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TEFL Matters

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Teaching & Learning Foreign Languages

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The Cambridge CELTA Blog
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The Cambridge DELTA Blog
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The #ELTchat Blog
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My Greek Blog
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Richard St. Johns 8 secrets of success
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educator teacher
writer teacher educator
presenter
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educator teacher
writer teacher educator
presenter
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Maintains my enthusiasm
for education
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even when I am tired
good results need hard work!

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even when I am tired
good results need hard work!

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Perseverance is important
for learning
communicating your ideas
is part of learning!

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PLN
connect to
grow
maintain
form
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PLN
evidence

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No!
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Coursework load
Fear of exposing lack of knowledge
Writing issues
Unconvinced of Value
Complacency
Lack of tech knowledge
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Looking for
a job now
I dont have
ideas
I dont know
what to write
about
No idea how
to create a
blog
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Do we do enough?
Do we teach how to blog?
Do we encourage it?
Is it compulsory?
Is it part of the coursework?
Do we show them how to use their blogging
platform?
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support given during the learning
process which is tailored to the needs
of the student with the intention of
helping the student achieve his/her
learning goals
(Sawyer, 2006).
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the building is not yet
complete
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writing as process
take through the paces
plan a series of sessions
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http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/12/25/creati ng-an-outline-for-blogging-unit-plan/
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Models/blogs to read and add
comments
Reading to respond to
Lesson to reflect on
An activity to describe
A question or series of questions
Verbal cues or prompts

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http://www.hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator
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http://bit.ly/YnL8vX
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http://www.pearltrees.com/#/N-u=1_1255376&N-p=78804442&N-
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http://cambridgecelta.org/2014/02/26/i-have-been-tagged/
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