I love September ❤ It’s getting a little cooler here in Spain, but still nice enough to be outdoors, plus the leaves are starting to turn more autumnal. Plus, although things tick over in the Hub in July and August, a lot of our Europe-based members also take a well-deserved rest from thinking about work, so come September there’s often a little more buzz in the group.
So, what’s been happening in the Hub this month? We had a couple of great live sessions, with Kelsea and Gonzalo from Eurospeak chatting to us about their Erasmus+ project, Teaching Grammar for Spontaneous Communication, and a conversation with Dr JPB Gerald on his book, Antisocial Language Teaching: English and the Pervasive Pathology of Whiteness.
Here are the links to our Wednesday Questions for this month:
- When has tech let you down in a lesson?
- What phrases do you avoid using in class?
- What’s your favourite short film for the classroom?
- What’s your top tip for a new ELT blogger?
- Do you have a CPD budget?
And our fabulous Hubsters shared lots of great posts too:
At the end of August, Charlie shared his latest video about Google Classroom. There were two new issues of The University Grapevine and Everything EFL had podcast episodes on using dialogues and lesson planning.
There were also posts on creating business English resources, motivating teens to speak, getting ready for the DipTESOL and (un)planning your CPD. There was also a handy thread from a Hubster asking about qualifications in ELT, plus a question followed by a blogpost on Creative Commons.