The ELT Buzz Digest
All the "buzz" in English language teaching and education. March 11th.
Dear Teachers,
You digest for this week, read below.
This week, my recommended reading is twofold. First, to toot my own horn, this post of my ELT Pet Peeves. It’s a critical post of things in our field that I am often annoyed by. Please share your own - I know we all have these in our teaching closets. This is only the first 100. In the coming weeks I’ll be sharing the remain few hundred others. Lastly, as a poet, I found this teachers poem he read to his students fascinating. Do It Yourself - his students didn’t know what to say in return.
On a personal note, I’m heading to LA this week to cross America on my bike. A dream I have to do before its too late for me. Wish me luck. I’ll still try to get this digest published despite my 10-12 hours on the bike each day. May the wind be at my back (and yours too, in your own way!).
All the best, David
ELT Buzzer-in-Chief
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