Common sense (versus?) methodology in modern ELT - Natalia Belousova

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We are all living through an unprecedented period of change, which has affected ELT. Teachers adopt multiple roles operating in the world of postmodernism and denial of any fixed teaching method. How can a language teacher do a good job with this myriad of complications? What shall novice ELT professionals do to stay sane? In my talk, I explore our post-method reality and invite the participants to reflect on ways for language teachers to marry common sense with quality teaching.

Natasha Belousova has been teaching and teacher-training for 20 years. After completing her Delta in 2010, she has been working with Cambridge ICELT, Distance Delta and TrinityCert trainees, and designing courses for teachers in Russia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Slovakia.

Content:
0:10 Introduction
1:21 Three important questions
01:48 How to chose the method of teaching?
2:37 Few common methods
5:36 The books for more methods
5:46 How to chose the best teaching method?
6:31 Method evolution with fashion in mind
7:24 Beliefs blitz
8:25 Few principles
13:07 Is the best method most traditional one?
14:04 Method vs methodology
16:09 It's a trap!
16:40 The post-method era
17:56 What shell we do?
22:45 Few examples of combinate
23:56 Few profiles for examples
28:09 Opinions of teachers about methods
31:35 Advice
33:10 "The end of Average"
33:55 Conclusion