[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The IELTS test is a high-stakes test taken by over 2 million candidates every year. This webinar from Cambridge University Press considers the problems faced by band 4 or 5 candidates who are preparing for the test and aiming to reach bands 6… Continue reading Pauline Cullen’s Video: How To Improve Your Students’ IELTS Score
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Using blogs and forums with higher-level learners (Cambridge English Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] When thinking about using blogs and forums in the classroom, higher-level learners seem to be the obvious choice of target audience. They certainly make the teacher’s job easier: they can understand instructions more easily and therefore don’t need as much guidance to get… Continue reading Using blogs and forums with higher-level learners (Cambridge English Blog)
ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Conference on Language, Learning, & Culture, April 10-11, 2015 insight Top 10 Tips: Using Literature (OUP Blog) Cambridge Webinar: ‘Keeping younger learners motivated in the classroom’, March 24 Webinar: ‘Oxford Discover: Getting students to speak’, March 26 Webinar: ‘Video in the Classroom: From exploitation… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8
Conference on Language, Learning, & Culture, April 10-11, 2015
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Following a successful inaugural conference in the spring of 2014, the School of Education at Virginia International University(VIU) will be hosting its second Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture(CLLC) on April 10-11, 2015. The 2015 theme, Next-Generation Assessment, intends to reframe assessment in terms… Continue reading Conference on Language, Learning, & Culture, April 10-11, 2015
insight Top 10 Tips: Using Literature (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] For many English teachers, love of the language and love of English literature go hand in hand. But is it the same for our students? Sadly, most teenage learners of English do not seem too excited about the topic of literature, associating it with… Continue reading insight Top 10 Tips: Using Literature (OUP Blog)
Cambridge Webinar: ‘Keeping younger learners motivated in the classroom’, March 24
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] About the webinar Keeping younger learners motivated in the classroom is not always an easy job! Understanding why learning a second language is so different from developing skills in, say, mathematics, helps us find ways to make the process of learning English more meaningful… Continue reading Cambridge Webinar: ‘Keeping younger learners motivated in the classroom’, March 24
Webinar: ‘Oxford Discover: Getting students to speak’, March 26
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] About the webinar This webinar covers how to create opportunities for meaningful speaking in the classroom and motivate your students to speak with confidence. About the speaker Susan Rivers lived in Taiwan for twenty years and has over 25 years’ experience teaching English in… Continue reading Webinar: ‘Oxford Discover: Getting students to speak’, March 26
Webinar: ‘Video in the Classroom: From exploitation to creation’, April 29
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] About the webinar On 14th February 2015, YouTube turned 10 years old. Since its early days, the video-sharing site has affected the world in diverse and unpredictable ways. In this practical talk, we will review the changes that online video has made on our… Continue reading Webinar: ‘Video in the Classroom: From exploitation to creation’, April 29
Integrating Technology to Improve Student Comprehension and Production (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The New School presents a conversation on integrating technology to improve student comprehension as a part of the Master degree program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (http://www.newschool.edu/matesol). Motivating today’s tech savvy students is challenging. Blended learning keeps students engaged in and… Continue reading Integrating Technology to Improve Student Comprehension and Production (Video)
Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] English language learning is so multi-faceted that experts describe a “heterogeneous language class” as a class with more than one student. Ability, needs, background, age, and psychological make-up are just some of the variables among learners. Preparing different tasks for students at different levels… Continue reading Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners (Video)