Twitter is a wonderful thing. One of the more organised and concentrated moments of PD are the hour-long chats available for the wide range of fields within our ELT industry and the greater education industries. During these chats, on Twitter, use add the #***chat hashtags below to your tweets and look out for like-tagged tweets based on a chosen topic for the week. It’s fast-paced and sometimes a little confusing to keep up, but worth the amount of information sharing that comes with it. Additionally, someone usually summarises the chat on their blogs.
#edchat (broadest education chat), #ELTchat (wider ELT topics), #breltchat (ELT chat with Brazilian focus), #kinderchat (kindergarten teachers), #elemchat (elementary school teachers), #cpchat (principals chat), #ntchat (topics for new teachers), and many more. It’s exploded down niche avenues.
Introducing the EAP (ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES) chat!
| DATE | PLATFORM | TOPIC | STATUS |
| Feb 20 | The most important study skills to teach | post | |
| Mar 5 | The relevance of the Academic Word List | summary | |
| Apr 2 | Effective lecture note taking | transcript / post | |
| Apr 9 | Pros and cons of 5-paragraph essay model | post | |
| Apr 23 | Aspects of intensive reading | transcript | |
| April 30 | The fine line between teaching language and teaching content | TBD | |
| May 7 | Using comprehension questions in intensive reading | transcript | |
| May 21 | TBD |
Date & time: Mondays from 1:ooPM-2:00PM (EST - click here for your timezone)
Info: #EAPchat Facebook page
I am really looking forward to this coming to fruition, Tyson. While enjoy #ELTChat, I’d really love something that got really into the kind of issues I face on a daily basis.
Ditto, hence the initiative. I’ve heard from Sharon that you two have already discussed this. I haven’t checked her email yet, but will do shortly.
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