ELT Buzz News Report. Feb. 13th
All the recent "buzz" in English language teaching.
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Dear ELT Professionals,
Our highlights from this week below. Lots of “buzz”.
This week’s tip is a panel discussion on YouTube - What might ChatGPT mean for higher education? Lots of good reflections to think about and not just for higher education. Speaking of YouTube - please subscribe to our channel and support our content creation efforts! You also could win full access to our lesson library! Weekly we upgrade Youtube subscribers who win our draw.
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This Week’s ELT "Buzz“
Dogme & CELTA - The Appling Tesol blog looks at these two approaches to teaching, comparing and contrasting them in light of Scott Thornbury's endorsement of each.
The Machine vs Us - A talk by Rupert Sheldrake and some follow up about “scientism” and the mechanistic paradigm which rules the development of AI and ChatGPT.
Observing New Teachers - The TEFL Training Institute talks with Matt Courtois and they discuss observing new teachers. Is it beneficial? Why give feedback at all?
What Am I Worth? - Sandy Millin looks at the issue of how much freelancers should charge. She offers some advice and some tools to make things much more transparent between you and the client.
Discussion Generators - Many topics. Just click and get instant prompts for students to respond to language and engage in conversation or writing.
Top 10 In ELT - Who are the top 10 all-time people in English language teaching. Join the conversation. Do you agree with this list from ChatGPT? Many don't, many do.
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