[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Today I would like to share with you three YouTube videos which could be used in classroom to help students become better speakers. Here is the first video: In this video, John Kay has discussed various speaking techniques and how to teach them… Continue reading ‘Three YouTube Videos to Help Your Students Speak Better’ – Tarun Patel
Category: Volume 6 Issue 17
Spontaneity in Language Teaching Conference, Birmingham, September 27
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] On 27th September, 2014 Horizon Language Training will be putting on a one day conference for language teachers at Brasshouse Language Centre, Birmingham. The conference will feature talks and workshops on the theme of Spontaneity in language teaching from some great speakers – Adrian… Continue reading Spontaneity in Language Teaching Conference, Birmingham, September 27
Third UAD TEFL International Conference 2014, Indonesia, September 17-18
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The third UTIC 2014 aims to bring together innovative work and new ideas in ELT from a number of different experts in the area while providing a medium for English language teachers and practitioners in general to exchange and share ideas and experience… Continue reading Third UAD TEFL International Conference 2014, Indonesia, September 17-18
Article: How the FIFA World Cup™ can inform English Language teaching
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The Cambridge English blog has published an article on FIFA World Cup’s influence on ELT. The 2014 FIFA World Cup™ has had everything – great goals, classic matches, drama, controversy and even a linguistic study from the team here at Cambridge University Press.… Continue reading Article: How the FIFA World Cup™ can inform English Language teaching
ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 17
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 | June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Article: Blended and cooperative learning in EAP Conference: ’7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7)’, Athens, September 4-6 Conference: ’8th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures’, Penang, August 12-14 For your classroom: ‘A self-determination theory based lesson plan that… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 17
Conference: ‘7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7)’, Athens, September 4-6
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 | June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] From the conference organizers: The 7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7), to be held at DEREE- The American College of Greece, Athens, on September 4-6, 2014, follows the highly successful first six conferences in the series, which were held in Helsinki… Continue reading Conference: ‘7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7)’, Athens, September 4-6
Conference: ‘8th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures’, Penang, August 12-14
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 | June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] From the conference organizers: In academe today, doing research is salient for professional development and self-actualisation. The reverence for research is well-documented in the esteem accorded not only to publication, but also to public forum where oral dissemination of research is made possible. MICOLLAC… Continue reading Conference: ‘8th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures’, Penang, August 12-14
Article: Blended and cooperative learning in EAP
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 | June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The OUP ELT blog has published an article dealing with blended learning and cooperative learning. Although the idea of blended learning is not new, most people now associate it with including computer or tablet and internet use in the classroom. These tools can be used… Continue reading Article: Blended and cooperative learning in EAP
For your classroom: ‘A self-determination theory based lesson plan that works! Tapping student utilizing autonomy, competence, and relatedness’ by David Ockert
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 17 | July 14, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] This paper presents a self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2000) based lesson plan or task that can be used in a communicative language teaching (CLT) class. First, it must be noted that “(r)ecent studies on SDT-based motives have shown that… Continue reading For your classroom: ‘A self-determination theory based lesson plan that works! Tapping student utilizing autonomy, competence, and relatedness’ by David Ockert
News: Loveland teacher leads efforts to innovate language learning
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 17 | July 14, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Bryce Hedstrom might start with five words such as cat, girl, like, give and has. He give an action for each word and makes up silly stories about the girl who has a cat and gives it to another girl. He adds in other… Continue reading News: Loveland teacher leads efforts to innovate language learning