#50, Opportunity: Do you want to be an ELT TV star?

IATEFL/British Council are looking for a Harrogate Online guest presenter for its live web coverage. Harrogate Online guest presenter: the opportunity The British Council / IATEFL Harrogate Online Project is looking to recruit someone to join the team of live online presenters for the live broadcast from the IATEFL Conference in Harrogate, April 2010. This… Continue reading #50, Opportunity: Do you want to be an ELT TV star?

#50, News: Ker-pow! Cambridge literature centre is to study comics and blogs

Comics, computer games and Disney films have long been the bane of parents trying to encourage their offspring to develop a love of reading classic children’s books. Now academics at the University of Cambridge have given comic strips and saccharine movies cachet by subjecting them to scrutiny of a sort previously reserved for classics such… Continue reading #50, News: Ker-pow! Cambridge literature centre is to study comics and blogs

#50, Article: A framework for planning a listening skills lesson

istening is one of the most challenging skills for our students to develop and yet also one of the most important. By developing their ability to listen well we develop our students’ ability to become more independent learners, as by hearing accurately they are much more likely to be able to reproduce accurately, refine their… Continue reading #50, Article: A framework for planning a listening skills lesson

ELTWeekly Issue#49 Contents

ELTWeekly Improvement Survey News: Children who use technology are ‘better writers’ – BBC Video: Teaching Phonics 44 Sounds of English Learnhigher – An Excellent Resource for All Teachers Download Webinar: Control or Chaos? Managing classes of primary children in a positive way Lesson Plan: Living in the UK eBook: ESP for the University Article: ‘Personal… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#49 Contents

#49, News: Children who use technology are ‘better writers’ – BBC

Children who blog, text or use social networking websites are more confident about their writing skills, according to the National Literacy Trust. A survey of 3,001 children aged nine to 16 found that 24% had their own blog and 82% sent text messages at least once a month. In addition 73% used instant messaging services… Continue reading #49, News: Children who use technology are ‘better writers’ – BBC

#49, Download Webinar: Control or Chaos? Managing classes of primary children in a positive way

One of the hardest things in primary language teaching is to give lively, enjoyable lessons and at the same time ensure that children behave in an acceptable way. In this webinar, we will explore the concept of classroom management as an interactive process and I will share with you a range of practical strategies and… Continue reading #49, Download Webinar: Control or Chaos? Managing classes of primary children in a positive way

#49, Lesson Plan: Living in the UK

In this lesson, learners read about the different countries of the UK, either online as a webquest or in paper form. They practise reading for specific information, and guessing the meaning of words from the context, both important reading micro-skills. There is an optional extension in the form of a role-play, in which groups of… Continue reading #49, Lesson Plan: Living in the UK

#49, eBook: ESP for the University

This book, from 1986, provides a snapshot of developments in ESP teaching at university level during the 1970s and early 1980s. In his Preface, Christopher Brumfit challenged a recent claim that ESP had ‘legitimised English teaching’, suggesting rather that it had made English teaching ‘more purposeful’. The papers in this book include an extensive one… Continue reading #49, eBook: ESP for the University