Cambridge English is hosting a webinar series ‘Everything you want to know about C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency’: Panel discussion’ in January 2023. Webinar announcement Do you prepare students for C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency? Then this webinar is your chance to ask our panel of experts questions about C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency. We… Continue reading Everything you want to know about C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency: Panel discussion, January 2023
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Kahoots – Making learning fun – anywhere!
Here is an announcement from Cambridge English team. Kahoots are fun, interactive games to help learners practise their English and build their language skills. Our free kahoots include music and images to engage young learners and make learning exciting and enjoyable. Kahoots can be played in player-vs-player or team-vs-team modes or assigned as challenges for… Continue reading Kahoots – Making learning fun – anywhere!
Cambridge relaunches free course to train volunteer teachers working with refugees
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is relaunching its award-winning MOOC which is designed to train volunteers and language teachers working with refugees. The free online course focusses on the skills needed to support the social and linguistic needs of refugees. Volunteering with Refugees will launch on 30 May and will run for three weeks. The… Continue reading Cambridge relaunches free course to train volunteer teachers working with refugees
Attitude is everything when learning English
Cambridge English Language Assessment team has published an article titled ‘Attitude is everything when learning English’. The study found many Cambridge English students in Latin America were motivated to learn and used English outside the classroom. 94% of students believed they could improve their English through hard work, revealing that students had what is termed… Continue reading Attitude is everything when learning English
ELTWeekly Volume 13, Issue 11 | July 2022
ELT Summit 2022 is Here 9 Ways to Correct Students Without Correcting Them A Year of No Tests Teaching and learning in the face of conflict Alana Sirett presents how to engage young learners through the screen [Video] ELTOC 25th June 2022 (Block 2 of 2) [Video] ELTOC 24th June 2022 (Block 1 of 2)… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 13, Issue 11 | July 2022
ELT Summit 2022 is Here
ISEL’s Virtual ELT Summit 2022 (International Conference) will be held on 27th – 28th August 2022. This virtual conference offers professional development opportunities to English language educators at all levels from around the world. The Virtual ELT Summit 2022 contributes to the future of teaching English and international education bringing together dedicated educators, prominent voices, and language… Continue reading ELT Summit 2022 is Here
9 Ways to Correct Students Without Correcting Them
BusyTeacher contributor Devon Reeser has published this interesting article. It is hard enough to get EFL students to practice speaking and writing without adding barriers. While it’s easy to make mistakes when learning new words, grammar, sentence structure, and pronunciation, it’s important to correct your students’ errors effectively, and at the same time sensitively. This… Continue reading 9 Ways to Correct Students Without Correcting Them
A Year of No Tests
Here is an interesting experiment you should take a note of. Jodie Deinhammer says, “During the first week of school this year, I asked my kids to write on a poster and finish the prompt, “I hope we…” Right in the middle, someone wrote “have no tests.” I never liked tests. As a student, I… Continue reading A Year of No Tests
Teaching and learning in the face of conflict
We are happy to share this OUP ELT article published in June. After over two years of bouncing from one COVID-19 variant to another, the conflict in Ukraine has put people on the edge and has left many across the world feeling stressed and anxious. The global pandemic has already had a devastating toll on… Continue reading Teaching and learning in the face of conflict
Alana Sirett presents how to engage young learners through the screen [Video]
Watch Oxford TEFL Connect workshop recording featuring Alana on how to engage young learners through the screen.