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| ChristineMulla |
#eltchinwag Evening all. Almost time to kick off this week's reading chinwag. Looking forward to this one! |
| ELTIreland |
Evening everyone. Welcome to this week's #eltchinwag; Adapting Reading Materials. |
| McLaughlinLou |
@ELTIreland Evening everyone! Ready for a good #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
RT @ChristineMulla: #eltchinwag Evening all. Almost time to kick off this week's reading chinwag. Looking forward to this one! |
| ChristineMulla |
My Twitter seems to be a little slow this evening guys, or the # is playing up. Onwards and upwards though. #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
Adapting reading materials...what are some of your ideas? #eltchinwag Does anyone have a preferred type of material to adapt? |
| ELTIreland |
First question of the evening: What reading materials do you use in the classroom? #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@ChristineMulla #eltchinwag More exciting reading ... Allow students a choice of text, is my number 1 |
| Jane_Seely |
Hello everyone! #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@ELTIreland #eltchinwag I tend to favour authentic texts and avoid the ones in the text books. |
| ChristineMulla |
RT @ELTIreland: First question of the evening: What reading materials do you use in the classroom? #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @LahiffP: @ChristineMulla #eltchinwag More exciting reading ... Allow students a choice of text, is my number 1 |
| ChristineMulla |
@LahiffP @ELTIreland What types of texts do you use? #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@ChristineMulla #eltchinwag Then they are more likely to be engaged with it and you have a reason for communication with too much effort. |
| eilymurphy |
Hi there #eltchinwag |
| eilymurphy |
@ChristineMulla @LahiffP @ELTIreland number 1 criteria is probably "short" texts #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@ELTIreland the wider the variety of text type the better. if students get to choose as @LahiffP mentioned it engages even more #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@ChristineMulla @ELTIreland #eltchinwag The Metro, commuter paper, is pitched just right for learners, with nice pics and light touch. |
| LahiffP |
RT @McLaughlinLou: @ELTIreland the wider the variety of text type the better. if students get to choose as @LahiffP mentioned it engages ev… |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @eilymurphy: @ChristineMulla @LahiffP @ELTIreland number 1 criteria is probably "short" texts #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@eilymurphy @ChristineMulla @ELTIreland #eltchinwag With longer texts I divide up the paragraphs between students so they collaborate on it. |
| ChristineMulla |
I agree. Authentic texts are better. However, sometimes they need modification to allow for different levels. #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@Jane_Seely What types of texts do you favour? #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@ainzyoshea @GarethSears @MihaelaOlariu #eltchinwag on now if you have a bit of time. |
| McLaughlinLou |
@LahiffP @ChristineMulla @ELTIreland #eltchinwag Accessing this in class and working with txt encourages outside reading as sthg achievable |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @LahiffP: @ChristineMulla @ELTIreland #eltchinwag The Metro, commuter paper, is pitched just right for learners, with nice pics and ligh… |
| LahiffP |
@ChristineMulla #eltchinwag That's where I would cut them down, but I wouldn't adapt the content too much. |
| johnbyrne_ELT |
I have used short stories (flash fiction) on occasion which went down well #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@ChristineMulla I've got a very talkative C1 group, so if possible something that will incite a good conversation afterwards! #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@eilymurphy @LahiffP @ELTIreland What kinds do you use? Magazine articles, horoscopes? #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
@ELTIreland Evening! I def agree that authentic material is the best, but I sometimes enjoy a creative writing price or two #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla Just got online, hi everyone on #eltchinwag ! …time to catch up… |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @johnbyrne_ELT: I have used short stories (flash fiction) on occasion which went down well #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@johnbyrne_ELT Ooo, where do you source them? Sounds like fun! Great way to engage. #eltchinwag |
| MihaelaOlariu |
Online, finally #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@McLaughlinLou @ChristineMulla @ELTIreland #eltchinwag It is hard to avoid it. Some students are even merchandisers for the paper :) |
| ChristineMulla |
@MaeBVee @ELTIreland Hey V! If the creative writing piece was written for native speakers, it's authentic. How do you use it? #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@johnbyrne_ELT #eltchinwag What is flash fiction exactly? |
| ChristineMulla |
@GarethSears Hey. Think everyone's having issues with log in this evening. Welcome. #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
