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My interest in experimental practice was piqued at the TESOL
France’s last annual colloquium where I attended interesting sessions on the
topic by Mike Harrison, and Christina Rebuffet-Broadus and Jennie Wright (see my conference report HERE)
For those who have done the DELTA, experimental practice may
be associated with trying out different, non-mainstream teaching methods or
approaches, such as TPR or the Silent Way. But, as Christina Rebuffet-Broadus, co-author of Experimental Practice in ELT: Walk on the Wild Side
which recently came out on the Round, assured me during a brief chat we had
after her workshop at TESOL France, experimental practice can also be conducted
on a micro-level.