of your reading; how to synthesise and make use of it. Transcript Summary
9th, first chat: Reconciling dogme and an unplugged approach with situations where formal assessment plays a key role. Transcript Summary
9th, second chat: Using wikis in ELT. Transcript Summary
16th, first chat: Teaching large classes. Transcript
16th, second chat: Teaching dyslexic students. Transcript Summary
23rd, first chat: I wish I had known that when I started teaching. Transcript Summary
23rd, second chat: Reflective practice: what, why and how? Transcript Summary
30th, first chat: How to deal with students who are about to fail. Transcript Summary
30th, second chat: How to improve speaking skills using critical thinking
without spoon feeding. Transcript Summary
October
5th, first chat: How to foster self-efficacy with students. TranscriptSummary
5th, second chat: International cultural exchange resources. Transcript Summary
12th, first chat: Detailed paper-based lesson planning: pros and cons. Transcript Summary
12th, second chat: How can you teach Business English with minimal experience of being in the business world? Transcript Summary
19th, first chat: How can we make writing assignments more stimulating for our students? Transcript Summary
19th, second chat: How to make our learners aware of learning strategies. Transcript Summary
26th, first chat: E-portfolios for students and teachers: how can we create them for students and teachers? Transcript Summary
26th, second chat: How useful is linguistic and pedagogical theory in practice (in the classroom)? Transcript
September
7th, first chat: How to recognise and make the most of teachable moments. Transcript Summary
7th, second chat: Placement tests: good examples and tips. Transcript Summary
14th, first chat: What makes a good online course? Transcript Summary
14th, second chat: Affective or Effective teaching. Transcript Summary
21st, first chat: Reading aloud: useful or a waste of time? Transcript Summary
21st, second chat: How can we keep students engaged in receptive skills lessons? Transcript Summary
28th: ELTchat's first birthday: The birthday post, including a video of speeches in Second Life
August
3rd, first chat: Is Dogme possible for beginners? Transcript Summary
3rd, second chat: How will you follow up on RSCON3? Transcript Summary
10th, first chat: Is a four-week CELTA/Trinity Certificate course enough time to prepare someone for a full-time teaching position? Transcript Summary
10th, second chat: The importance of active listening and how to do this in an EFL classroom. Transcript Summary
17th, first chat: Can teachers be trained online at a pre-service level? Transcript Summary
24th, first chat: Are MAs in TESOL valuable or an overrated luxury? Transcript Summary
24th, second chat: How can web 2.0 tools help us build rapport with our students and foster their speaking skills? Transcript Summary
31st, first chat: How can we persuade students what is realistic for their level? Transcript Summary
31st, second chat: What can we call an effective piece of homework? Transcript Summary
July
6th, first chat: Ideas and methods that work best for one-to-one teaching. Transcript
6th, second chat: The communicative approach: what it means and how to apply it. Transcript Summary
13th, first chat: Best web 2.0 resources for ELT. Transcript
13th, second chat: Promoting critical thinking. Transcript Summary
20th, first chat: Teaching conversation and situational English. Transcript Summary
20th, second chat: Extensive reading: why and how? Transcript Summary
27th, first chat: Factors that may affect the use of technology on the part the EFL teacher. Transcript Summary
27th, second chat: Tourist TEFLers v. Career TEFLers. Transcript Summary
June
1st, first chat: The effect of culture on language teaching and learning. Transcript Summary
1st, second chat: How does your language learning impact on your teaching? Transcript Summary
8th, first chat: How to present new grammar points: different techniques, student engagement, key elements. Transcript Summary
8th, second chat: Creative and effective ways of bringing literature (storybooks, novels, poetry, etc) into the EFL classroom. Transcript Summary
15th, first chat: How can we teach lexical grammar, going beyond "single word" lists. Transcript Summary
15th, second chat: How to keep learners' (especially young learners' and teens') English going during the summer break. Transcript Summary
22nd, first chat: The benefits of joining an international association such as IATEFL and TESOL. Transcript Summary
22nd, second chat: Project work in EFL classrooms (themes, strategies, resources). Transcript Summary
29th, first chat: Techniques and tips for teaching pronunciation and intonation. Transcript Summary
29th, second chat: Mother tongue interference and strategies to deal with it. Transcript
May
4th, first chat: What stops many adults from progressing beyond intermediate level? Transcript Summary
4th, second chat: How do you deal with low literacy adults (even in their L1)? Transcript Summary
11th, first chat: How to avoid death by coursebooks? Suggestions and advice for teachers stuck in a very regimented situation who want to avoid becoming coursebook drones. Transcript Summary
11th, second chat: How to be a good online teacher? Transcript Summary
18th, first chat: What makes a good Director of Studies? Transcript Summary
