Category: ELTWeekly Volume 11 Issue 16

Teaching English without Teaching English | Roberto Guzman Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom – Patricia de Griese at ELT Summit 2020 Effective professional development: Principles and best practice [Free whitepaper] How to Become the Best Teacher 7 Ways to Do Formative Assessments in Your Virtual Classroom How preparing for Cambridge English Qualifications can help motivate… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 16 | October 2020

In this talk Roberto discusses his three-phase system which he uses to teach English without teaching English, to improve the learning experience for students and the teaching practice for professors.

In this video, Patricia de Griese shares innovative ideas to develop emotional intelligence. EI can help teachers in improving their students’ learning and well-being. Educated in the US, England, Germany, and Argentina, Patricia has extensive experience in designing and delivering brain-friendly presentations, workshops, and seminars. She has worked as a trainer, facilitator and coach with… Continue reading Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom – Patricia de Griese at ELT Summit 2020

Sarah Longfield of Cambridge University Press has published a free white paper entitled ‘Effective professional development: Principles and best practice’. Have you always wanted to know how best to approach your own professional development, or that of the teachers in your institution? Silvana Richardson and Gabriel Diaz Maggioli have created an Effective professional development: Principles and… Continue reading Effective professional development: Principles and best practice [Free whitepaper]

I am sure you are going to find this BusyTeacher article ‘How to Become the Best Teacher’ helpful. If you want to become the best teacher for your students, you’d better not ignore what they say. Let Your Students Help You Be a Better Teacher for Them 1. A good teacher is an assertive teacher Your students… Continue reading How to Become the Best Teacher

Here is a useful article ‘7 Ways to Do Formative Assessments in Your Virtual Classroom’ from Edutopia. Pen-and-paper pop quizzes are no more: thumbs-up/thumbs-down, hand signals, online polls, discussion boards, and chat boxes have become the new mainstays of formative assessments in virtual classrooms. These quick pulse checks help teachers make sure that students are grasping key concepts—and… Continue reading 7 Ways to Do Formative Assessments in Your Virtual Classroom

COVID-19 has meant huge disruption to learning. The best way to get learners back on track and rebuild their motivation and sense of purpose is to give them goals to work towards, whether they are back in the classroom or learning online. Preparing for a Cambridge English Qualification means that a learner knows where they… Continue reading How preparing for Cambridge English Qualifications can help motivate learners through lockdown

Here is an interesting article from Global OUP ELT Blog. You can find trailers on YouTube or sites like iTunes Movie Trailers. A typical trailer will be between 2 and 3 minutes long, although teaser trailers – those released sometime before the movie’s planned release – will be shorter, and typically give less of the plot… Continue reading 5 Easy Classroom Activities Involving Movie Trailers