Teaching During The Pandemic: Postcards From Around The World

Here is an article by the OUP ELT team. This year may have been difficult for everyone across the globe, but it has been especially challenging for teachers. They have had to transform their lessons into online sessions and adapt to rules and advice to keep their students safe and make sure they can continue… Continue reading Teaching During The Pandemic: Postcards From Around The World

Festive Resources and Activities for your Class | ELT

The Oxford University Press ELT team has published this interesting article. It’s that time of year! To help you celebrate, we’re sharing a collection of Festive ELT activities to get you and your class in the holiday spirit! We’ve prepared some multi-level ELT activities for you to use online or in the classroom. We’ve got… Continue reading Festive Resources and Activities for your Class | ELT

ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 23 | November 2020

Past simple and present perfect by Nick Shepherd Conference: English Literature Summit 2020 Teaching Reading using Classroom Presentation Tools [Video] Learning most with least effort: subtitles and cognitive load Synchronous Teaching: Taking your first steps into teaching live online [Video] Speak Up: 6 Fabulous Games to Get Your Students Speaking Developing teachers: key principles in… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 23 | November 2020

Conference: English Literature Summit 2020

The English Literature Summit 2020 is going to be held online on December 12-13, 2020. In contemporary times, English as a global language has become instrumental in propagating strong intercultural relationships among individuals and society at large. The efficacy of the English language has also widened the gamut of English literature which reflects in its… Continue reading Conference: English Literature Summit 2020

Synchronous Teaching: Taking your first steps into teaching live online [Video]

Need to take your teaching online for the first time as a result of school closures amid the Covid-19 (Cornoavirus) outbreak? This webinar recording explores teaching live online, that is when you and your students meet online in real time for a lesson. It gives you tips on what to look for in your choice… Continue reading Synchronous Teaching: Taking your first steps into teaching live online [Video]

Learning most with least effort: subtitles and cognitive load

Here is an article from OUP ELT journal authored by Karolina Baranowska. Learning English through the media In the past few decades, foreign language films and online media have received considerable attention in the ELT literature. Previous research reveals that exposure to various media positively correlates with foreign language acquisition in the case of both… Continue reading Learning most with least effort: subtitles and cognitive load

Speak Up: 6 Fabulous Games to Get Your Students Speaking

Here is an article written by Susan Verner of BusyTeacher. Many ESL teachers find that their students are timid speakers or reluctant to participate in class discussions. It’s only natural. After all, they are trying to talk in a language they are still working on learning. Still, silence can be deadly in the ESL classroom for your… Continue reading Speak Up: 6 Fabulous Games to Get Your Students Speaking

Developing teachers: key principles in the Cambridge English approach to teacher education

Here is an article from Cambridge English written by Graeme Harrison. Cambridge Assessment English has long been recognised as one of the international leaders in pre-service teacher education through the CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) qualification. In recent years, we have been working around the world at a national level… Continue reading Developing teachers: key principles in the Cambridge English approach to teacher education

Take Online Lessons To The Next Level With Authentic Material

Here is a useful article from OUP ELT blog. If we’re looking for positives from this year’s enforced move to online lessons, then surely one is that authentic material is easier to incorporate! Unlike coursebooks which, as good as they are, often employ language graded to the level of the students, authentic materials give students… Continue reading Take Online Lessons To The Next Level With Authentic Material