ELT Buzz Digest
All the "buzz" in English Language Teaching. A summary. May 21.
Dear Teachers,
Find our digest of “buzz” in English language teaching below.
My focus concept this week? “Alignment”. I have had for a good number of years, a struggle as a teacher to work within a system that I believed wasn’t aligned with what I understood as how students, anyone, learned and acquired a language. So, I did my best given the narrow curriculum and limits imposed. I was a subversive educator. I tried my best to align my beliefs about teaching and learning with the practical classroom framework I had to work with. This recent podcast and video with Bill Van Patten, discusses this dilemma that I think many teachers face. Thinking of those we teach as “learners” not students. A must watch - so good for one’s language teaching soul. As we develop as a teacher - we need to let our teaching practices align and speak what is in our teacher’s heart.
Happy teaching and learning. David - ELT Buzzer-In-Chief
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