tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76270593385279997892024-03-13T02:55:02.563-07:00CELTAchatHi CELTA and Trinity CertTESOL teacher trainers! #CELTAchat was on the first Monday of the month but from 2020 it is on the first Thursday 7-8pm GMT live on Twitter and then goes into asynchronous mode for 24 hours for those trainers that can't make the live chat. For those who aren't on Twitter, we have a Facebook Page too. You can suggest a topic on the monthly Padlet that gets posted a week or so before, then vote for the topic & join in. CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-87137747351222089632021-08-24T07:45:00.003-07:002021-08-29T00:08:22.365-07:00It's been five years...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BF3VYE96U99INfTbIh7R8ocIvHEUSrCb92ZMvEOTCvhJlJ45refSrS2aYWboesQQ8h6Vd0QMXgSewEwpWV6m74pM5oZ2cGh14GVs7kD4hKNmM3kkpqQFG_kbI2AvCYK7szNrNt9N4dRt/s2048/daniel-jensen-UDleHDOhBZ8-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BF3VYE96U99INfTbIh7R8ocIvHEUSrCb92ZMvEOTCvhJlJ45refSrS2aYWboesQQ8h6Vd0QMXgSewEwpWV6m74pM5oZ2cGh14GVs7kD4hKNmM3kkpqQFG_kbI2AvCYK7szNrNt9N4dRt/w640-h426/daniel-jensen-UDleHDOhBZ8-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It's been five years since we decided to create CELTAchat in Rome 2016. What a surprise! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">They've been five very happy years meeting once a month to reflect on things related to initial teacher training. I've found it incredibly useful meeting up to compare and share ideas. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">However, I'm finding that having made the transition from ELT into EAP, I'm struggling to find the time and space to continue doing CELTA courses. I also realise that I am incredibly lucky to be in this position of having plenty of work and feel very grateful that I'm in a profession that was able to adapt and move online to survive. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm going to miss being a part of CELTAchat and we're wondering whether anyone else would like to step up and join the team as a moderator. It would be wonderful if you are interested. Please let us know. It would be great to hear from a teacher trainer in another time zone as this would be ideal. However, wherever you are, if you are interested, please let us know by leaving a comment on this blog or by tweeting or sending a DM to @AchatCelt.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">@fionaljp</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fiona</span></p></div>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-84479670482161715432021-08-24T07:43:00.003-07:002021-08-24T07:43:37.959-07:00Summer break 2021: June, July, August<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Summer Break 2021</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxr_0ZxhvsOlePeers1QEF4fjjCB88qZ4LxMddiQzUepwRVrmLDtYexsfb3Gho8zg6tsT3Nt67AVYIIl6A7NKnaJi-qaiYHuxw9ELPsu3acWMG_9K0rb0QNy7s0kNVC3dTnC2_ySP1IVc/s597/June.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="597" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxr_0ZxhvsOlePeers1QEF4fjjCB88qZ4LxMddiQzUepwRVrmLDtYexsfb3Gho8zg6tsT3Nt67AVYIIl6A7NKnaJi-qaiYHuxw9ELPsu3acWMG_9K0rb0QNy7s0kNVC3dTnC2_ySP1IVc/w640-h381/June.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKzIiv1JWNW2_5ZV5d-fgcnw5ex3p1q_1uIYrFUkV42TSN3EY4iQ_cCkdeDZ1wj_i62PDgVJzSh7AVAuRbCa3uRvEi7AdPYPMyN6U2aSEu00uFwy0sbnvprKT5lCXN53Y9Wmy0rPVnmhJ/s598/July.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="598" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKzIiv1JWNW2_5ZV5d-fgcnw5ex3p1q_1uIYrFUkV42TSN3EY4iQ_cCkdeDZ1wj_i62PDgVJzSh7AVAuRbCa3uRvEi7AdPYPMyN6U2aSEu00uFwy0sbnvprKT5lCXN53Y9Wmy0rPVnmhJ/w640-h408/July.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyddAQq0iK20kFM45g7suEADUVhjp1E0qEBj6czYi0tWH5CkYrNDQJ7gAdlhfTN9apfoj-wci3ITAvovK6pVDUvqNcW5tkNQYzTFYEKLtjCjol3BqjieJfrBPMoMQYHMM6ZDG30fNrvNI/s600/August.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="600" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyddAQq0iK20kFM45g7suEADUVhjp1E0qEBj6czYi0tWH5CkYrNDQJ7gAdlhfTN9apfoj-wci3ITAvovK6pVDUvqNcW5tkNQYzTFYEKLtjCjol3BqjieJfrBPMoMQYHMM6ZDG30fNrvNI/w640-h406/August.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-54850722965229856832021-05-08T02:46:00.003-07:002021-05-08T02:46:59.206-07:00Revised CELTA Documentation from 1 July 2021
<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">#CELTAchat Thursday 6 May 2021</span></p><iframe allow="autoplay" class="wakeletEmbed" height="760px" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/YyRZXOhM0gLG9tQPFEN8x/list" style="border: none;" width="100%"></iframe><!--Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page--><script charset="UTF-8" src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-19548472005877937692021-04-02T23:48:00.003-07:002021-04-03T00:33:04.549-07:00#CELTAchat Writing TP points Thursday 1 April<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thanks to @cathywint for our April topic suggestion. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPdlVvlyD2zRBjzSUTuvXvnqy8Jl_-4kJtNKUZLGa8aDl8YUeOcrlnQSX50E3Biie2WCYSS3rYYbFr5l1yImVq2YzkoST_EMHhI4-9PTHIlYhBAXrmqZMJS_2ZU-LWKEoZmpHoYAh7sRL/s568/2021-04-03_07-56-45.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPdlVvlyD2zRBjzSUTuvXvnqy8Jl_-4kJtNKUZLGa8aDl8YUeOcrlnQSX50E3Biie2WCYSS3rYYbFr5l1yImVq2YzkoST_EMHhI4-9PTHIlYhBAXrmqZMJS_2ZU-LWKEoZmpHoYAh7sRL/s320/2021-04-03_07-56-45.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://wke.lt/w/s/31u9ZR" target="_blank">Transcript</a></span></p>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-72790238760382945182021-03-18T02:01:00.002-07:002021-03-18T02:01:32.334-07:00March #CELTAchat ELT Mythbusting talk summary by Heather @ThoseSharpWords