RT @ChristineMulla: @MaeBVee @ELTIreland Hey V! If the creative writing piece was written for native speakers, it's authentic. How do you u… |
| GarethSears |
@mclaughlinlou I recently adapted small texts into 'txt' speak for my younger students, they <3ed the decoding element. #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@LahiffP @McLaughlinLou @ELTIreland Yes, very true. What's your favourite section? #eltchinwag |
| eilymurphy |
@ChristineMulla @ELTIreland boring :( but Bus Eng Ss texts tend 2 B emails and technical specs -lighter stuff used for listeng #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@ChristineMulla @eilymurphy @LahiffP @ELTIreland Twitter itself provides some good short texts, definitely promotes conversation #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@ELTIreland Reading song lyrics as texts without listening to the song at all, SS really enjoyed it! #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@eilymurphy @ELTIreland I love using random articles with Biz - company strategy/marketing ideas etc. #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@GarethSears @ChristineMulla Hi! Welcome on board #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
@ChristineMulla i completely forgot it was Monday! I have loads of pieces, varying in topics - I've used it for extreme adjs #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@eilymurphy @ChristineMulla @ELTIreland #eltchinwag It's in their area of expertise so you can really focus on sturcture rather than content |
| ChristineMulla |
@GarethSears @McLaughlinLou So did you take the short texts and put them into text talk for them to translate back? #eltchinwag |
| ELTIreland |
RT @MaeBVee: @ChristineMulla i completely forgot it was Monday! I have loads of pieces, varying in topics - I've used it for extreme adjs … |
| GarethSears |
@jane_seely @eltireland A great 'speaking' follow up is using an 'auto tune my voice' app for 'performance' w/ groups of Ss :D #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@GarethSears it's always a good one, gets them involved, fun when they start using it #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@McLaughlinLou @ChristineMulla @eilymurphy @ELTIreland #eltchinwag And students get a kick out of correcting celebs' tweets. |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @Jane_Seely: @ELTIreland Reading song lyrics as texts without listening to the song at all, SS really enjoyed it! #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@LahiffP @McLaughlinLou @eilymurphy @ELTIreland Yes, someone mentioned that at a chat before. Need to look into that one. #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
@GarethSears @Jane_Seely @ELTIreland that sounds like it'd be hysterical! #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@GarethSears @Jane_Seely @ELTIreland #eltchinwag An auto tune app? That sounds like a great idea for getting them singing. |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla @mclaughlinlou Yes, I found it was a good 'test' of their inner voice / pron. They really like the acronyms too #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
@LahiffP @McLaughlinLou with twitter, would you just pick and choose several tweets for them to discuss? #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@lahiffp @jane_seely @eltireland it's just a fixed melody. Useful for those 'shyer' students :D not that i condone AutoTune… #eltchinwag |
| ainzyoshea |
@eltireland Hi there :) As a newish teacher I've used some but not a lot. Any tips? Metro is great and online newspapers #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@GarethSears @ChristineMulla @McLaughlinLou #eltchinwag How so? |
| Jane_Seely |
Amateur psychology; Ss give each other Rorschach tests and interpret using detailed notes from a book/site #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
Has anyone ever used a catalogue? Say Argos for example? Get Ss to search for items, spec, price etc. #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
RT @MaeBVee: @LahiffP @McLaughlinLou with twitter, would you just pick and choose several tweets for them to discuss? #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@MaeBVee @LahiffP Normally they have plenty of suggestions as to what or who they would like to check out on twitter #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @GarethSears: @christinemulla @mclaughlinlou Yes, I found it was a good 'test' of their inner voice / pron. They really like the acronym… |
| ChristineMulla |
@Jane_Seely High level, yes? Think I have one of those tucked away somewhere. #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
@ChristineMulla I have actually! In pairs they had €100 and had to come up with a shopping list. #eltchinwag |
| ainzyoshea |
@ChristineMulla I agree sometimes modification neededl! Great way to encourage learning outside classroom #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@McLaughlinLou #eltchinwag I always get great use out of the quirkies here http://t.co/XCqvYTgwY1 Animal and strange crime are best. |
| HadaLitim |
