ELT Buzz News Report

All the "buzz" in ELT for the week of May 22nd.

May 23, 2023

Dear ELTers,

Highlights of the recent week below. Find the full list through our directory, always updated! Take a search of your favorite topic and see what comes up!

This week, I’m recommending this ASCD article about moving your lessons form a focus on engagement to deeper thinking. In the coming age of AI, it’s imperative we now focus on this, making students confident and on autopilot with “thinking for themselves”.

David
Buzzer-in-Chief, ELT Buzz

Are Things Changing?

The Pie News reports on a British Council report "The Future Of English" and suggests a shift is happening in English language teaching methodology. Read more

Front-End Loading?

The blog Textploitation looks at the issues of teaching too too much at the start of a lesson and then never having time for the good "active" stuff at the end. Read more

AI Helpers

There are many new AI tools to help teachers prepare for classes. Larry Ferlazzo provides a list that you might check out and see if they help you with preparation, planning, workload. Read more

CELTA Improvements

Engvictus suggests some things that the CELTA qualification could do to improve and help teachers prepare for the realities of the English language classroom. Read more

ELT Buzz Is ...

A video about the ELT Buzz YouTube channel plus what else ELT Buzz offers. Please support our content creation and subscribe to our channel! Thx! Read more

ESP Courses

Rory Braddell outlines the key considerations for designing materials and creating courses for English for Special Purposes. Read more