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A big thank you to Heather @ThoseSharpWords ThoseSharpWords.com for volunteering to write the summary for our March #CELTAchat - very much appreciated!</span></p><!--wp:paragraph-->
<p>The March #CELTAChat was inspired by the <em>ELT Mythbusting</em> talk given by Tim Hazell, and @TeresaBestwick’s notes on it. Participating in the chat were<a href="https://twitter.com/fionaljp"> @fionaljp</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TeresaBestwick">@TeresaBestwick</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/krohn_devon">@krohn_devon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GioLic1976">@GioLic1976</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/bellinguist">@bellinguist</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Cathyofnusle">@Cathyofnusle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/EltKaty">@ELTKaty</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ThoseSharpWords">@ThoseSharpWords</a></p>
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<p>The myths under discussion in the webinar were:</p>
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<ul><li>No L1 in the classroom</li><li>There is A receptive skills procedure</li><li>Whenever possible learner’s should work in pairs</li><li>Understanding should be checked by teacher questions</li><li>Error correction: during controlled practice, after freer practice</li><li>Eliciting is a learner-centred technique</li><li>Teacher Talk is bad</li></ul>
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<p>Naturally we looked at it through the lens of ‘is this really what we teach on the CELTA? Trinity Cert TESOL?’ </p>
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<h2>Using L1</h2>
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<p>The issue of L1 may hark back to the context the origins of the initial teacher training courses – for native speakers who were not expected to know the students’ L1s. But at the same tome, the certificates can be used by people seeking to teach anywhere in the world, so techniques not involving L1 are another reason why it can be discouraged. Some of us also teach on courses with a high proportion of NNES who already know how to use L1 and come to the course seeking to add to their skill set beyond that too.</p>
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<p>There should definitely be room on CELTA and similar courses to explore L1 use in the classroom, however, especially as much actual teaching takes place in monolingial contexts. In particular, why waste time teaching a word like ‘trout’ when a quick translation will do? Idioms also benefit from comparison with learners’ L1. Trainer’s modelling this sort of positive use is helpful. Encouraging trainees to research key translations for emergency use might also be a good idea.</p>
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<p>There was a possible issue expressed about whether knowing and being allowed to use the L1 put some trainees at an advantage over others. One solution is to make this a feature of collaborative planning – where L1 speakers help out the non-L1 speakers. That said, nobody has yet experienced negativity from trainees on this point yet.</p>
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<p>The issue of whether the trainer not knowing the learner’s L1 might mean that it can get out of control, but this may be something solvable by better classroom management.</p>
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<h2>Questioning techniques</h2>
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<p>Regarding concept checking questions – concept checking questions themselves are not the problem, but BAD concept checking questions are, and the examples given in the talk are definitely bad CCQs.</p>
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<p>The topic of ICQs (instruction checking questions) came up. These can come across as pationising, and we discussed if ‘do you understand?’ is such a bad question. We agreed that it’s often more valuable, and something we stress on the course, to use examples or demonstrations to help set of tasks. ICQs might be more beneficial to check instructions for complex tasks which have taken time to set up and so some aspects may have been forgotten. They can also be useful when checking odder aspects of a task, or things which go against students’ instincts.</p>
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<h2>Overuse of pairwork</h2>
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<p>It seems the trainers in the chat value individual work in addition to pairwork, and encourage individual reflection time for a variety of tasks, even if this is followed up by pairchecking. We are also happy to see that this is something which has to be explored more in an online context – the time constraint issues of using breakout rooms mean that sometimes alternatives need to be used.</p>
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<p>When it came to errors, the problem suggested was that trainees don;t have enough experience to know which errors to correct or focus on in feedback, and so error correction can be a mixed bag of rather random points. One advantage of using synchronous observation techniques such as WhatsApp chats is that you can set this as a task for all observing trainees (what errors would you focus on from what you are hearing) and the trainer can give feedback on the choices. An advantage of the online teaching context is that this is made easier because it is easier to hear students.</p>