Hi everyone, sorry just got free #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@McLaughlinLou @MaeBVee @LahiffP One of my colleagues @rebecca_white83 has used it for summarising with CAE #eltchinwag |
| eilymurphy |
@ChristineMulla have used sites like tripadvisor/reviews for scanning #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
I've also done horoscopes and the Ss loved it! Caused quite a debate on whether they believe in it or not #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@lahiffp @christinemulla @mclaughlinlou one of the apps is 'songify' https://t.co/C9wR1FvXd2 #eltchinwag #autotuneshenanigans |
| ChristineMulla |
@HadaLitim Hi Hada. Glad you could make it. #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@eilymurphy Great idea! #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@ChristineMulla #eltchinwag Sounds good, especially as they can choose their area of interest. Give them €100 and see who gets the best buy. |
| HadaLitim |
@eilymurphy @ChristineMulla What a great idea! Never thought of that! #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@MaeBVee @GarethSears @ELTIreland Full lesson:follow up reading with lyrical mad-libs&karaoke w/new song lyrics,brilliant fun! #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@maebvee @christinemulla love the shopping list idea! #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@Jane_Seely #eltchinwag I've done something like this, but with dreams. |
| HadaLitim |
@ChristineMulla Hi Christine, me too :) Will have to read the transcript for what I've missed #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@ainzyoshea @ELTIreland Online papers easy to source! Others: twitter, mags, blogs, emails, reports - depends on class type #eltchinwag |
| ELTIreland |
Let's think about course books guys. How do you adapt texts in them to make them more interesting? #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@ChristineMulla Yes I have, online catalogues all the time with clothing, size colour etc #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@LahiffP @Jane_Seely Go on.... #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @LahiffP: @McLaughlinLou #eltchinwag I always get great use out of the quirkies here http://t.co/XCqvYTgwY1 Animal and strange crime are… |
| LahiffP |
@ChristineMulla @McLaughlinLou @MaeBVee @rebecca_white83 #eltchinwag I've been practicing my summarising alot in these chats :) |
| GarethSears |
@eltireland Is it specifically adapting texts, or the manner of presentation / lead in that makes them interesting? :D #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@MaeBVee I can get a bit too into horoscopes in class, I get distracted by Zodiac profiling the Ss and work goes out the window! #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@LahiffP @Jane_Seely Dream?? Sounds interesting..how? #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@MaeBVee #eltchinwag Too right! I'm a sagitarian in the body of a pisces :D |
| McLaughlinLou |
@LahiffP Brilliant...can imagine that would definitely get the sts working creatively with text :) #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@McLaughlinLou @ainzyoshea & topic. Good to use things you read; familiarity with text type will help you feel more comfortable. #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @eilymurphy: @ChristineMulla have used sites like tripadvisor/reviews for scanning #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
RT @ELTIreland: Let's think about course books guys. How do you adapt texts in them to make them more interesting? #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@eltireland I sometimes use more up to date but similar articles / blogs for OOD info. I.e. the latest CES for tech topics #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@ChristineMulla @eilymurphy #eltchinwag Trip advisor is fab. The negative reviews are especially fun, but the English often needs correction |
| HadaLitim |
@GarethSears @ELTIreland Comprehension races are always a winner with my Ss #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@GarethSears A ggod point. Lead in v. important. Even with good lead though, some texts suck the life out of a reader. #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@eltireland acronyms: Out of Date, Consumer Electronics Show - which is always a hit coz people love gadgets / scifi reality! #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@ChristineMulla @LahiffP Only thing is can get a bit Freudian, best avoided with reserved SS or easily embarrassed T! #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@McLaughlinLou #eltchinwag Advising the criminals generates lots of discussion. |
| ChristineMulla |
@HadaLitim @GarethSears Do elaborate.. #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
RT @LahiffP: @ChristineMulla @eilymurphy #eltchinwag Trip advisor is fab. The negative reviews are especially fun, but the English often ne… |
| Jane_Seely |
#eltchinwag @LahiffP @MaeBVee I've always thought that about you Peter... :p |
| HadaLitim |
