[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 15 | July 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] 1. Make sure you teach pronunciation! First and foremost on this list of top tips: don’t be afraid of teaching pronunciation! It isn’t just a ‘nice to have’. It affects all areas of language learning – for example, there is evidence that strong… Continue reading Laura Patsko’s Tips for Teaching Pronunciation (Cambridge English Blog)
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Six ways to boost classroom participation: Part 1 – Using peer observation (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 15 | July 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] “When we originally went to the moon, our total focus was on the moon, we weren’t thinking about looking back at the earth. But now we’ve done it, that may have been the most important reason we went.” – reported by David Beaver,… Continue reading Six ways to boost classroom participation: Part 1 – Using peer observation (OUP Blog)
ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] 21st Century Skills in ELT Part 1: The rise of 21st Century Skills (OUP Blog) How to land a job as a non-native speaker teacher in three simple steps (Cambridge English Blog) Cambridge English Webinar’s ‘Second language acquisition and manageable learning’ Replay Five… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14
International Conference & Workshop ‘LITFEST – 2015’, September 2015, Chennai
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Topics proposed for Presentation – Litfest ’15 The Theory and Practice of Comic Literature Comics: Intercultural Perspectives Comics: A Critique of Socio-Political Realities Comics and Culture Studies Multimediality in Comics Traditions of Comics in India Transportation of Comics into Films Comics: A Historical… Continue reading International Conference & Workshop ‘LITFEST – 2015’, September 2015, Chennai
National Seminar on ‘Contemporary Literary Discourses in Indian English’, August 2015, Karnataka, India
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] UGC Sponsored National Seminar (Sixth National Level Activity of the Dept. of English) On ‘Contemporary Literary Discourses in Indian English‘, 28-29, August 2015 Organized by The Department of English Sri Bhuvanendra College, Karkala ABOUT KARKALA: Karkala is a historic town in Udupi District, known for idol… Continue reading National Seminar on ‘Contemporary Literary Discourses in Indian English’, August 2015, Karnataka, India
Five top tips for using video with your learners (Cambridge English Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] What’s your top tip for teaching with video in the classroom? We’re currently running a competitionwhere the best tip can win a GoPro kit and choice of accessories. You can enter that competition here, but why not catch up on some of the… Continue reading Five top tips for using video with your learners (Cambridge English Blog)
Cambridge English Webinar’s ‘Second language acquisition and manageable learning’ Replay
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] This webinar presented recent theories in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) which emphasize the dynamic nature of learning. We looked at the English Profile project and show how this research has informed the development of materials in Cambridge English Empower making them more manageable… Continue reading Cambridge English Webinar’s ‘Second language acquisition and manageable learning’ Replay
How to land a job as a non-native speaker teacher in three simple steps (Cambridge English Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Since winning our Unlock competition last year, in which we asked teachers to tell us how learning English had unlocked their potential, Anna Ostrovsky has found herself a new post, and is about to embark on her dream teaching job in the United… Continue reading How to land a job as a non-native speaker teacher in three simple steps (Cambridge English Blog)
21st Century Skills in ELT Part 1: The rise of 21st Century Skills (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] In ELT we often regard our profession to be independent of teaching subjects like maths and science. That said, many of the approaches and materials we use are influenced by wider trends in education – from constructivist thinking in the 80’s that influenced… Continue reading 21st Century Skills in ELT Part 1: The rise of 21st Century Skills (OUP Blog)
ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 13
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 13 | June 15, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Cambridge English Webinar: ‘More than just speaking – developing student speaking skills’ June 24 Cambridge English Webinar: ‘Towards effortless fluency for your high-level learners’ June 23 10,000 hours of English – how do you teach yours? (OUP Blog) National Conference on ‘English In… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 13