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English language teachers and the native speaker fallacy
Students want both native and non-native English-speaking teachers, but Victoria Phillips’s research finds that hiring practices may not always reflect this.
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Empowering Global Citizens: EA Conference
Get the inside scoop on the 30th annual English Australia Conference from Sophie O’Keefe and Lucy Blakemore.
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Bringing out the MacGyver in you
Beloved by English language teachers in Sydney, the meetELT evening events have started up in Melbourne. Check out photos and videos from the night!
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Break it down: How to exploit a model text
Why use a model text? Because it’s unfair to ask students to produce any writing without giving them a model first! Richard Ingold explains.
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Break it down: Exploiting a model text
In this recording, Richard Ingold shares a detailed 4-stage process of how to introduce and use a model text with students.
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Break it down: Exploiting a model text
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Writing, stranger than fiction: Getting English language students writing
Check out highlights from the sixth MeetELT, where English language teachers shared practical ways to get students writing.
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Speaking pragmatics & writing feedback: PD Day Wrap
The Hawthorn-Melbourne ELICOS team share how they ran their latest PD day, with some teaching-focussed sessions on pragmatics and giving feedback on writing.
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Bringing real-life into the classroom: five inspiring ideas
Watch 5 English language teachers share quick-fire Pecha Kuchas on authentic class projects ranging from a ‘Pinkytas’ charity event to a ‘Selfie Safari’.
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Lemons, Catastrophic Climate Change, and e-Portfolios: Implementing sustainable course-wide assessments
What is a simple, non-intrusive and efficient way of measuring ELP? Glenn Anderson from Curtin College explores…
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Lemons, Catastrophic Climate Change, and e-Portfolios: Implementing sustainable course-wide assessments
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Piloting iPads in the classroom [infographic]
How do you run a successful pilot to introduce iPads to a classroom of AMEP learners? This infographic takes us through some of the steps involved.
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Students, screensizes and the ever present smartphone
Is it all digital these days, or is these still a spot for paper and pen next to those phones and laptops?