Aidan

ELT teacher, trainer, DoS, interested in all things ELT, with a growing interest in instructed SLA & TBLT. I run up hills and drink good single malt whisky.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@kamilaofprague @gotanda 1. Computer Programmer
2. Selling mobile phone contracts door-to-door
3. Tomato-picker
4. Hod-carrier
5. Language teacher

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@BBC6Music How about The Rainbow by TalkTalk from theor 1988 classic Spirit of Eden. Thanks, Aidan in Leeds #NP6Music

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@BBC6Music #NP6Music can you actually have a playlist to nature without including 1st movement of Beethoven ' s Pastoral Symphony? At 10 mins long, I dare you to play it. Come on! You can do it! Aidan in Leeds

[Aidan @AidanElt]

#NP6Music The Cure- A Forest.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@kokahokey @ELTExperiences Agree with this.

[Duy Van Vu @Duyvvu]

Here comes a list of good quality and free open-access journals on English language teaching that I've compiled. I hope this list will be useful for English language teachers, especially those in underprivileged places. https://t.co/Mf6HfORXo7

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@EltPaula Being Irish, I have a feckin' light accent. This is not acceptable! The good news is that the industry is changing. But very slowly in some parts of the world, I'm afraid.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@bealer81 Yeah, different to the Neil Young version but equally brilliant. They've combined a cover of Bright Eyes and Neil Young and made something unique. Glad you enjoyed it.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@bealer81 https://t.co/5JbbzYH55V

[Aidan @AidanElt]

Was thinking this last night, and completely agree. I am glad that there are some who are willing to challenge the status quo.

[Patrick 🇵🇸 🍉 @patrickamon]

@tesolmatthew @ritchartwinson @NeilJMcCutcheon @timhampson @GeoffreyJordan @robtesh @sbrowntweets @sandymillin If you go close to the line you will almost inevitably occasionally cross it. Most people in ELT make a point of going nowhere near the line, with baleful consequences for the intellectual culture of ELT.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@mjahmadian Easily the most beautiful city in the UK.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@AnneHendler @theteacherjames Interested in the topics covered so just bought a copy - only a few pounds and all for a good cause.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@sbrowntweets @NeilJMcCutcheon @CarterRhiannon @robtesh @sandymillin I agree wholeheartedly, but replace "producing educational materials" with "running a school" and it's not so black and white, for me at least.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@Vijay_Ramjattan Irish speaker of English: I choose not to pronounce the TH in most words. These days people find my accent charming, but in previous generations, many people perceived it a lack of education/intelligence.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@jogkiwi @ddeubel Oops.

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@sandymillin @NeilJMcCutcheon Learning happens when...Ss have the chance to interact in the target language.
One thing teachers can do is … Make sure that Ss have real reasons to communicate with each other
Something that has really helped me is … being a S in a language class. #IATEFL2019

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@kamilaofprague More of a follow-up to your question rather than a starter: Where have you come from today? How was your trip?

[Aidan @AidanElt]

@Botanygeek Thai schoolkids used to tell me this when I lived there. I asked them how the monks who lived in forest temples were still alive. Discussion over.