ELT Buzz News Report
All the "buzz" in English language teaching - June 05.
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Dear Teachers,
Our weekly report, below.
This week, a HIGHLY recommended article about AI posing some interesting questions about the forthcoming crisis in meaning. The author writes about the new “Help Me Write” button in Google Docs.
David
Buzzer-in-Chief
A Love Of Reading
Dorothy Zemach presents some ways to foster a love of reading in your students. She shares some lessons she's learned on her own teaching path. Read more
Freelance Work Sucks
Joanna ESL tells us straight up why teachers shouldn't pursue freelance work. She lists 8 reasons but suggests we take them with a grain of salt ... Read more
Quotes - Native Speakerism
The TEFL Zone shares 15 quotes outlining the argument against and discrimination of the term and myth known as native speakerism. Read more
More Inclusivity
Peter Fullagar writes about his talk at IATEFL 2023 and espouses the need for more inclusion in light of continued LGBTQIA+ identities being missing in ELT materials and teaching. Read more
Games In The Classroom
Games are a wonderful way for students to learn or review learning in the classroom. Everyone loves a challenge, the fun and built in drive of a good game. Here are our top 10 reasons you should use games often in your lessons.
But You Aren't There
A teacher pays a poignant tribute to a colleague who one day wasn't there and then no longer came to work. Read more
AI Attribution
ELT News in Greece writes about the problem of the "author" when it comes to chatbots and generative AI. They ask - What is to become of authors and the production of original work? Read more
Video Lessons - The Crazy Ones.
How many of these “crazy ones” from a famous Apple Inc. commercial, do your students know?
