[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] Graded Readers and 21st Century Skills BBC’s Caroline Wyatt on how language learning has been vital to her career 5 things you need to know about Academic Vocabulary Using virtual reality in the classroom [Video] What makes a good teacher great? – Azul Terronez… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9
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BBC’s Caroline Wyatt on how language learning has been vital to her career
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] Caroline Wyatt has been reporting on global affairs and war for more than two decades, working as a foreign correspondent based in Germany, France and Russia for 15 years, and reporting from places including Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Chechnya, Egypt and Israel. In 2014, Caroline… Continue reading BBC’s Caroline Wyatt on how language learning has been vital to her career
Teaching critical thinking in the language classroom
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] In this article, Ana Tatsumi, our ELT consultant from Brazil, discusses the importance of critical thinking, considerations for teachers and students, and shares some classroom activity ideas. Consider the game “This or that”: you will be given questions, and for each of them you… Continue reading Teaching critical thinking in the language classroom
A teaching technique for the 21st Century | Dr. Pravin Bhatia [Video]
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] Dr. Pravin Bhatia is an alumni of NDA and retd. Squadron Leader from the Indian Air Force. He holds a doctorate in English literature and was recognized as India’s Best Author and India’s Bestselling author for 2008 by India Today. Mr.Bhatia has held dignified… Continue reading A teaching technique for the 21st Century | Dr. Pravin Bhatia [Video]
What makes a good teacher great? – Azul Terronez [Video]
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Using virtual reality in the classroom [Video]
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] Lulwa Bordcosch explores the possibilities on offer through using virtual reality in the ELT classroom, and talks to teachers and students to get their views on its benefits for language learning.
5 things you need to know about Academic Vocabulary
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] Learning vocabulary is about so much more than ticking off words on a list as you manage to match a written word form to a surface meaning or translation. For a learner to say they really know a word, especially if they hope to… Continue reading 5 things you need to know about Academic Vocabulary
Graded Readers and 21st Century Skills
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] Graded readers then and now Using graded readers to help learners to improve their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills is not a recently discovered English teaching technique. In the 1920s, for instance, Dr Michael West edited a series called New Method Supplementary Graded… Continue reading Graded Readers and 21st Century Skills