Category: Volume 10 Issue 8

How to give learners feedback on pronunciation [Video] How To Be A Better Teacher In 2018 ESL Fanatics: 7 Pop Culture Elements You Can Use to Engage Your Students Teaching English Language Learners: A Complex Endeavor Using Science to Bring Literature to Life Grammar and the teaching of conversation Teaching more than English – giving… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 8

Most teachers have explored their teaching philosophy at one point or another in their career. If it’s been awhile since you’ve done this, I suggest you redefine your philosophy as you may have learned a bit more about your personal teaching style in the time since you last defined your philosophy. To some, this may seem like… Continue reading How To Be A Better Teacher In 2018

Viral videos, snarky memes, and a cat that is so grumpy it puts all other crabby felines to shame, these are but a few of the pop culture elements that make millions drop what they’re doing to check out the latest craze. Why are these things so addictive? What makes them so irresistible?

Three middle-school-aged boys draw pictures in chalk on a blackboard on a bright Saturday afternoon. “Write the word below the drawing,” I say. The word applegoes under the apple, tree under the tree. Afterward, they practice with vocabulary flashcards for a half hour. At a bathroom break, all three bolt down the hall in search of a soccer… Continue reading Teaching English Language Learners: A Complex Endeavor

Too often when we consider how to connect science and literacy, we think about using literature to support science. Maybe it’s reading a fictional book with a science theme, or exploring a biography of a famous scientist.

What has grammar go to do with conversation? Michael McCarthy takes a look at corpus data to explore how grammar influences how we organise information and use tenses in natural conversation.

Disrupting our definition of Business English in the 21st Century In a recent Washington Post article entitled ‘The surprising thing Google learned about its employees – and what it means for today’s students’, it was reported that Google had carried out a survey into the key characteristics for achieving success as a Google employee. Surprisingly, knowledge… Continue reading Teaching more than English – giving students the professional skills to succeed