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?

News: Students Will Boost the Global Digital English Language Learning Market by 2019

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The Global Digital English Language Learning Market is expected to grow at a CAGR 12.96 percent from 2014-2019, says research firm TechNavio. The number of people learning the English language in 2014 was over one billion and this number is expected to double… Continue reading News: Students Will Boost the Global Digital English Language Learning Market by 2019