Do You Tutor English Language Learners? Set Clear Expectations – Especially For Speaking Skills! By Eric Roth Are you tutoring English students on speaking skills? How do you effectively teach speaking skills to a private English language learner? What will you actually do for 60-120 minutes together? How will you make the conversation lessons meaningful… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#10, Expert article: Do You Tutor English Language Learners? Set Clear Expectations – Especially For Speaking Skills!
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ELTWeekly Issue #10, Article: OHP for ELT
With the advent of technology, we have got several aids to strengthen the English Teaching process. Among all the devices, the one which requires minimum of technical knowledge is OHP, or overhead projector. In this article I am going to share some of the ways of using OHP for ELT. The OHP is a small… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #10, Article: OHP for ELT
ELTWeekly Issue#10, Tip of the week
Checking Together By Tarun Patel When your students have finished doing an activity on their own, put them in pairs or in groups and ask them to check their answers together. Tell the students that if the answers are the same, they are probably correct but if they are different they need to explain/justify their choice of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#10, Tip of the week
ELTWeekly Issue #10, Quote of the week
ELTWeekly Issue#10, Video of the week: Teaching English With Games
Here are three examples of how to incorporate games into your ESL and EFL classes.
ELTWeekly Issue #9, E-learning: The Journey so far
Dear Friends, We are here again with the latest issue of ELTWeekly (now reaching more than 520 teachers of English in 28 countries). Issue#9 contains an article by Bhaskar Pandya “E-learning: The Journey so far”. The Expert Article column features an article titled “EThree Terrific English Language Teaching Movies Your Learners Will Love” by Larry M.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #9, E-learning: The Journey so far
ELTWeekly Issue #9, Featured Article: E-learning: The Journey so far
E-learning: The Journey so far By Bhaskar Pandya We all know that until the past few decades (language) teaching was never computer aided or technology enabled. Instead it was taking place in a classroom more popularly referred to as a language classroom and that too in presence of a qualified trainer. With the advent of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #9, Featured Article: E-learning: The Journey so far
ELTWeekly Issue #9, Word of the week: Tocsin
Tocsin – TOCK-sin Meaning: an alarm bell or the ringing of it / a warning signal Example: A coalition of parents was sounding the tocsin for the school music program — if voters didn’t approve a tax increase, the program was sure to be axed. To know more about the word ‘Tocsin’, visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com
ELTWeekly Issue#9, ELT cartoon
ELTWeekly Issue#9, Quote of the week
“We’re trying to expand his vocabulary. I don’t speak Czech with him at all. The best teaching policy is to speak English.” – Mary Lynch