Blog posts in November 2014

Here we've got ideas, observations on ELT, including Mark's Pronunciation Blog and loads of conference and speaker reports...

Stephen Krashen at TESOL France

Tuesday - November 18th, 2014
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Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 18:00
Conference Reports - hancockmcdonald.com/blog/topic/conference-reports-0

For myself and many other ELT professionals, Stephen Krashen is a legend. In the words of Wikipedia, for instance ‘He is credited with introducing various influential concepts ... including the acquisition-learning hypothesis, the input hypothesis, the monitor hypothesis, the affective filter, and the natural order hypothesis’. So naturally, he is a big pull at a conference.

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Carol Read at TESOL France

Tuesday - November 18th, 2014
Posted by: 
Mark Hancock
Event date: 
Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 10:00
Conference Reports - hancockmcdonald.com/blog/topic/conference-reports-0

Carol Read’s plenary at TESOL France was titled, ‘Reflections on How to be a Highly Effective Teacher’. I’ve seen her give a number of conference presentations, but for me this was the best – a broad view of the field underpinned by good references, and a vivacious delivery.

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