ELT Buzz News Report
All The latest "buzz" in English language teaching. May 30th.
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Dear Teachers,
Find below highlights of the latest news in ELT.
My tip this week is a New Yorker article exploring the reasons for China’s crackdown on foreign tutors. Revealing. Also, get this free copy (available until June 9th) of an important book on SLA theory - Implicit vs Explicit Learning, VanPatten & Smith.
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This Week’s Highlighted ELT "Buzz“
Teaching Or Training? Paul Maglione outlines the problem of so many students not making progress beyond simple fluency and he offers some examples that highlight a possible solution.
Language Chunks. A few thoughts about language chunks and how a lexical approach can work and be implemented.
More Critical Thinking. The Language Point blog looks at the topic of critical thinking and offers up 4 ways to easily get students to do more critical thinking in class.
Defending The Celta. Sandy Millin attended the recent IATEFL conference and she summarizes a talk by Neil McCutcheon defending short certification courses like the CELTA.
Interview. Geoff Jordan. The Teachers As Workers blog interviews Geoff Jordan about his recent book co-authored with Mike Long. They discuss the current situation of ELT and how to align ELT more with research findings.
An IATEFL Fish Story. Teacher Phil tells us a fish tale about his time in Belfast at the IATEFL conference. He summarizes his thoughts about the conference and the sessions he attended.
Video Lessons - The Jog
Life can change in an instant. The Jog tells the story of a man having a great day and then it all turning bad. A story for discussions about race, policing and much more.