18th, second chat: Storytelling in class. Transcript Summary
25th, first chat: Is research important for ELT? Transcript Summary
25th, second chat: Do teachers benefit from evaluative observations? Transcript Summary
April
6th, first chat: ELF (English as a Lingua Franca) or EIL (as an International Language). Summary
6th, second chat: Conferences: spreading the love. Summary
13th, first chat: The role of controlled practice/restricted use activities in language teaching and ways of making them engaging (transcript and Summary for this chat unavailable - could not be found)
13th, second chat: Is CLIL the latest bandwagon and should we be wary of jumping on? Summary
20th: no chats due to IATEFL Conference
27th, first chat: Revisiting dogme: thoughts after IATEFL and the Dogme Symposium. Transcript Summary
27th, second chat: Non-native teachers of English and insecurities about teaching a language not their L1. Transcript Summary
March
2nd, first chat: How do you approach teaching exam classes? Transcript Summary
2nd, second chat: How to recycle taught material with our learners. Transcript Summary
9th, first chat: How do we motivate teens to extend their speaking activities, so as to go beyond "I agree"/"I disagree"? Transcript Summary
9th, second chat: How can we best help burnt-out colleagues? How can we help them get their enthusiasm back and encourage sharing and support? Transcript Summary
16th, first chat: How do we cater for the needs of our learners in this digital age? Transcript Summary
16th, second chat: Student PLNs: how and what. Transcript
23rd, first chat: Is what you are teaching relevant to what your students need? Transcript Summary
23rd, second chat: How can we make observations less stressful and more a part of ongoing professional development? Transcript Summary
30th, first chat: How do you go about learner training? Teaching learners how to learn and how to be autonomous. Transcript
30th, second chat: How do you use mobile devices in the classroom? Tips, apps, best practice. Transcript Summary
February
2nd, first chat: Effective ways to minimize Teacher Talk Time and maximize Student Talk Time. Transcript Summay 1 / Summary 2
2nd, second chat: How and when do you teach pronunciation? Summary
9th, first chat: How to train students to use technology appropriately. Transcript Summary
9th, second chat: How do you teach writing? And how do you mark it? Transcript Summary
16th, first chat: How can we activate vocabulary and get our students to use it? Transcript Summary
16th, second chat: How do you approach teaching one-to-one? Share strategies, tips and techniques. Transcript Summary
23rd, first chat: How to deal with fossilized errors and help students improve their accuracy. Transcript Summary
23rd, second chat: How do you deal with mixed ability classes? Transcript Summary
January
5th, first chat: What principles do you follow when preparing your own teaching materials? Transcript Summary
5th, second chat: How can we convince colleagues that online professional development is as valuable as face-to-face? Transcript Summary
12th, first chat: Can translation (and translation tools) facilitate language learning? How can it be used best? Transcript Summary
12th, second chat: Teaching English through songs: activities, resources and benefits of using songs for teaching. Transcript Summary 1 / Summary 2
19th, first chat: To test or not to test? And if we don't, what then? Transcript Summary
19th, second chat: Motivating teens to use English (and not L1) in class. Transcript Summary
26th, first chat: The role and function of humour in the EFL class: from "Ha, ha!" to "Aha!" Transcript Summary
26th, second chat: Ways to develop learner autonomy: tips for learning outside class time. Transcript Summary
2010
December
1st, first chat: English as a medium in teaching. Transcript
8th, first chat: Developments in ELT in the coming year. Transcript
8th, second chat: Are there advantages to being a non-native-speaking teacher? Transcript
15th, first chat: What soft skills does a teacher need? Transcript
15th, second chat: What other materials do you use to supplement coursebooks? Transcript
22nd, first chat: How can we overcome teacher burnout? Transcript
22nd, second chat: Should ESL teachers learn a second or foreign language? Can this help us to become better teachers? Transcript
November
10th, first chat: Are traditional approaches to ELT teaching bad? Transcript
10th, second chat: Can chat rooms and social media offer a benefit to learners? Transcript
24th, first chat: Do lessons need a focus? Transcript
24th, second chat: Effective games. Transcript
October
6th, first chat: Addressing taboo subjects in the ELT classroom. Transcript Summary
13th, first chat: Encouraging quiet students to participate in class. Transcript
13th, second chat: Assessing oral improvement. Transcript
20th, second chat: Is dogme suitable in a school context or is it a niche product? Transcript
27th, first chat: Classroom discipline. Transcript
September
15th, first chat: How do we best motivate learners to practice outside the classroom? Transcript
15th, second chat: How much should intercultural competence play a role in teaching? Transcript
22nd, first chat: Can online language teaching replace classroom instruction? Transcript
29th, second chat: Critical thinking v. comprehension. Transcript
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