ELT Buzz News Report
The week of November 8th, 2021
Dear ELT Buzz Subscribers,
This week, many new stories and much “buzz” in ELT. Note - we are now using a new, newsletter service. Simpler, just the news.
My reading tip this week is about CL - I Don’t Believe In Cognitive Load. Lots to challenge one’s beliefs.
This Week’s Highlighted "Buzz“
Luiz Octavio Barros, a teacher educator - writes about the possible pitfalls and dilemmas, decisions when observing a lesson. He offers some advice.
Sam Shepherd writes a comprehensive post about the effects our teaching practices has upon the environment and some thoughts on doing things differently.
Sponge ELT interviews Khanh-Duc Kuttig, a teacher trainer at the Univ. of Siegen. They discuss her career, native speakerism, teaching training and more ...
EFL Notes Blog sends out a cautionary note about how we should be very wary and reticent as teachers when applying findings from other disciplines as "fixes" for our classroom practices - particularly with the cognitive sciences.
Featured Resource - Remembrance Day
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