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Dear Teachers,
Some of the “buzz” in ELT below.
A tip this week is Pedagopeek’s reflection on “Why teach writing in the age of ChatGPT”. The reasoning may surprise you.
David
Teacher Founder - ELT Buzz
This Week’s ELT "Buzz“
ChatGPT + Voice - A rundown of a couple of Google addons that you can use to talk with ChatGPT and have it respond with voice also. Students can use it as a practice partner.
Strike In Japan - The British Council teachers in Japan are on strike and requesting support. Read more about the ageism behind the strike and the motivations.
ChatGPT Conversation - The Barefoot TEFL Teacher writes about a Chrome browser addon that will allow you to "speak" to ChatGPT and try to have a conversation with it to learn English. Any good?
Cheating Scandal UK- There is a strong call to end the decades long quest for justice of so many international students whose visas were unfairly cancelled in the UK after being accused of cheating on their TOEIC tests.
Magic Game - My English Domain presents an online game (in your browser) where students choose a number and then eventually, with magic, AI says what they are thinking. Fun.
Losing An Accent - The Conversation looks at the linguistic issue of why some people over time seem to lose an accent and some other people don't at all.
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Video Lessons - I Wanna Be Yours
A classic poem in video form with templates and ideas for using it as a prompt to get students rhyming and excited about poetry.