@LahiffP @McLaughlinLou Peter can you elaborate pls? #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@LahiffP @eilymurphy Lots in there so. Error correction and reading skill. #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@Jane_Seely @ChristineMulla #eltchinwag Same as with a lesson on relationship advice, make it light hearted from the start and its fine. |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla @hadalitim sorry, I'm lost in a sea of twitter, elaborate on which bit? =D #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@ChristineMulla @GarethSears Maybe activity type more of an influence on how sts respond to dealing with text #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@ChristineMulla cut out the qns on strips. Ss in groups come & get 1qn at a time & run bck 2 find answer. 1st group finsih wins #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
@ELTIreland I find a strong lead in is imperative. After that u have to make a call on whether or not 2 tch the course book. #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
#eltchinwag @ELTIreland This is very IELTSy but drawing charts/timelines from the info in the text - can be done as a jigsaw activity too |
| Louiseguyett |
@ELTIreland #eltchinwag make jigsaw readings from course book texts especially long ones |
| HadaLitim |
@MaeBVee @ELTIreland I totally agree, the lead can make a break the whole lesson #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@HadaLitim @McLaughlinLou #eltchinwag With the quirikes from this site, the Strange Crime stories tend to be about incompetent criminals ... |
| GarethSears |
@hadalitim @christinemulla That. Sounds. Amazing! I was expecting something less physical :P comprehension races! #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @ELTIreland: Let's think about course books guys. How do you adapt texts in them to make them more interesting? #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
Sometimes a coursebook text is v. long. Break it up by creating paragraph based questions to be answered in chunks #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
RT @HadaLitim: @MaeBVee @ELTIreland I totally agree, the lead can make a break the whole lesson #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@LahiffP @McLaughlinLou Sounds fun. My ss would love that #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
I'm also a huge fan of running dictation or "repeat after me" for making a semi-boring reading more engaging #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@jane_seely @eltireland I do like a good jigsaw… #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@Jane_Seely @ELTIreland #eltchinwag One biz class took some charts form the back of the Economist magazine a did presentations on them. |
| ChristineMulla |
@GarethSears @HadaLitim Double favourite. #eltchinwag Way to make IELTS this week more interactive! |
| eilymurphy |
@ChristineMulla classic thing with long text - GA reads Part1, GB reads Part2 and Q&A info exchange #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@ELTIreland Giving sts the text and asking them to prepare activities for other groups on same text #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@GarethSears It gets everyone involved as the runners alternate #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@ChristineMulla Maybe incorporate some prediction as they go paragraph by paragraph #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@Louiseguyett @ELTIreland #eltchinwag Yep! Then it's all about collaborative construction of meaning. |
| MaeBVee |
@McLaughlinLou @ELTIreland could you give some examples of what activities you'd look for? #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
Has anyone modified / created a text for beginner classes? Any ideas on the best way to go about this? #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@HadaLitim @ChristineMulla @GarethSears I've done this with vocab but never reading, great idea!! #eltchinwag |
| ELTIreland |
If your text is not really level appropriate, what do you do? (rather than choose not to use it?) #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @Jane_Seely: #eltchinwag @ELTIreland This is very IELTSy but drawing charts/timelines from the info in the text - can be done as a jigsa… |
| HadaLitim |
@Jane_Seely @ChristineMulla Jane I love this! #eltchinwag |
| MihaelaOlariu |
@MaeBVee turning shorter texts for lower levels into dictogloss also works, follow up conv on the characters, plot #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
RT @McLaughlinLou: @ELTIreland Giving sts the text and asking them to prepare activities for other groups on same text #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@MaeBVee @McLaughlinLou Could do sth like T/F questions, a gap fill, find synonyms/opposites for these words, writers opinion #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
@MihaelaOlariu that's a great idea, too! #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@MaeBVee Definitely! running dictation great for all levels and text types and is easily adapted from course book #eltchinwag @ELTIreland |
| HadaLitim |
@LahiffP @Louiseguyett @ELTIreland With jigsaw my ss tend to 'cheat' so monitoring becomes 'militant' lol! #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@ELTIreland #eltchinwag They are the editorial meeting of a newspaper and have to come up with suggestions to make it more interesting. |
| GarethSears |
