The ELT Digest: December 2020

Welcome to the ELT Digest for December Welcome to the ELT Digest. This is the third of our end-of-the-month roundups. We’re sharing what we enjoyed in December, what we’re looking forward to in the coming months and recommending some non-ELT content. If you...

What’s going on with you these days, Rhiannon Carter?

On the 23rd of December at noon, we’ll be hosting our next Talking Shop session, ‘What’s going on with you these days, Rhiannon Carter?’ This session will be held on Zoom at midday UCT. You can check what time that is for you here. Rhiannon is a language teacher...

What is conversation and how do we teach it?

On Sunday at midday UTC (click here to see this in your local time zone), Tim will be presenting a session based on a talk he gave at CamTESOL in Feburary. The talk is based around the idea that even students with quite good English can struggle when it comes to...

The ELT Digest: November

Welcome to the ELT Digest. This is our second monthly round up. This time, we share what we enjoyed in November, what we’re looking forward to in the coming month and recommend some non-ELT content. If you missed October’s edition, check it out here. Looking Back...

What’s going on with you these days, Matthew Noble?

Our next ‘Talking Shop’ will be ‘What’s going on with you these days, Matthew Noble?’ is coming up next week on Wednesday the 25th of November at midday UCT. You can check what time that is for you here. Matthew is a teacher, teacher...

The ELT Digest: October 2020

Welcome to Talking Shop’s roundup. In this monthly digest we’ll be sharing what caught our eye in last month as well as looking what we’re looking forwads to in the future. Looking back A more inclusive textbook It’s always shocking to both of us how...

Let’s Talk ‘Talking Shop’

What is ‘talking shop’? Talking Shop is the new blog, podcast and webinar series from The ELT Workshop. It’s going to be ELT content done right: enjoyable, informative, and social.  Why are you starting a new project? When Mike and Tim originally met in...

Writing a Better Coursebook

This essay is taken from Conversation Cookbook—the new book from The ELT Workshop. We’ve been working hard on rethinking what a coursebook should look like and are excited to share our ideas.  The ELT coursebook (and its associated PPP framework) has been the...