[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] No matter how long we’ve been teaching Business English, we all need the occasional shot-in-the-arm to reinvigorate our practice – be it a refreshing new take on an old technique, a fool-proof framework lesson, or simply the discovery of a highly exploitable ‘little gem’… Continue reading Mark Powell: Top Tips to Boost your Business English Lessons (Video)
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Digital Tools for Teachers (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] New digital tools (mobile phones, tablets, apps and websites) and the content which you can access on them are driving many of the changes in education right now. These are not just for learners to use in the classroom – they’re for teachers too,… Continue reading Digital Tools for Teachers (Video)
Reading English: Why and How (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Why should we study as well as read literature? What can study add to reading? What is involved in ‘Reading English’, whether for a degree, a different qualification, or pleasure? Dr Sandie Byrne is a University Lecturer in Literature & Creative Writing.
Teaching listening #2 – Bottom-up processing (Cambridge ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Teaching bottom-up processing Learners need a large vocabulary and a good working knowledge of sentence structure to process texts bottom-up. Exercises that develop bottom-up processing help the learner to do such things as the following: Retain input while it is being processed Recognize word… Continue reading Teaching listening #2 – Bottom-up processing (Cambridge ELT Blog)
Teaching listening #1 – Listening as comprehension (Cambridge ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] In this series of posts about teaching listening, I’m going to consider the subject from two different perspectives: (1) listening as comprehension (2) listening as acquisition Listening as Comprehension Listening as comprehension is the traditional way of thinking about the nature of listening. Indeed,… Continue reading Teaching listening #1 – Listening as comprehension (Cambridge ELT Blog)
Cambridge English Webinar: Teaching young learners to paraphrase, February 9
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] About Webinar Can you say that again (differently) please? Part of learning a language is being able to express ourselves in different ways. Paraphrasing, rephrasing, adapting to the situation. This can begin right from the start – in the Young Learners’ classroom. So let’s… Continue reading Cambridge English Webinar: Teaching young learners to paraphrase, February 9
Cambridge English Webinar: Maintaining Motivation: Engaging learners through the course, January 19
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] About Webinar Motivated learners are more likely to engage in the learning process both inside and outside the classroom. However, it is sometimes difficult to determine exactly what it is that motivates learners. Is it their individual desire to learn, or is it the… Continue reading Cambridge English Webinar: Maintaining Motivation: Engaging learners through the course, January 19
Online Learning Platforms: Helping your students engage (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Many English coursebooks come with access to an online learning platform full of material to help learners develop their language skills further. These can be particularly beneficial for academic English learners who need to achieve a certain level of English within a limited time… Continue reading Online Learning Platforms: Helping your students engage (OUP ELT Blog)
ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Edtech Resolutions for the New (School) Year – Edutopia Using tablets in the EFL classroom: Why & How (OUP ELT Blog) Raymond Murphy interview 30 years of Grammar in Use June 2015 (Video) Top 10 Time Fillers For Your Classroom – BusyTeacher Pedagogical reasoning… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1
Edtech Resolutions for the New (School) Year – Edutopia
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] As a teacher, it’s strange to think of New Year’s resolutions in January because we tend to think more about setting goals in time for the new school year, instead. However, in the spirit of the start of the calendar year, I’ll ignore the… Continue reading Edtech Resolutions for the New (School) Year – Edutopia