[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 3 | January 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] We are more aware than ever that student motivation and engagement is essential for lasting learning. But there is less discussion of how and why intrinsic motivation works. In fact, when we talk about “motivating students,” we lose sight of the fact that they… Continue reading How and Why Intrinsic Motivation Works (Edutopia)
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Better together – maximising language use (Cambridge ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 3 | January 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Is language learning through immersion always successful? Marcin Lewandowski and Liz Asadi suggest that it can have a negative impact on learning and how students working together as ‘learning buddies’ can counteract this. As Krashen intended London is often a key destination for students who… Continue reading Better together – maximising language use (Cambridge ELT Blog)
Cambridge English Webinar: Online video genres and student creation, February 2
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 3 | January 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] This webinar will look at the most popular online video genres of the moment. We will analyse the influence they have on students’ own video projects. We will show practical examples of students’ work and look at how the structure, organisation and language of… Continue reading Cambridge English Webinar: Online video genres and student creation, February 2
Perspective, Pace and Passing: Teaching English in a Foundations Programme (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 3 | January 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] A decade and a half. That’s how long I have been teaching on a Foundations programme in Dubai, and it has been, from a teaching and career perspective, an amazingly positive experience. When I arrived fifteen years ago, I had been teaching general English… Continue reading Perspective, Pace and Passing: Teaching English in a Foundations Programme (OUP ELT Blog)
The art of juggling: developing the language learner’s vocabulary (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 3 | January 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] The word ‘thesaurus’ comes from the Greek meaning ‘treasure’ or ‘storehouse’ and the traditional thesaurus is a kind of storehouse of language. Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases lists over 70 synonyms for fast, including zippy, fleet and nimble-footed. The editors have made… Continue reading The art of juggling: developing the language learner’s vocabulary (OUP ELT Blog)
ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Mark Powell: Top Tips to Boost your Business English Lessons (Video) Digital Tools for Teachers (Video) Reading English: Why and How (Video) Teaching listening #2 – Bottom-up processing (Cambridge ELT Blog) Teaching listening #1 – Listening as comprehension (Cambridge ELT Blog) Cambridge English Webinar:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2
Mark Powell: Top Tips to Boost your Business English Lessons (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] No matter how long we’ve been teaching Business English, we all need the occasional shot-in-the-arm to reinvigorate our practice – be it a refreshing new take on an old technique, a fool-proof framework lesson, or simply the discovery of a highly exploitable ‘little gem’… Continue reading Mark Powell: Top Tips to Boost your Business English Lessons (Video)
Digital Tools for Teachers (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] New digital tools (mobile phones, tablets, apps and websites) and the content which you can access on them are driving many of the changes in education right now. These are not just for learners to use in the classroom – they’re for teachers too,… Continue reading Digital Tools for Teachers (Video)
Reading English: Why and How (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Why should we study as well as read literature? What can study add to reading? What is involved in ‘Reading English’, whether for a degree, a different qualification, or pleasure? Dr Sandie Byrne is a University Lecturer in Literature & Creative Writing.
Teaching listening #2 – Bottom-up processing (Cambridge ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Teaching bottom-up processing Learners need a large vocabulary and a good working knowledge of sentence structure to process texts bottom-up. Exercises that develop bottom-up processing help the learner to do such things as the following: Retain input while it is being processed Recognize word… Continue reading Teaching listening #2 – Bottom-up processing (Cambridge ELT Blog)