ELT Buzz News Report

All the "buzz" in ELT for Sept. 18th.

Sep 19, 2023

Dear Teachers,

Here is the latest news and “buzz” in ELT. Find selected posts below from our directory.

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My reading tip this week is a rather quizzical one. An old post from 2010, about remixing, copyright and more … from the very influential, Michicho Kakutani and the NYTs. We must remind ourselves that knowledge isn’t private property, something to be roped off. Back then, there was an effort to open up content and the web. The fight goes on. See my own efforts with teachers towards this … in this classroom created video, one result of my training of teachers and continual promotion to take existing content and bring it alive in classrooms. Quite the co-incidence I’m now back in Korea and close / near the scene of this crime (and yes, there have been so many calls, attempts and efforts to take this video down).

Best,
David - ELT Buzzer-in-Chief

Needs Analysis

Joanna ESL writes about the common part of back to school - the needs analysis. How to find out about where your students are at and what they need to improve on, so to fine tune your curriculum. Read more

Would Rather

Cristina Cabal outlines some possible activities and lesson ideas for teaching students the form and use of "would rather". Read more

Caring: It's Cost.

Abdul Wahab writes about the pressures on teachers to perform and how that adds up into teacher burnout and stress. Read more

Using Cameras

Brett and Ixchell on the Diesol podcast look into how teachers can use the students' camera phones to help them learn and create in the classroom.

An example of our weekly newsletter informing teachers about new video lessons on our huge, comprehensive video lesson platform. Read more

Try Business English

The Mr. Bee blog looks at the reasons why teachers might move into business English training and thrive. Read more