[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The Why Linguistics Conference, May 7-9, 2015 – Tartu, Estonia 5th International Conference on Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics, May 7-10, 2015 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ‘The Three T’s of Continuous Professional Development’ by Alex Quigley #IATEFL – Second language development in childhood:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9
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The Why Linguistics Conference, May 7-9, 2015 – Tartu, Estonia
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] After decades of seemingly scattered research, the question of how linguistics fits into the bigger picture of the sciences and the world of knowledge in general has surfaced in connection with new methods and technological advances which deal with natural language and communication, attempt… Continue reading The Why Linguistics Conference, May 7-9, 2015 – Tartu, Estonia
5th International Conference on Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics, May 7-10, 2015 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] To provide an access among many to rich ideas on educational excellence, International Burch University starts holding its annual conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (FLTAL). The FLTAL Conference aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and educators with interests in language teaching… Continue reading 5th International Conference on Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics, May 7-10, 2015 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
‘The Three T’s of Continuous Professional Development’ by Alex Quigley
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Alex says, ” All the evidence indicates that teachers develop intensively in their first couple of years of teaching and that they then plateau in their development, regardless of the intricate plans for continuous professional development (CPD) that schools construct. This was my personal experience.… Continue reading ‘The Three T’s of Continuous Professional Development’ by Alex Quigley
#IATEFL – Second language development in childhood: factors for success (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Victoria Murphy says, “How children learn second languages has long interested me. Looking back, even from a very young age I was fascinated with the notion of bilingualism. As a child growing up in Ottawa, Canada I was fortunate in that I had very… Continue reading #IATEFL – Second language development in childhood: factors for success (OUP 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