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<p>We agreed that error correction in general is a higher order teaching skill, and one which there are many questions over in the profession as a whole, which was perhaps reflected by the fact that a solution to the problem was not suggested in the initial Mythbusting talk.</p>
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<p>Teacher Talking Time was also viewed positively in some cases by trainers – for exposure, for building rapport, for modelling, for the ability to modify to the learners’ needs/ evel (unlike a recording). There has, in fact, been a previous CELTAChat on good TTT.</p>
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<h2>Mythbusting Teacher Training</h2>
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<ul><li>‘Always do X’ or ‘never do X’ is generally the wrong approach to all teaching and training issues.</li><li>Sometimes the goal on initial training courses is to introduce the idea of something and get teachers into the habit of doing it at all, and refinement of that technique (is supposed to) come(s) later – as the course progresses, or beyond.</li><li>What works for one teacher (or circumstance) does not always work for another, so giving teachers a range of possible tools and letting them experiment with picking the one that works best on different occasions is important.</li><li>An initial teacher training course of four weeks length can only hope to cover some basic ideas, frameworks and techniques, and that further professional development is expected, but not perhaps always sought/ provided.</li><li>This is how some of these Myths become embedded, rather than because teacher trainers are encouraging them.</li></ul>
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<p><a href="http://thosesharpwords.com/">Notes provided by Heather of Those Sharp Words.</a></p>
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CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-18182625097845566172021-02-06T02:40:00.015-08:002021-03-06T04:28:21.349-08:00#CELTAchat Thursday 4 February: Giving Feedback on Not to Standard TP lessons<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are the collated tweets from our February #CELTAchat.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thanks to @bellinguist for the topic suggestion and thanks to all who could join us on Thursday 4 February at 7pm (GMT). WE need a volunteer summary writer! If you are interested, please let us know by commenting below or tweeting to @AchatCELT.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Participants: @krone_devon @langageteach @Cathyofnusle @cathywint </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Moderators: @GioLic1976 @bellinguist @fionaljp </span></div><p><br /></p><iframe allow="autoplay" class="wakeletEmbed" height="760px" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/gNF7-qWdVubzpI9YWQRT3/list" style="border: none;" width="100%"></iframe><!--Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page--><script charset="UTF-8" src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-47629341395759870022021-01-12T01:05:00.002-08:002021-01-12T01:05:53.704-08:00#CELTAchat 2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions Part 2<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thursday 7 January 2012</span></p><iframe allow="autoplay" class="wakeletEmbed" height="760px" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/Modc5TiWEeLnDldLyWv6o/list" style="border: none;" width="100%"></iframe><!--Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page--><script charset="UTF-8" src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-51260833176553273692020-11-14T00:21:00.005-08:002020-11-14T00:25:54.730-08:00#CELTAchat Thursday 5 November What is going well for CELTA in the move online?<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We need a volunteer to write a summary for this blog post please! 🙏</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Collated tweets:</span></p>
<iframe allow="autoplay" class="wakeletEmbed" height="760px" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/oRo0-gwrIO1KlKjEORTY0/list" style="border: none;" width="100%"></iframe><!--Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page--><script charset="UTF-8" src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-79592580451278669662020-10-03T05:10:00.000-07:002020-10-03T05:10:38.825-07:00#CELTAchat Post_CETA 2020 Online Symposium<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Collated tweets of #CELTAchat on Thursday 1 October 2020</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><iframe class="wakeletEmbed" width="100%" height="760px" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/TolBnR3oHU91UqWEd6TD0/list" style="border: none" allow="autoplay"></iframe><!-- Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page --><script src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-2232388205565364252020-09-05T06:14:00.003-07:002020-09-06T02:05:08.495-07:00#CELTAchat Thursday 3 September Pre CETA Symposium chat<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Hi Teacher Trainers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Our #CELTAchat topic this month was on the upcoming <a href="https://ihworld.com/events/events/ceta-symposium/" target="_blank">CETA Symposium</a> which will be held online this year on Saturday 12 September.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thanks to all who participated in the #CELTAchat Pre CETA Symposium chat. Hope to see you there next weekend!