The Carnival of English Language Teaching

We start off this edition with some important developments:

Next month’s midway will be hosted by one of our colleagues, Aaron in Japan. In July, the CELT will take a summer hiatus and return in August. EFL Geek in Korea has agreed to host Midway 9 over at his place then. Little by little the CELT is picking up speed. Thanks!

Since we’re leading off with some warm fuzzies, let’s just keep the theme going with a few success stories. Lynne Davis has one about an unsolicited bit of writing from one of her students that she received after the class had finished reading/watching The Miracle Worker.

Then there’s Teacher in Development who has a kick-ass moment he’d like to share.

And here’s one more success story from AJ.

Now that we’ve all joined hands and sung a verse of Kumbaya, let’s attempt to stir the pot and generate some controversy.

Professor Henry Widdowson thinks that the exclusive use of authentic materials in EFL teaching is a flawed concept. TDOL agrees. What do you think?

Bloggers who don’t allow comments seem to be missing the point, don’t you think? I started to add this guy’s link to the blogroll but stopped when I realized that he doesn’t allow comments at his site you have to e-mail your comments to him directly as opposed to the normal way through the blog. Recently, I found myself back by his blog and couldn’t resist sharing this post about the value of hard work versus student IQ. I guess you’ll have to send the guy an e-mail or just keep your opinion to yourself.

Are you guilty of these Three Mistakes Foreign Language Teachers Make That Cause Learners to Fail? If you only recently got your teaching degree/certificate, then you need to read this post. Sadly, only those with a Blogger ID can comment.

Editor’s Comment: Why do people limit who can comment on their blogs in this way? It’s been my experience that many of us TEFL bloggers are using software and accounts other than Blogger/Blogspot. People should at least enable non-Blogger users to comment; like Rick over at pandapassport.com.

Speaking of Rick, he welcomes “all upwardly-mobile expat riff-raff” to China, where opportunities for expatriates are on the rise.

Curious about the new TOEFL iBT? Oh. Well, read This Guy’s blog anyway since he’s new to the blogosphere. He’d probably appreciate the traffic and the comments.

And as we come to a close, let’s relax with Muse and reflect on “Bagrut”.

Don’t forget that Aaron will be hosting Midway #8 of the CELT at his place on June 25th. Please send your submissions to him at apc33 [at] rocketmail [dot] com.

You can also use our carnival submission form.

Would you like to host a midway of the CELT in the future? Send an inquiry to carnivalelt[at]gmail[dot]com.

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