@eltireland I suppose a quick mod to revise tenses is to change the tenses of the text, e.g. present -> past / past -> future. #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
RT @MihaelaOlariu: @MaeBVee turning shorter texts for lower levels into dictogloss also works, follow up conv on the characters, plot #eltc… |
| HadaLitim |
RT @LahiffP: @ELTIreland #eltchinwag They are the editorial meeting of a newspaper and have to come up with suggestions to make it more int… |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @eilymurphy: @ChristineMulla classic thing with long text - GA reads Part1, GB reads Part2 and Q&A info exchange #eltchinwag |
| Louiseguyett |
@ELTIreland #eltchinwag I also love cutting up paragraphs, sticking up around class, ss walk round to look for answers, moving jigsaw readin |
| MaeBVee |
@ChristineMulla @McLaughlinLou do you think that sort of activity is aimed for higher levels? #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@HadaLitim @Jane_Seely Yes, great for IELTS techniques. #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @Louiseguyett: @ELTIreland #eltchinwag make jigsaw readings from course book texts especially long ones |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @LahiffP: @Louiseguyett @ELTIreland #eltchinwag Yep! Then it's all about collaborative construction of meaning. |
| ChristineMulla |
RT @ELTIreland: If your text is not really level appropriate, what do you do? (rather than choose not to use it?) #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@HadaLitim @Jane_Seely @ChristineMulla #eltchinwag What do you think happens in the end? / What do you think happened at the start? engages. |
| ChristineMulla |
@Louiseguyett @ELTIreland Oh I love this! #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla @hadalitim @jane_seely Any ideas for hard texts -> lower levels? Or is it too much info overload / noise. #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@MihaelaOlariu @MaeBVee #eltchinwag I can't get dictogloss to work for me. How do you do it? |
| ChristineMulla |
@Louiseguyett @ELTIreland Could really focus them on how to tell by quick scan that info is there/not there. Class!! #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@MaeBVee @ChristineMulla have done it with lower levels, no prob ... activities aren't always exciting but they v involved #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @ChristineMulla: @MaeBVee @McLaughlinLou Could do sth like T/F questions, a gap fill, find synonyms/opposites for these words, writers o… |
| HadaLitim |
With IELTS texts I often find a related Youtube short video and show some of it to warm them. Helps loads #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@ChristineMulla @MaeBVee @McLaughlinLou #eltchinwag Let students come up with questions for each other. A great way to test comprehension. |
| MaeBVee |
@ChristineMulla @Louiseguyett @ELTIreland that's exactly what I was thinking ! #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@ChristineMulla @MaeBVee These actually things sts come up with...some sts more inventive than others but get to choose activity #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@GarethSears @ChristineMulla @HadaLitim @Jane_Seely #eltchinwag Just do the first paragraph and have them make up the rest. |
| ChristineMulla |
@GarethSears @HadaLitim @Jane_Seely Begin with pics on text, discuss story, then vocab, repeat, then sentence starters, repeat. #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@GarethSears @HadaLitim @Jane_Seely Finally, read to check prediction. #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@Louiseguyett @ELTIreland I've seen this working really well for other Ts but never tried it myself, will defo try this week! #eltchinwag |
| MihaelaOlariu |
@ChristineMulla sometimes I use interview transcripts, break into pieces,match question-answer,ind.speech rephrase follow-up #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@ChristineMulla @GarethSears @Jane_Seely Showed a short Light pollution vid recently discussed then read Bingo! #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
RT @Louiseguyett: @ELTIreland #eltchinwag I also love cutting up paragraphs, sticking up around class, ss walk round to look for answers, m… |
| eilymurphy |
@ELTIreland emails can work with all levels, same basic info can be worded for A0 to C2,good ex if Ss simplify/improve lang too #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
RT @eilymurphy: @ELTIreland emails can work with all levels, same basic info can be worded for A0 to C2,good ex if Ss simplify/improve lang… |
| McLaughlinLou |
@ELTIreland making the activity appropriate will help with text difficulty #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @LahiffP: @ELTIreland #eltchinwag They are the editorial meeting of a newspaper and have to come up with suggestions to make it more int… |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @ELTIreland: If your text is not really level appropriate, what do you do? (rather than choose not to use it?) #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@HadaLitim Hmm, should do that more. Needing some IELTS inspiration at the mo. #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@ChristineMulla And there seems to be a vid for every IELTS topic out there ;) #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @LahiffP: @HadaLitim @Jane_Seely @ChristineMulla #eltchinwag What do you think happens in the end? / What do you think happened at the s… |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla @jane_seely read bingo?! You're a goldmine of fun @HadaLitim , do elaborate, please :) #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@Jane_Seely @Louiseguyett @ELTIreland #eltchinwag Did this with Irish legends, Finn McCool and Cuchulainn. They had to re-order the story. |