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here is a transcript of collated tweets from #CELTAchat Thursday 3 September:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><iframe allow="autoplay" class="wakeletEmbed" height="760px" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/x5UyU3fJQNiBkrZORJbvr/list" style="border: none;" width="100%"></iframe><!--Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page--><script charset="UTF-8" src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-60906839639290657322020-08-08T06:16:00.004-07:002020-08-08T06:16:51.590-07:00#CELTAchat Thursday 6 August 2020 Post Training: How can we monitor what happens after training?<p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Collated tweets on Wakelet - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CELTAchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CELTAchat</a> Post Training: How can we monitor what happens after training? Any volunteers to write a summary for our blog please? <a href="https://t.co/CifLjhsSjQ">https://t.co/CifLjhsSjQ</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/wakelet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wakelet</a></p>— Fiona Price (@fionaljp) <a href="https://twitter.com/fionaljp/status/1292084290751209472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-13244675717214663422020-08-08T06:14:00.003-07:002020-08-08T06:14:44.731-07:00#CELTAchat Thursday July 2020 CELTA Online: How do we decide what constitutes AS at Stage 2?<p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Curated tweets <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CELTAchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CELTAchat</a> Online CELTA: How do we decide what constitutes AS at Stage 2? What "standards" need to be maintained in order for trainees to be AS for Stage 3? <a href="https://t.co/YJ2pdUexOO">https://t.co/YJ2pdUexOO</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/wakelet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wakelet</a></p>— Fiona Price (@fionaljp) <a href="https://twitter.com/fionaljp/status/1279675616468570112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-90751840326533284622020-08-08T06:11:00.002-07:002020-08-08T06:11:29.558-07:00#CELTAchat Thursday 5 June Online CELTA: Sharing Experience<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;">Looking for a summary writer please!</span></h1><p><br /></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Collated <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CELTAchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CELTAchat</a> tweets Thursday 4 June Online CELTA: Sharing Experience<a href="https://t.co/cI41tcKL7P">https://t.co/cI41tcKL7P</a> <a href="https://t.co/HgcrMNPke7">pic.twitter.com/HgcrMNPke7</a></p>— Fiona Price (@fionaljp) <a href="https://twitter.com/fionaljp/status/1268987456214441984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-64691513115660014072020-05-09T13:06:00.005-07:002020-05-09T13:34:47.154-07:00#CELTAchat Thursday 7 May 2020 Online CELTA: Sharing Tips & Advice<br />
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Check this out on Wakelet - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CELTAchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CELTAchat</a> Thursday 7 May 2020 Online CELTA: Sharing Tips & Advice <a href="https://t.co/EkboMF4rjD">https://t.co/EkboMF4rjD</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/wakelet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wakelet</a></div>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-16418010835538303532020-04-04T03:17:00.000-07:002020-04-04T03:17:26.260-07:00#CELTAchat 02/04/2020 Moving existing and future CELTA courses online<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here are the collated tweets for our <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CELTAchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CELTAchat</a> on Thursday 02/04/2020 Moving existing and future CELTA courses online. If anyone can volunteer to write a summary for our blog it would be great...<a href="https://t.co/cEn2L9wvy1">https://t.co/cEn2L9wvy1</a> <a href="https://t.co/vZqLQqveWQ">pic.twitter.com/vZqLQqveWQ</a></p>— Fiona Price (@fionaljp) <a href="https://twitter.com/fionaljp/status/1246380969956868096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-42928309066174373812020-04-03T07:45:00.001-07:002020-04-03T07:45:02.189-07:00#CELTAchat Thursday 6 March: Prescriptive Approaches<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
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CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-46288128958318956322019-11-07T12:49:00.000-08:002019-11-08T01:03:36.510-08:00#CELTAchat Monday 4 November 2019: Flipping CELTA<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">Intrigued by the idea of spending more time on practice and reflection than input<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">You could vary how flipped they are according to trainees needs. Would you say? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">How do they get good demos of boardwork in context?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">Are input sessions shared? Created collaboratively? How does it work?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">How do centres get trainees to understand and buy into the approach?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">How are new trainers trained up for flipping? Is flipped CELTA for experienced tutors?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-71427562906472996712019-09-11T02:43:00.001-07:002019-09-11T02:43:29.176-07:00#CELTAchat Monday 9 September: Reflecting on CETA2019 in Edinburgh<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CELTAchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CELTAchat</a> transcript for Monday 9 September: Reflecting on CETA2019. Do we have a volunteer summary writer please? <a href="https://t.co/H9PvCls4Jl">https://t.co/H9PvCls4Jl</a> <a href="https://t.co/vPlx9m2GNb">pic.twitter.com/vPlx9m2GNb</a></p>— Fiona Price (@fionaljp) <a href="https://twitter.com/fionaljp/status/1171720186686300160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-26506883044448632352019-09-11T02:24:00.000-07:002019-09-11T02:25:36.109-07:00#CELTAchat Summary writers needed for June and July<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Looking for volunteers to write #CELTAchat summaries for:</span><br />
