[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Cambridge University Press team says, “The IELTS test is a high-stakes test taken by over 2 million candidates every year. This webinar considers the problems faced by band 4 or 5 candidates who are preparing for the test and aiming to reach bands 6… Continue reading Cambridge University Press Webinar: How to improve your students’ IELTS score, January 27
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Cambridge University Press Webinar: Getting them to talk in English, January 20
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Cambridge University Press team says, “Getting learners to talk in English is one of the most difficult challenges facing the teacher. One of the major reasons for this is that speaking – unlike listening, reading and writing – can only normally take place directly… Continue reading Cambridge University Press Webinar: Getting them to talk in English, January 20
OUP ELT Article: Factors affecting the success of young L2/FL learners
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Victoria Murphy says, “For the past few decades there has been a growing interest in child second language (L2) learning, particularly evidenced by the fact that increasingly around the world children are required to learn a second language in the primary school classroom. For… Continue reading OUP ELT Article: Factors affecting the success of young L2/FL learners
Wired: A Clever Plan to Teach Schoolkids New Languages With a Free App
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Wired magazine has published an article about a free app that helps teaching new languages to kids. Issie Lapowsky says, “In developing countries like Ethiopia, Malaysia, and Mozambique, the market for English language learning is red hot. These are places where, often, English proficiency… Continue reading Wired: A Clever Plan to Teach Schoolkids New Languages With a Free App
ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] News: Students Will Boost the Global Digital English Language Learning Market by 2019 Video: How is ICT changing the way teachers teach? Video: 7 Skills students need for their future Video: Monique Markoff on blended learning and the future of education Research Paper:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2
OUP ELT Article: The Many Challenges of Academic Writing for ESL
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Dr. Ann Snow says, “This month I will be teaching a new academic writing course for second language students at my university. I am thus thinking a lot about writing these days and looking forward to helping my students become better academic writers.… Continue reading OUP ELT Article: The Many Challenges of Academic Writing for ESL
Research Paper: ‘Incorporating Collocation Teaching in a Reading-Writing Program’ by Yang Ying & Jiang Jingyi
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Abstract This paper discusses vocabulary teaching in tertiary institutions in China and points out the importance of learning collocation in an English as a foreign language context. The authors propose that the teaching of collocation should be incorporated into any standard reading-writing program… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Incorporating Collocation Teaching in a Reading-Writing Program’ by Yang Ying & Jiang Jingyi
Video: Monique Markoff on blended learning and the future of education
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Blended Learning has become a catch phrase– a buzzword for using technology in the classroom. The idea is used to describe the education system’s response to the need… Continue reading Video: Monique Markoff on blended learning and the future of education
Video: 7 Skills students need for their future
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group has identified what he calls a “global achievement gap,” which is the leap between what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the future: * Critical thinking and problem-solving *… Continue reading Video: 7 Skills students need for their future
Video: How is ICT changing the way teachers teach?
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Education is undergoing a revolution. The Networked Society is creating a new approach to knowledge, providing students with stimulating learning methods and teachers with new educational tools. In this short film, teachers at Coventry University spoke to us about how technology is shaping… Continue reading Video: How is ICT changing the way teachers teach?