| ChristineMulla |
@McLaughlinLou @ELTIreland How do you make the activity appropriate? #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@ChristineMulla @GarethSears @HadaLitim That's such a great lesson structure, going to steal it... #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@GarethSears @christinemulla @jane_seely Lol! I should have written read and Bingo..they read! (after the vid that is) ;) #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @MihaelaOlariu: @ChristineMulla sometimes I use interview transcripts, break into pieces,match question-answer,ind.speech rephrase foll… |
| MihaelaOlariu |
@LahiffP @MaeBVee 10 sentences grad.to their lev. and lang, listen, write, compare, read again, comp, give them the text, check #eltchinwag |
| ELTIreland |
5 minutes left guys. Doesn't feel like long enough tonight. Would anyone be interested in writing a little summary? #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
@MihaelaOlariu that's a whole lesson right there! #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@ChristineMulla I really recommend the Rorschach thing,Ss loved it and asked for it again! Not strictly IELTs but a nice filler! #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@Louiseguyett What do you do on difficult text, e.g. pitched at wrong level in course book? #eltchinwag |
| McLaughlinLou |
@ChristineMulla @ELTIreland Examples might be low level vocab work, verb/adjective identification, lexical set work, translate #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@MaeBVee @MihaelaOlariu Do you take the text back after check? #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@MihaelaOlariu @MaeBVee #eltchinwag Thanks a mil! For some reason I thought they had to do grammatical transformations to complete the text. |
| HadaLitim |
@ChristineMulla @Louiseguyett pre-teach vocab and discuss more. Grade the questions #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
RT @MihaelaOlariu: @LahiffP @MaeBVee 10 sentences grad.to their lev. and lang, listen, write, compare, read again, comp, give them the text… |
| LahiffP |
RT @MihaelaOlariu: @LahiffP @MaeBVee 10 sentences grad.to their lev. and lang, listen, write, compare, read again, comp, give them the text… |
| MaeBVee |
@Jane_Seely @ChristineMulla how do you incorporate Rorschach? #eltchinwag I think I missed it before |
| HadaLitim |
@MihaelaOlariu @LahiffP @MaeBVee I might try that! Thx Mihaela #eltchinwag |
| Jane_Seely |
@ELTIreland Fantastic #eltchinwag tonight everyone, feeling so inspired by all the creativity and energy!!! |
| GarethSears |
@mclaughlinlou @christinemulla @eltireland Ever use concordance lines to isolate these features? Works well with collocations. #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@jane_seely @eltireland Agreed! A hive of great ideas that I'm going to have to try out! #eltchinwag |
| ELTIreland |
We're at 9 o'clock. Thank you to all for coming. Some wondrous ideas bandied about tonight. Anyone care to summarise? #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@GarethSears @McLaughlinLou @ChristineMulla @ELTIreland #eltchinwag Yep! Ask students which combinations they find most surprising / useful. |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @Jane_Seely: @ELTIreland Fantastic #eltchinwag tonight everyone, feeling so inspired by all the creativity and energy!!! |
| HadaLitim |
RT @Jane_Seely: @ELTIreland Fantastic #eltchinwag tonight everyone, feeling so inspired by all the creativity and energy!!! |
| GarethSears |
@lahiffp @eltireland YES! Details on the forum? #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@GarethSears @McLaughlinLou @ChristineMulla @ELTIreland #eltchinwag Where do you go for concordance, the way? |
| MaeBVee |
@ELTIreland once again, it's been a pleasure and as always, I learn so much! #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@GarethSears How do you use concordance lines exactly? I've used collocations, but just selecting from text. #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@ChristineMulla @ELTIreland @LahiffP Thanks all for a lively and most informative chat - so glad I made it #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
"@lahiffp @mclaughlinlou @christinemulla @eltireland Begrudgingly to http://t.co/QyJ0eNM1dO, as a brit i'm biased ;)” #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla The best way is to make each student / group a 'researcher' on their collocation and present to others… #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
@GarethSears @ELTIreland #eltchinwag All the details on the Article Writing Forum are here. http://t.co/uc9CC0Ur4F |
| ELTIreland |
