[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Key characteristics While learners’ receptive competence continues to develop, their productive competence remains relatively static. Language items that learners recognize and understand in the input they hear do not pass into their productive competence. All language users have greater receptive competence (language they… Continue reading Bridging the gap between receptive and productive competence (Cambridge Conversations)
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OUP Webinar: Assigning homework and tracking your students’ progress with the Online Practice and Online Workbooks for your course, September 8 & 24
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Find out how to assign homework and track students’ progress with the Online Practice or Online Workbooks for your course at oxfordlearn.com. The webinar is for teachers using the following courses: Aim High American English File, second edition Business Result English File, third… Continue reading OUP Webinar: Assigning homework and tracking your students’ progress with the Online Practice and Online Workbooks for your course, September 8 & 24
OUP Webinar: Using e-books in class: practical tips and ideas, September 9-10
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Join Stacey Hughes, an Oxford Teacher Trainer with 20 years teaching experience, as she shares her practical tips and ideas on how e-books can be used in class to enhance the learning experience for your students. In this webinar you’ll learn about: the… Continue reading OUP Webinar: Using e-books in class: practical tips and ideas, September 9-10
Six ways to boost classroom participation: Part Six (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] When students are busy in an English class thinking about how to go about saying something, they can become weighed down by the need to produce perfect linguistic patterns. So they focus too much on accuracy, rather than really communicating. So how can… Continue reading Six ways to boost classroom participation: Part Six (OUP Blog)
Five Tips for Planning an ICT Implementation (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Education professionals share valuable advice on planning an ICT implementation based on their unique experiences. Featuring Doug Brown, Jim Gibbons, Craig McBain, and Kobus van Wyk. Filmed at GETS North America 2010 and GETS Africa 2010.
Social Media in Education – Teaching Digital Natives (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] It is time to look at how some of our outdated teaching practices can be changed to help students learn more effectively & efficiently. Social Media can help us engage digital natives and revolutionize teaching. Please make sure to follow Holly on twitter… Continue reading Social Media in Education – Teaching Digital Natives (Video)
Using Social Media Effectively in Higher Education (Duke University Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] If you’re in social media for higher ed, there’s a good chance you’re overwhelmed with the possibilities. Duke University’s Amanda Peralta breaks down the social media networks and tells you where you need to be.
What Role Does Social Media Have in Education? (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 15 | July 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Compass Learning recently interviewed 30 educators, including teachers, principals, superintendents, directors of curriculum and learning, and consultants, at the Texas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development conference held in Dallas. Compass Learning asked the same question to everyone: What role—if any—does social media… Continue reading What Role Does Social Media Have in Education? (Video)
60 Tips: Best classroom techniques for teachers of English (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 15 | July 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] To celebrate the 60th anniversary of International House, we asked EFL experts and have drawn on the expertise of the staff within our schools to share their top tips for the EFL classroom. This video forms the first part of a series of… Continue reading 60 Tips: Best classroom techniques for teachers of English (Video)
How to integrate social media into your English language teaching (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 15 | July 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Kristin Sherman, co-author of OUP’s new adult English course Network, teaches one of the Get Connected lessons from the course book.