ELTABB Event: The Seven Deadly Sins of ELT by Anthony Gaughan

The Seven Deadly Sins of ELT

Since the 1980s, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) has succeeded in purging classrooms of the following "vices" which "afflicted" earlier generations:

1) Repetition drilling
2) Translation and use of the L1
3) Heavy dictionary use
4) Teacher explanations of grammar
5) Reading texts aloud in class
6) Telling students they are wrong
7) Teacher Talk Time

If you will allow me, I would like to present the case for the defence for these
approaches and try to persuade you to give in - on occasion and consentingly - to
temptation.

Biodata:

Anthony Gaughan
is a teacher trainer based in Berlin and Hamburg, where he trains on Cambridge CELTA courses, English UK
CertTEB courses and other projects. He has been a member of ELTABB since 2000 and was treasurer for two years. He regularly contributes articles to English Teaching Matters and is a member of IATEFL.

Venue:

GLS Sprachenzentrum
Kastanienallee 82
10435 Berlin

U-Eberswalderstr.
M1-Schwedterstr.


Please register for this workshop at events@eltabb.com    This event is free for members, however, there is a charge of € 15.00 for non-members.