Category: ELT Newsletter

ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] BusyTeacher – Top 10 Websites for the ESL Teacher Video Series: Bringing ‘Life’ into the Classroom and the classroom to life Video: John Hughes on Integrating Critical Thinking in the ELT Classroom Strategies for Teaching IELTS: Part One – Where to start? (OUP… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17

BusyTeacher – Top 10 Websites for the ESL Teacher

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The longer you have been teaching, the thicker your files are getting, but it is never too soon or too late to add to your pool of resources. You may already be familiar with the following websites, or this might be your first… Continue reading BusyTeacher – Top 10 Websites for the ESL Teacher

Video: John Hughes on Integrating Critical Thinking in the ELT Classroom

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] John Hughes, co-author of the ‘Life’ series, was the first of the presenters at the National Geographic Learning Online Conference 2014. John speaks on why bringing critical thinking into the English Language Classroom is so important.

OUP Webinar: Choosing your words carefully, September 22

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] How many words do learners need in order to operate effectively in English? How do we decide which words to prioritize, and in what order to teach them? How does the careful grading of vocabulary in a text aid learning? Which tools can… Continue reading OUP Webinar: Choosing your words carefully, September 22

Teaching Pre-School Children: The Importance of Stories (Cambridge Conversations)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Oral stories are particularly important. For both adults and children language is perceived largely through sound, which many people believe links to a primitive human instinct. It’s easy to ignore words on a page, but humans are hard wired to pay attention to… Continue reading Teaching Pre-School Children: The Importance of Stories (Cambridge Conversations)

Strategies for Teaching IELTS: Part One – Where to start? (OUP Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] As with most things in life, the key to a successful IELTS course is in the preparation. If you have a clear idea of what you and your students need to do from the outset then you are far more likely to help… Continue reading Strategies for Teaching IELTS: Part One – Where to start? (OUP Blog)

Messages, Discussions and Chats: Increasing Student Interaction (OUP Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Today’s students are not limited to learning English in the classroom only. Through the use of technology, learning English has become 24/7 – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In this environment, what is the teacher’s role in helping their students… Continue reading Messages, Discussions and Chats: Increasing Student Interaction (OUP Blog)

ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Six ways to boost classroom participation: Part Six (OUP Blog) Bridging the gap between receptive and productive competence (Cambridge Conversations) Five Tips for Planning an ICT Implementation (Video) OUP Webinar: Assigning homework and tracking your students’ progress with the Online Practice and Online… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16