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CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-59822641067060829972019-09-03T06:49:00.002-07:002019-09-04T02:23:11.731-07:00Summary of results to What's Going On? survey<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had 15 responses to our #CELTAchat survey: What's going on? Many thanks for your time and answers as your replies help us to understand a lot more about our followers, which was our purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 out of 15 respondents identified themselves as not being teacher trainers but senior teachers looking after new teachers and / or needing to be aware of initial teacher trainer practice. This is great to know as collaboration with teachers who provide ongoing support for newly qualified teachers is very much welcomed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This 63.3% who have never participated are our target audience for this survey. We really wanted to attract the attention of followers who are not participating to find out why. The following question gave us some insight into this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">😕 Oh dear! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We decided on</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">original name as we were </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">three CELTA trainers but</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> pretty soon we realised that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">wanted to be inclusive and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">encouraged Trinity </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">CertTESOL trainers too. If you</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> are a trainer or a mentor of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">newly qualified teachers, you </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">are a very welcome follower </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">as either an active </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">participant </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">or a reader, as of course is </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">anyone who is interested in </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">reading our blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was a problem in terms of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">geographical time zones and/</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Having a one-hour live chat </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">followed by a 24-hour </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Prepare some ideas before the chat starts - you could even write down some ideas if you know what you want to contribute or ask and then copy and paste into the chat</span></li>
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CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-75034624594489793242019-08-25T09:55:00.000-07:002019-08-25T09:58:08.264-07:00What's Going On?<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKe1dvE3NSXOjrnXrFYDMQT2NqEvjUzjQWahS-vX0jbCJ0OA/viewform?embedded=true" width="640" height="1658" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">Caricamento…</iframe>CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-74303408802200374692019-05-12T02:15:00.001-07:002019-05-12T02:17:44.457-07:00#CELTAchat May 6: Local Adaptations - What & How? <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Summary of #CELTAchat May 2019 By Adi Rajan</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-IN">Many thanks to </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://twitter.com/bellinguist" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: windowtext;">@bellinguis</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN">t </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://twitter.com/fionaljp" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: windowtext;">@fionaljp</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://twitter.com/adi_rajan" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: windowtext;">@adi_rajan</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN"></span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://twitter.com/Cathyofnusle" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: windowtext;">@Cathyofnusle</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN">and </span><span lang="EN-AU">@angelos_bollas </span><span lang="EN-IN">for their contributions to May 2019 #CELTAchat<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We discussed ‘meaningful local adaptations: what and how’? </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Adaptations for future work contexts</span></span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@bellinguist included 3 hours of lessons to ESOL students along with 3 hours of lessons to ELT students in a 10-week part-time course to prepare trainees to become ESOL teachers in further education, addressing a need at the time in the UK.