The benefits of integrating online gaming platforms such as Kahoots into English language training for the workplace were highlighted by an expert from Cambridge. Dr Sarah McElwee from Cambridge Assessment English spoke at this year’s virtual Kahoot WorkSummit, a corporate learning event that attracted thousands of professionals from over 140 countries. Sarah spoke about the… Continue reading How online games help with English training for the workplace [News]
Digital Divide: What Is It And How Can You Bridge The Gap?
Here is an article from OUP ELT Blog. We can safely say that, through the difficulties of 2020, English language teachers have grown accustomed to delivering online classes and learning to use new digital tools. Some teachers may face many weeks ahead of continuing such classes if high Covid-19 cases see a resurgence, their new… Continue reading Digital Divide: What Is It And How Can You Bridge The Gap?
Time and Tense 2 by Nick Shepherd
A quick reminder: time is about clocks and calendars, tense is about verb forms. They often coincide, but by no means always. Last week I talked about Present Simple and Progressive, and Past Simple and Progressive. This week I’m looking at the Perfect aspects. There are four: Present: perfect simple: I have done… Continue reading Time and Tense 2 by Nick Shepherd
ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 24 | December 2020
How to use Classroom Presentation Tools (CPT) for online or remote lessons [Video] Time and Tense by Nick Shepherd The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020 How Teachers Can Use Their Own Writing as Model Texts Cambridge launches new mobile English test for employability [News] Using songs with teenagers Teaching During The Pandemic: Postcards… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 24 | December 2020
How to use Classroom Presentation Tools (CPT) for online or remote lessons [Video]
This video explains how you can use OUP’s Classroom Presentation Tools to deliver remote / online lessons and as a great resource for synchronous learning. Charlotte Murphy is a Senior Consultant and Teacher Trainer at Oxford University Press.
Time and Tense by Nick Shepherd
This is an odd subject, because in a way you don’t want to teach most students anything about time and tense, except how to use them. But teachers need to know what they mean and how they work. Put simply, time is what clocks and calendars are about; tense is about verb forms. The grammatical… Continue reading Time and Tense by Nick Shepherd
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020
Edutopia’s Youki Terada and Stephen Merrill have published an article highlighting the 10 most significant education studies of 2020. Calling 2020 a turbulent year would be an understatement. As the pandemic disrupted life across the entire globe, teachers scrambled to transform their physical classrooms into virtual—or even hybrid—ones, and researchers slowly began to collect insights into… Continue reading The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020
How Teachers Can Use Their Own Writing as Model Texts
Edutopia contributor Jennifer Davis Bowman has published an article titled ‘How Teachers Can Use Their Own Writing as Model Texts’. Modeling is a popular show-and-tell teaching strategy used by teachers across subjects and grade levels. Although it’s sometimes perceived as easy, teachers must be strategic and consider student engagement, individual learning needs, and appropriate scaffolds. Recently, I’ve… Continue reading How Teachers Can Use Their Own Writing as Model Texts
Cambridge launches new mobile English test for employability [News]
A new test of English will help students and professionals at the start of their career in India to demonstrate their English language skills quickly and affordably, backed by the reputation of one of the world’s top universities. Cambridge Assessment English, a department of the University of Cambridge, has teamed up with leading English language… Continue reading Cambridge launches new mobile English test for employability [News]
Using songs with teenagers
Here is an article from Cambridge English blog on using songs to teach English. Why use songs? Songs provide good listening practice for teenage learners – but with a difference. Songs can tell stories, and convey emotions. Music can set the scene or provide a change of mood. You could use a song at the… Continue reading Using songs with teenagers