The ELT Buzz News Report
Nov. 20th - All The "buzz" in English language teaching
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Dear Teachers,
This week’s highlights of ELT “buzz” below.
My reading tip this week is this Smithsonian article about the language of crows which suggests that “recursion” isn’t unique to just us humans.
Also, a quick shout out about this TBLT course - learn all the ins and outs of task based learning and teaching. Starts in the new year.
David
Teacher Founder - ELT Buzz
This Week’s ELT "Buzz“
Gratitude Lessons - Larry Ferlazzo shares a couple of lessons he is using this Thanksgiving which explore the topic of gratitude. Also, see our own
Teacher Mental Health - What things work best for teacher mental health beyond just taking a break? Read and find out more.
Losing An Accent - The Guardian looks into the issue of if a person can lose their native accent. They provide some thought-provoking examples from the UK.
ISBNs - Walton Burns, a publisher, shares the top 10 things teachers going into self-publishing should know about ISBNs - those bar codes used to identify books and articles.
PD Motivation - The TEFL Training Institute podcast talks with Amol Padwad about what really motivates teachers to develop and improve their teaching. See all our articles on motivation.
Kindness Day - The Cambridge Blog shares some thoughts from a psychologist on how teachers might get into a better state of mind and empathy prompted by World Kindness Day.
Ways to Teach Vocabulary - Get the infographic with inspiration for methods to teach and for students to study and learn vocabulary.
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Video Lessons - The World Cup
It’s starting! The Qatar World Cup is starting and this intro. video will generate excitement. Also, try the quiz and intro. presentation in your lessons.