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@Cathyofnusle suggested including TP teaching materials that would be used wherever the candidates are likely to teach if this could be determined. @adi_rajan raised the issue of poor-quality teaching materials in the formal education sector and a lack of materials in the informal one in his South Asian context, posing problems with adapting TP teaching materials in this way.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@angelos_bollas said his courses in Athens had very diverse trainees but certain input sessions such as professional development, teaching YLs/teens were tailored to the demands of the local market.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@fionaljp, @bellinguist and @angelos_bollas shared examples of having made changes in the way they taught the phonemic chart/pronunciation to Irish trainees to accommodate Irish speakers. @fionaljp adapted RP collaboratively with her trainees.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@angelos_bollas also changed phonology sessions to include “transcriptions that best illustrated Irish pronunciation and the importance of developing learners’ receptive pronunciation skills”.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@cathyofnusle said her trainees tend to have a mix of different accents including North American English and she covers variations in pronunciation.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@fionaljp shared a pronunciation site with resources on different types of English accents: <a href="https://www.thevoicecafe.net/Accents_for_Actors/Learn-Irish-Accent-Phonetics-Online.htm">The Voice Cafe</a>.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@adi_rajan referred to an Indian academic (who did the CELTA recently) who gave feedback on the centre’s use of British English pronunciation models instead of General English ones. @adi_rajan highlighted the challenges of making adaptations here when Indian English pronunciation hasn’t been standardized and the fact that it might exclude non-Indian trainees and have an impact on the external assessment.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@fionaljp minimised language analysis and increased planning and teaching techniques on a course for experienced teachers. @bellinguist has observed a similar trend in courses, suggesting that it would be better to focus on language needed in the lessons trainees were going to teach. @adi_rajan felt that experienced teachers in his context needed just as much language analysis as everyone else.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">On the other hand, @angelos_bollas includes more language analysis sessions in English-speaking countries or on courses with many native speakers who haven’t had much explicit grammar instruction at school.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@fionaljp has adapted authentic texts used for reading input sessions by making them relevant to the location of the course. She highlighted this as a way of setting an example for the skills assignment. However, @cathyofnusle felt this could be counter-productive and cited an instance of trainees selecting a text about Prague which was interesting to them as visitors but had nothing new to offer to students.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-AU">@adi_rajan and @fionaljp recommended including more authentic, local voices in listening texts by way of L2 speakers.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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CELTAchathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323731094994168967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627059338527999789.post-12128121962453420012019-05-03T00:24:00.000-07:002019-05-04T00:06:15.056-07:00#CELTAchat summary April 8 2019: Feedback from #IATEFL related to teacher training<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Darren Bell <a href="https://twitter.com/bellinguist" target="_blank">@bellinguist</a> for volunteering to write this month's summary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/bellinguist" target="_blank">@bellinguis</a>t <a href="https://twitter.com/fionaljp" target="_blank">@fionaljp</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GioLic1976" target="_blank">@GioLic1976</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/adi_rajan" target="_blank">@adi_rajan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Cathyofnusle" target="_blank">@Cathyofnusle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sandymillin" target="_blank">@sandymillin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jonjoTESOL" target="_blank">@jonjoTESOL </a><a href="https://twitter.com/anniethomson78" target="_blank">@anniethomson78</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/admiralwamy" target="_blank">@admiralwamy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/teflerinha" target="_blank">@teflerinha</a> for their contributions to April’s #CELTAchat <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Title: Here we go again: time to update your CELTA course?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This talk presented research findings and suggestions of how we might incorporate more current ideas into initial teacher training courses.