Don't forget out Article Writing Forum on Wednesday evening at 18:30 in Dublin 8. Tickets here http://t.co/fIM7MKjUuh #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
RT @ELTIreland: Don't forget out Article Writing Forum on Wednesday evening at 18:30 in Dublin 8. Tickets here http://t.co/fIM7MKjUuh #eltc… |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @LahiffP: @GarethSears @ELTIreland #eltchinwag All the details on the Article Writing Forum are here. http://t.co/uc9CC0Ur4F |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla use the graphs feature in to show if a collocation is more common in speech, edu, news #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
RT @GarethSears: @christinemulla The best way is to make each student / group a 'researcher' on their collocation and present to others… #e… |
| ChristineMulla |
@GarethSears What would that be a 'YES' to? #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@hadalitim Oh no, I meant it was an american database :P #eltchinwag |
| MaeBVee |
RT @ELTIreland: Don't forget out Article Writing Forum on Wednesday evening at 18:30 in Dublin 8. Tickets here http://t.co/fIM7MKjUuh #eltc… |
| McLaughlinLou |
RT @ELTIreland: Don't forget out Article Writing Forum on Wednesday evening at 18:30 in Dublin 8. Tickets here http://t.co/fIM7MKjUuh #eltc… |
| ChristineMulla |
RT @ELTIreland: Don't forget out Article Writing Forum on Wednesday evening at 18:30 in Dublin 8. Tickets here http://t.co/fIM7MKjUuh #eltc… |
| LahiffP |
RT @ELTIreland: Don't forget out Article Writing Forum on Wednesday evening at 18:30 in Dublin 8. Tickets here http://t.co/fIM7MKjUuh #eltc… |
| MaeBVee |
RT @LahiffP: @GarethSears @ELTIreland #eltchinwag All the details on the Article Writing Forum are here. http://t.co/uc9CC0Ur4F |
| Jane_Seely |
RT @ELTIreland: Don't forget out Article Writing Forum on Wednesday evening at 18:30 in Dublin 8. Tickets here http://t.co/fIM7MKjUuh #eltc… |
| HadaLitim |
@GarethSears Oh dear! I'd rather a brit one too #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla @LahiffP The Article Writing Forum, a la Peter… :) #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla Look at where the collocation is used, punctuation, start / end of sentence, common contexts, etc etc #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@HadaLitim @LahiffP Thanks for coming. Tweet me Weds to remind me of #eltchat. Have meeting until 8:30, but shld make it. #eltchinwag |
| MihaelaOlariu |
@ChristineMulla @MaeBVee what do you mean? #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@GarethSears @LahiffP Aw, and there I thought you'd like to do a summary of our #eltchinwag :-) |
| HadaLitim |
Tara everyone #eltchinwag See you next week or this Weds for our #eltchat. You can vote here http://t.co/LG5lNv0Vjp |
| GarethSears |
@lahiffp @hadalitim That's the one Peter, but the BYU interface is hella useful :D #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
RT @HadaLitim: Tara everyone #eltchinwag See you next week or this Weds for our #eltchat. You can vote here http://t.co/LG5lNv0Vjp |
| HadaLitim |
@LahiffP @GarethSears Cheers! That's be'er! #eltchinwag |
| GarethSears |
@christinemulla @lahiffp It's on the cards! I need to get my act together and blog up, possibly the next one ;) #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
@MihaelaOlariu @MaeBVee You said give the text to check, but I'm thinking listen act. dictogloss, course not with reading, duh! #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
@ChristineMulla @LahiffP Defo will. See ya and thx again #eltchinwag |
| ChristineMulla |
Hopefully see some of you at the Article Writing Forum on Wednesday. On in Kaplan International English, Temple Bar at 18:30. #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
RT @ChristineMulla: Hopefully see some of you at the Article Writing Forum on Wednesday. On in Kaplan International English, Temple Bar at … |
| GarethSears |
Must dash all, it's been a blast, until the next one! #eltchinwag |
| ELTIreland |
You can read our previous chat summaries and transcripts here: http://t.co/MZpxRytRbs This transcript coming soon! #eltchinwag |
| ainzyoshea |
great ideas. learned lots and feeling super inspired :) #eltchinwag |
| MihaelaOlariu |
@ChristineMulla @MaeBVee reading check, general focus on narrative tenses, adverbs and connectors, list.+ read. #eltchinwag |
| HadaLitim |
RT @ELTIreland: You can read our previous chat summaries and transcripts here: http://t.co/MZpxRytRbs This transcript coming soon! #eltchin… |
| Jane_Seely |
RT @ELTIreland: You can read our previous chat summaries and transcripts here: http://t.co/MZpxRytRbs This transcript coming soon! #eltchin… |
| ChristineMulla |
@ainzyoshea Awesome! Thanks for joining. We'll have to do buddy checks this week. #eltchinwag |
| LahiffP |
RT @ELTIreland: You can read our previous chat summaries and transcripts here: http://t.co/MZpxRytRbs This transcript coming soon! #eltchin… |
| eilymurphy |
anybody familiar with Dublin based lingleonline for adapting texts? http://t.co/0Py1zPvbtw didn't get past free trial myself #eltchinwag |
| eilymurphy |
preferred new site "newsmart" http://t.co/411t6h30Rx for its lighter touch #eltchinwag |
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