The ELT Buzz News Report
The Week Of November 15th
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Dear ELT Buzz Subscribers,
This week, a whole lot of shaking going on. The ELTons, Native Speakerism, China and more … Also, note this upcoming virtual summit about Teaching Online. I’ll be speaking about teacher health and wellbeing while working remotely.
My reading tip this week is this critical look at the ELTons. An annual awards ceremony of the British Council. Are they still relevant?
This Week’s Highlighted "Buzz“
VIP No Longer. EdSurge writes about the sudden but not complete collapse of VIPKID, once the unicorn of the online language teaching world.
Natural Bilingualism. A fascinating paper describing a recent study of Korean-English bilinguals. It indicates that language switching is natural for bilinguals because the brain has a combinatory mechanism that does not “see” that the language has switched.
Saudi Arabia & Foreign Teachers. A paper examines the transient rate of foreign teachers in Saudi Arabia and explores the possible causes (and solutions) for so many English teachers leaving after a short sojourn in the kingdom.
Key Student Listening Strategies. ELT Buzz provides a spiffy infographic outlining the 10 key listening strategies for students pre, during and post listening.
Video Lesson - Job Interview Questions.
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