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Reactions/thoughts:</u>@GioLic1976 summarised the purpose of Alistair’s talk, i.e. asking us to reflect on how much what we teach on CELTA reflects our teaching practices. He agreed with the point made in the talk about updating CELTA inputs @fionaljp believes that input sessions should be updated but in terms of teaching practices we need to consider the gap in experience between the tutor and the trainee @GioLic1976 thinks that, essentially, trainees are novice teachers and wouldn’t expect them to be able to do what a highly experienced teacher can do @Cathyofnusle referred to Picasso – the fact that you could see in his early work he had good techniques. He had nailed down the basic skills and then went on to play with them. That’s what new teachers need to do @jonjoTESOL thinks failure is part of teaching and teachers and students need to learn how to fail “correctly” with reflection and action. CELTA really is just planting seeds @sandymillin said the point Alistair seemed to be making in his talk was that a lot of the same things seem to show up in trainer speech, like ICQs, pre-teaching vocab etc but aren’t reflected in their teaching, and vice versa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>asking ICQs:</u>@GioLic1976 Alistair pointed out that there was nothing in the course syllabus that says trainees have to ask ICQs, and yet this seems to be a common expectation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>pre-teaching vocabulary: </u>@bellinguist is currently teaching on a CELTA course and his co-tutor felt this was an essential part of receptive skills procedure but believes the problem with it is that trainees often focus on words out of the context of the text @Cathyofnusle tends to be minimalist about it and suggests trainees are ready to clarify if asked @sandymillin believes pre-teaching vocab is really only necessary for one or two items that are really blocking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>focusing on spoken output:</u>@GioLic1976 asked if we as tutors encourage trainees to do this as much as we should? @Cathyofnusle said that’s what TP feedback is all about, i.e. where we respond to trainees’ ouput. Whether we encourage them enough to respond to student output depends on their ability. @fionaljp thinks focusing on student output comes with experience – on short initial training courses we just need to show them the way for future practice @bellinguist thinks if we changed the approach it might be achieved, i.e. focusing on true task based learning but admitted it might be too ambitious for an initial teacher training course @sandymillin is still working on this in her own practice. She believes stronger trainees can manage it but others can’t even get past activity set-up until very late in the course @anniethomson78 thinks beyond straightforward correction, this is something that comes much later on when they have clocked more hours in the classroom but perhaps it could be focused on more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>shared beliefs on teaching practices</u>: @bellinguist usually talks with his co-tutor about how trainees do feedback, i.e. avoiding 100% plenary feedback and when to correct errors @GioLic1976’s favourite hobby horse is smooth transitioning to keep the pace and the students’ interest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a link to a blog post summarising Melissa’s talk by <a href="https://barefootteflteacher.com/blog/iatefl-2019-day-three-review" target="_blank">Barefoot TEFL Teacher IATEFL 2019 Day 3 - Review</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">@sandymillin summarised the purpose of Melissa’s talk, i.e. flipping a teacher training course like CELTA so input was at home, guided by trainers and at school there was more guided planning and lots of rehearsal. IH London gave the tutors 40 hours to produce the input <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Reactions/thoughts: </u>@GioLic1976 thinks this is a great idea provided you have the budget and the time to produce the content @bellinguist asked what kind of feedback there had been from the trainees @Cathyofnusle is not sure she could trust trainees to spend time at home reading the input during the course @fionaljp and @anniethomson76 love the idea @sandymillin suggests the content could be pooled together in some way but it would require co-ordination @admiralwamy thinks this approach “fixes” one of the major problems of full time CELTA: often the input sessions come at the wrong time for trainees. However, there may be a problem: it depends massively on the trainees working well together. If they don’t the workshops won’t work. Group bonding is vital @adi_rajan says that he learnt a great deal from the input on his pre service training course because it focused on the how rather than the what and thinks trainees in his context would feel a bit cheated with the flipped approach @teflerinha thinks loop input is very helpful but it can be overdone and thinks it should be used judiciously. Some things work better as flipped learning than others, e.g. concept checking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Feedback/impact on trainee performance: </u>@sandymillin says rehearsal in particular improved their confidence. The trainees still felt stressed but both the assessor and the trainers said it was a different quality of stress and nowhere near as high as on a standard course @admiralwamy believes there were seven Pass Bs and 3 Passes on the course<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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