ELT Buzz News Report
All the "buzz" in English language teaching. August 23rd
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Dear ELT Professionals,
Highlights of this week’s ELT “buzz” below.
My reading tip for teachers this week is this Edutopia article about how to get students thinking more deeply, and creatively about the topics you teach.
All the best to those returning to the classroom this month!
David
Teacher Founder - ELT Buzz
This Week’s Highlighted ELT "Buzz“
Purilingualism - This paper looks at the problem of Australia's very monolingual literacy and language education policy and calls for more change.
Book Design - Walton Burns shares some tips of the publishing trade regarding book design (interior and cover) and helping those venturing into self-publishing.
Blogging Ideas - The TEFL Zone thinks that more teachers should be blogging and provides some tips and topic suggestions for teachers to get started writing their own blog.
Pronunciation Help - Sounds American is self-study American English pronunciation resource for non-native English speakers with a really nice, accessible IPA sound chart.
Teaching Writing - Need some inspiration and ideas for teaching writing? Here are some fully described core activities for all ages and levels.
A Couple of “isms”. The Applying TESOL blog writes about two important concepts related to SLA - Emergentism and Empiricism.
Teaching Teens -Sandy Millin lists many blogs, articles, books and resources for teachers teaching teenagers. Helpful references. Also, see our comprehensive article Teaching Teens.
Video Lessons - Happiness
A truly powerful animated short film about the “rat race” and what makes life so difficult in our search for happiness. Watch. List the problems. Discuss.
