The ELT Buzz News Report
All the "buzz" in ELT for the week of April 04
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Dear Teachers,
Find below a selection of this week’s ELT buzz.
My tip this week is this article by Sarah Said going through all the considerations teachers must take into account when discussing conflict / war in class.
Enjoy the week,
David Deubelbeiss - Teacher Founder
This Week’s Highlighted ELT "Buzz“
Poems About War. Teacher Talk Radio podcast features Poems Of Pity, poems written by educators around the world about war and conflict. Also see Project Peace.
DOGME - A reappraisal. Scott Thornbury at TESOL 22 gives a talk and reviews the development of the "dogme" approach to teaching and how it has matured to date.
ELT & The Metaverse. The Oxford TEFL blog outlines what the metaverse is and how it might be useful for English language teaching if certain limitations are dealt with.
Simple Activities. The Wednesday Seminars blog shares a "handy" set of activities for students to do. Simple, materials-lite and empowering.
Freelancing It. Mike, Leo, and Andrew of the Teacher Talking Time podcast examine the most common questions teachers ask about going freelance ask.
Video Lessons - Ramadan
There are a couple of fine videos about Ramadan, the holy month of Islam taking place now. This one, shows how a family celebrates it. Another, focuses on the essential aspects of this 9th month of the Islamic calendar.
