ELT Buzz News Report

All The "buzz" in English language teaching. May 8th.

May 08, 2023

Dear teachers,

Here below, all the “buzz” from this week in ELT.

My reading tip this week is this fine, sensible reflection on generative AI and teaching by Maha Bali of the American University of Cairo. Also, see this New Scientist piece about how AI detectors often are wrong with second language learners.

David
Teacher Founder - ELT Buzz

IATEFL Takeaways

Joanna Szoke attended the 2023 IATEFL conference and she shares with us 4 key ideas or takeaways from the conference in Harrogate. Read more

Teacher Burnout

Abdul Wahab offers up some suggestions for avoiding the cost of teacher burnout and keeping yourself energized as a teacher. Read more

Reflective Training

The TEFL Zone reflects on reflective training and outlines how they'll focus more on some different things in the coming months. Read more

A.I. Discussion

We share some ideas and a free template on using ChatGPT in the classroom. Check it out, here.

Teachenging

Kademur Akpinar, a teacher at Bilgi University in Istanbul has launched a new blog sharing her thoughts about English language teaching and learning. Some nice posts already! Check them out. Read more

Money And ELT

Steve Brown shares slides and notes from his talk at the recent IATEFL conference about the intersection of the profit motive and language teaching practices. Read more

VIDEO LESSONS - Thank You Mom.

A great video for a mother related lesson. Get students responding with what they thank their own mothers for …

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