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Mary's Teacher Blog: August 2014
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A business English teacher's reflections. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. These are my notes from an IATEFL webinar by Lindsay Clandfield on 21 June, 2014. What's hot and what's not in coursebooks. An IATEFL webinar by Lindsay Clandfield, 21 June 2014. HOT: Integrated skills, lots of speaking, process writing, pairwork, study skills, multi-strand syllabus. NOT Adherence to only one method, do the book only one way, minimal stimulus (dogme type), decontextualised drills. Very small changes in grammar. English...
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Mary's Teacher Blog: January 2014
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A business English teacher's reflections. Friday, January 24, 2014. EVO Mentoring blog post 2: bags of goodies. So far we have confirmed the symbiotic nature of the mentor-mentee relationship. The following points have received less attention (again from "A Learning Guide for Teacher Mentors". From the State of Victoria Departrment of Education and Early Childhood Development). Post-modern teaching is different: teachers need much more emotional support. Is this the future of mentoring. I have read the "...
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Mary's Teacher Blog: September 2014
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A business English teacher's reflections. Thursday, September 25, 2014. Reflecting about this week in teaching. This week I am reflecting about my teaching. Unlike most of my posts, which describe concrete activities, this reflection mirrors ideas. Idea One: bring the concept of cautious, intelligent Internet usage into my own life and my lesson plans. Idea Two: keep the balance between print reading and reading online/onscreen. And: read, read, and read some more! I attended the Loras Network. Reading a...
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Mary's Teacher Blog: Update on coursebooks
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A business English teacher's reflections. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. These are my notes from an IATEFL webinar by Lindsay Clandfield on 21 June, 2014. What's hot and what's not in coursebooks. An IATEFL webinar by Lindsay Clandfield, 21 June 2014. HOT: Integrated skills, lots of speaking, process writing, pairwork, study skills, multi-strand syllabus. NOT Adherence to only one method, do the book only one way, minimal stimulus (dogme type), decontextualised drills. Very small changes in grammar. English...
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Mary's Teacher Blog: November 2013
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A business English teacher's reflections. Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Summary of #eltchat on 11/6/2013: Does CLT place more focus on learners that are more confident? What about the quieter students in the classroom? This topic drew a wide range of comments. Several reasons for quietness. Speaking chips (when the chips run out you can not speak anymore). Fostering a supportive atmosphere, and being non-judgmental during error correction,. Pre-task writing, post-task work,. Variations among age groups.
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Mary's Teacher Blog: May 2014
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A business English teacher's reflections. Friday, May 2, 2014. Summary of 30th April #eltchat, "Group Cohesion in the ELT class". 8222;How important is group cohesion in the ELT class? How can we best achieve it? As one participant expressed it: „Interesting topic.but BIG.” The 21 participants in this evening chat bravely dealt with numerous aspects of group cohesion in the ELT class. The chat participants comments are divided into two topics: theoretical and practical. Is it good to detect the leader of...
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Mary's Teacher Blog: September 2013
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A business English teacher's reflections. Wednesday, September 18, 2013. Made a new prezi about storytelling! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). IATEFL Hungary Business English. Our next event will be 2 December 4pm-6pm. Philip Saxon "Using Authentic Materials" - at Libra Café, Kölcsey utca 2., Budapest. All welcome! Links for practicing English. Science, History, Health (listening practice). Imagine' sung by John Lennon on YouTube. Listening practice (songs and grammar). Nice book of Hungarian readings.
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Mary's Teacher Blog: May 2015
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A business English teacher's reflections. Wednesday, May 6, 2015. IATEFL Hungary's Business English Special Interest Group in action again! The next Business English ‘extra’ Creative Cafe event will be held on Friday 22 May, 2015, 4-6pm at the Libra Foreign Language Bookshop, Kölcsey u. 2. in Budapest. The event is two-fold. The main part is a workshop with Tapolcai-Malaczkov Szilvia. Presentation skills: Involving the audience. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). IATEFL Hungary Business English. Our next event ...
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Mary's Teacher Blog: February 2014
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A business English teacher's reflections. Thursday, February 27, 2014. I used video in Reflective practice, following on from TESOL Mentorevo. After the excellent webinars and discussions in Mentorevo, I started thinking about reflective practice. How did I get to that? As I was musing on these things, a workshop came up at my school, topic: video. Another stepping stone! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). IATEFL Hungary Business English. Our next event will be 2 December 4pm-6pm. Philip Saxon "Using Authen...
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