Time for #Augustfavourites, but unfortunately August was sooooooo busy that I didn’t read that many blog posts nor did I have time to write that much. I am going to share with you a few bits and bobs though.
Blog posts
Anthony Teacher.com: Adapting academic reading circles for the listening and speaking classroom.
Website
3 minute thesis: This is great to watch with your EAP students. Students from all over the world present their thesis and they talk for only 3 minutes. Some of your learners might even want to take part in the competition!
TED talks I watched with my learners
During this year’s pre-sessional EAP course I was a listening tutor which meant I did a lot of listening practice that focused on note-taking skills (especially during lectures). I watched 3 TED talks in class. I have put them in order of preference as well (my learners ranked the Cuddy talk as their favourite).
Amy Cuddy TED talk: Your body language shapes who you are (I made a lesson plan and you can find it here).
Jason Fried TED talk : Why work doesn’t happen at work (I made a lesson plan and it can be found here).
I also used this TED talk in class Noreena Hertz: How to use experts — and when not to .
Online Conference
Of course #TOBELTA 2015! This year the TOBELTA conference was about assessment. I gave a presentation as well (toot-toot) and you can watch the recording of my talk here. You can find all the recordings on YouTube.
Best buys eva (teacher goes stationery shopping)
Let me just say ….. I ❤ shopping and according to me friends…. I am good at it :P. Now, the best kind of shopping is of course stationery shopping, and this is what I got from the best book shop eva: Waterstones.
- A pencil-case appropriate for all bloggers.
2. 3D butterfly post-it notes
3. Labels and stickers for my planner as I enjoy decorative planning (if you are wondering what on earth that is, check out this blog post).
So, that’s it for the month of August. Short and sweet!! As I probably missed out loads of August stuff, feel free to toot your own horn if you wrote a blog post and wanna share it with me, or share anything you loved in the month of August! The comments section is all yours.
Talk soon xxx
My Elt Rambles 
Thanks so much for adding my post here, Joanna!
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