ELT Buzz News Report
All the "buzz" in English language teaching. July 5th.
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Dear ELTers,
Lots of stuff happening across the teaching universe. See some selected items below.
My reading tip this week is a double technology whammy. 1. 5 Questions to help you with ed-tech decisions and 2. this cautionary tale about education and AI tools.
Regards,
David
Buzzer in Chief
This Week’s Highlighted ELT "Buzz“
Digital Literacies. The CUP blog offers us a talk with Gavin Dudeney and Jasmine Silver about the consumption of digital content and what it actually implies for our teaching. Listen.
Distributed Practice. Cambridge University Press publishes an open access research paper on collocations and how different teaching/learning schedules might affect acquisition.
The 5 Skills Of English. Check out these infographics and complete detailed activities, recipes, and resources for the 5 skills of English. Great teaching inspiration.
Paralinguistics. The TESOL Intl. blog details all the important facets of body language and how to make them a focus of your communicative lessons.
Fossilization. Interference. Steve Smith talks about the role fossilization and interference play in recalling vocabulary and what this means for teachers when planning lessons.
Video Listening. 5 Ways to use video as a listening tool.
Video Lessons - The Life And Times Of Elon Musk
A video about the fascinating life of Elon Musk. Students note the dates and form a timeline to discuss his life.
