Discussion Topic Packs
The following topic packs are compiled from discussions on the IATEFL Young Learners Special Interest Group Discussion List.
They are available to members and summarise the views of YL practitioners and experts from around the world on a range of current issues affecting the teaching of English (EFL / ESL) to children and teenagers.
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2008
Drama in ELT
Summarised by Susan Hillyard, May 2008
Young Learner Teacher Development
Summarised by Simon Smith, January 2008
Wish list of low and high tech materials for ELT
Summarised by Wendy Arnold, February 2004 (?)
2007
Children’s L2 writing development:a neglected skill? Summarised and fielded by Jaynee Moon, February, 2007 (pending)
See also background reading and biodata
Whose English? Use of mother tongue (ad hoc discussion) January 2007Refer to messages 7198-7218
Discipline in the classroom/bad behaviour (ad hoc discussion) Jan-February, 2007
Refer to messages 7212-7367
Stories in language teaching.
Summarised and fielded by Andrew Wright, January, 2007 See also background reading and biodata
2006
What price literacy?
Summarised and fielded by Alan Maley, October, 2006
Refer to messages 6793 - 6864
See also biodata and questions
Principles and methods/theory and practice (ad hoc discussion), June 2006 Refer to messages 6426 – 6414
Down with grammar!
Summarised and fielded by Dennis Newson, May 2006
See also background reading (1) and (2) plus biodata
The relationship among action,talk and texts in learning and teaching
Summarised and fielded by Gordon Wells, February 2006
See also background reading and biodata
REALBOOKS seminar 4-6th April 2006 York
Questions and answers by Annie Hughes and YL SIG e-members, February 2006
See also promotional poster, background reading and biodata
CLIL in a natural language environment
Summarised and fielded by Irena Kostenbauer, February 2006 (pending)
See also background reading and biodata
Vocabulary
Summarised and fielded by Shelagh Rixon, January 2006 (pending)
See also background reading and biodata
2005
Special Educational Needs in the L2 classroom
Summarised and fielded by David Wilson, November 2005
For background reading link to:
http://www.specialeducationalneeds.com/case/ and biodata
Creativity in the classroom
Summarised and fielded by Lynne Cameron, October 2005
See also background reading and biodata
Teaching Thinking skills in school
Summarised and fielded by Susan Hillyard, May-June 2005
See also background reading and biodata
Cardiff 2005 Conference Summaries
Summarised by Wendy Arnold (19 summaries) April 2005
What exactly is accelerated learning?
Summarised and fielded by Susan Norman, March 2005
See also background reading and biodata
Materials Development
Summarised and fielded by Brian Tomlinson, February 2005
See also background reading and biodata
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Summarised and fielded by Jean Brewster, John Clegg and Keith Kelly, January 2005
See also background reading and biodata
2004
Bilingual Education
Summarised and fielded by Stephen Krashen, October 2004
See also background reading and biodata
Teaching a Foreign Language to Very Young Learners
Summarised by Wendy Arnold, September 2004
Waldorf / Steiner Pedagogy
Summarised by Wendy Arnold, September 2004
Dyslexia and Pictographic Languages
Summarised by Wendy Arnold, September 2004
Grammar
Summarised by Wendy Arnold, September 2004
Assessment
Fielded by Melanie Williams, summarised by Wendy Arnold, March 2004
See also biodata
Songs: valuable teaching resource or just time-fillers?
Fielded by Annie Hughes and summarised by Wendy Arnold, January 2004
See also biodata
Task-Based Language Teaching, fielded and summarised by David Nunan, April 2004
Related article: Task-Based Language Teaching, Chapter 1, by David Nunan, CUP and biodata
Drama Ideas. Moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, May 2004
A web page version of this summary, poorly formatted but with links intact, can be found here
High and Low Tech Teaching. Moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, February 2004
Vocabulary Learning. Moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, 2004
2003
Why Does the Rabbit Have Long Ears? Moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, December 2003
A web page version of this summary, poorly formatted but with links intact, can be found here
Meeting individual needs of young learners: how much differentiation in approach is really possible in the classroom? Fielded by P.S.Westwood and summarised by P.S.Westwood and Wendy Arnold, November 2003
biodata Peter Westwood
related article: Language Experience Approach. P.S.Westwood 2003
Learning strategies including higher order thinking and mindmapping. Moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, October 2003
Teaching teenagers - classroom management strategies at the outset. Moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, October 2003
Storytelling. Moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, October 2003
English for Young Learners Collaborative Bibilography, Wendy Arnold, March 2003
Classroom Discipline Strategies, Wendy Arnold, April 2003
English Through Arts and Cultures: a Cross-Curricular English Course for Young Learners (6 - 12), Livia Farago, 2003
Using ICT with Young Learners, moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, 2003
Phonics in Teaching Young Learners, moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, 2003
Designing a primary EFL/ESL course, moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, 2003
Using Readers in the English Language Classroom with Young Learners, Melanie Williams, 2003
A snake snake story from France, Donatienne Binard, 2003
Using Course Books and Stories as a 'vehicle', Moderated and summarised by Wendy Arnold, June 2003
Using Real Books in the Primary EFL Classroom, Wendy Superfine, 2003
English Language Teaching Organisations Worldwide, summarised by Wendy Arnold, 2003
2002
Assessing Young Learners: Annabelle O'Toole, July 2002
Non-linguistic Competencies, Rebecca Jones, 2002
Designing Appropriate Curricula for Young Learners, Rebecca Tompsett, 2002
Foreign Languages and Deaf Children, Sandie Jones Mourão, April 2002
The Role of the Mother Tongue, Gordon Lewis, May 2002
Reading and Writing Skills, moderated and summarised by Wendy Superfine, February 2002
2001
Is it worth going for authenticity at the expense of lexis overload? Jane Myles, October 2001
Teenagers and Project Work, Diane Phillips, November 2001
The challenges and rewards of trainee YL teachers, Rosemary Scott, December 2001
The Place of Story-Telling in Language Teaching, Peter Falvey and P. Kennedy
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