Category: ELTWeekly

Irregular verb resources: 21 fantastic exercises

BusyTeacher has published a new article ‘Irregular verb resources: 21 fantastic exercises’. Haiden says, “If you have your lesson plan, but you’re struggling with the materials to bring it to life, you’re in the right place. Below we’ve hand-picked 21 of our favorite irregular verb resources that are fun and engaging for your class. Looking… Continue reading Irregular verb resources: 21 fantastic exercises

Practical techniques for teaching young learners [Webinar Series]

Cambridge is hosting a webinar series on ‘Pre-primary webinar series: practical techniques for teaching young learners’ starting Thursday, February 10, 2022. Sarah Stokes says, “Join us for a webinar series for pre-primary teachers, with speakers Michael Tomlinson, Alexandra Purcell, Allen Davenport and Karen Elliott. Our 3-part webinar series runs across 3 months, with a webinar… Continue reading Practical techniques for teaching young learners [Webinar Series]

5 English Language Rules For Winning At Wordle!

Anna Shannon, Marketing Manager at Oxford University Press has published this article about Wordle. She says, “ What do ‘basic’, ‘truth’, and ‘style’ have in common? Well, they are five-letter words in the English Language and possible contenders for the daily Wordle! Wordle is an online word game that was originally created by software engineer Josh Wardle… Continue reading 5 English Language Rules For Winning At Wordle!

ELTWeekly Volume 13, Issue 2 | January 2022

Here is the second issue of ELTWeeky 2022. It features video content dealing with English language-literature teaching; news about English; OUP and Cambridge articles with practical teaching ideas. Cambridge Word of the Year 2021: perseverance Enlivening learning through multimodal projects: Techniques for crafting 21st-century communicators [Video] Interaction, second language acquisition, and young learners with Professor… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 13, Issue 2 | January 2022

Enlivening learning through multimodal projects: Techniques for crafting 21st-century communicators [Video]

With the “4Cs” of 21st-century learning more vital than ever, this is the perfect time to integrate multimodal projects into the language classroom! This presentation will explore how, when, and why to use projects in class. It will also provide an overview of several digital tools that are free, easy to use, and generally excellent… Continue reading Enlivening learning through multimodal projects: Techniques for crafting 21st-century communicators [Video]

Cambridge Word of the Year 2021: perseverance

Cambridge has announced perseverance as the word of the year 2021, based on data from searches of the free online Cambridge Dictionary. Perseverance, which is defined by Cambridge Dictionary as ‘continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time’, has been looked up more than 243,000 times… Continue reading Cambridge Word of the Year 2021: perseverance

Award-winning Minecraft world will inspire children to learn English at home

Minecraft is a sandbox video game developed by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus “Notch” Persson in the Java programming language. Cambridge University Press & Assessment team has published an article on how Minecraft world will inspire children to learn English at home. Adventures in English with Cambridge… Continue reading Award-winning Minecraft world will inspire children to learn English at home